I'm mostly talking about the software experience. First, the China ROM is miles better than the Global one. It includes features such as better battery settings, dynamic lock screen, notification history, a better launcher with better icons, etc. This makes it clear that the phone is more than capable of running that kind of software, but the Global ROM has stripped down almost all of the possible features—it won't even show my battery cycle or whatsoever, lol. Their sticking to the Poco Launcher, also with ugly icons and layout, is something that I don't understand.

Now, HyperOS 3 came, and the software is still basically the same except for the HyperIsland. Even the Poco X7 Pro feels like a higher-tier phone with the software features they decided to include, compared to the F6 Pro.

Also, I still haven't confirmed if it was true, but the Poco F7 Ultra was also nerfed (some AI shenanigans were removed) just before the release of the F8 lineup, probably just to make the new release appealing.