After days of teasing, Realme on Thursday (April 22) unveiled the new affordable 5G phone Realme 8 in India.
Realme 8 5G sports a visually appealing design on the back dubbed as Dynamic Speed Light. When a user shakes the phone, it creates a dynamic change of light on the shell.
"To deliver this design concept, Realme 8 5G uses a high-gloss indium plating process on Supersonic Blue to restore a glossy sense of light; on Supersonic Black, the smartphone features a lenticular pattern process to present a premium mirror effect to bring out the sense of light better," the company said.
On the front, it features a 6.5-inch full HD+ (2400 × 1080p) LCD screen and offers up to 600 nits brightness, and supports 90Hz display refresh rate. Also, it features a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and also support three dedicated slots-- (nano-SIM 1 + nano-SIM 2 + microSD card)
Under-the-hood, it houses 7nm class MediaTek Dimensity 700 octa-core processor with Mali-G57 MC2 GPU, Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0, 4GB / 8GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage (expandable memory up to 1TB) and a 5,000mAh battery with 18W charger.
As far as the photography hardware is concerned, it houses a triple-camera module-- a 48MP rear camera (f/1.8) + 2MP B&W sensor + 2MP 4cm (f/2.4) macro sensor with LED flash. On the front, it features a 16MP (f/2.1) snapper.
With 5G support, Realme 8 will be able to support peak download speed up to 2.77Gbps. Until the proper 5G infrastructure is in place, users have to rely on 4G-LTE. In India, the average internet data speed on mobile phones is around 12.41Mbps.
Realme 8 5G comes in two colours--supersonic blue and supersonic black. It will available in two configurations-- 4GB RAM + 128GB storage and 8GB RAM + 128GB storage-- for Rs 14,999 and Rs 16,999, respectively on Flipkart, Realme e-store and other retail stores from April 28 onwards.
Realme 8 5G vs competition
Realme 8 5G will be competing with the popular Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy A12, Galaxy M31s, and Moto G 5G, among others.
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