Xiaomi Japan has announced that it will revise the prices of select smartphones and tablets in stages from 1 September. The affected models include the Xiaomi 17T Pro, Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro, REDMI Pad 2 Pro, REDMI Pad 2, POCO X8 Pro Max and POCO X8 Pro. The POCO models are scheduled to increase in price from 00:00 on 4 September.
Xiaomi Japan has announced that it will raise the prices of select smartphones and tablets it sells in stages from 00:00 on Tuesday, 1 September 2026. The price increases are attributed to challenging product cost conditions, including soaring memory prices.
The affected models are the high-end Xiaomi 17T Pro smartphone, the high-end Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro tablet, the entry-level REDMI Pad 2 Pro and REDMI Pad 2 tablets from the REDMI sub-brand, and the mid-range POCO X8 Pro Max and POCO X8 Pro smartphones from the online-only POCO brand. The timing of the price increases differs by brand.
Xiaomi and REDMI products are scheduled to increase in price from 00:00 on 1 September, while POCO products are scheduled to increase in price from 00:00 on 4 September. The article states that Xiaomi Japan has expressed its efforts to maintain product prices around the time of launch and encouraged consumers to consider when to make their purchases.
The company explained that, under its philosophy of providing “excellent products at fair prices,” it has continued working to absorb rising costs, but that price revisions are unavoidable under current conditions.