Yesterday, Realme had held a launch event in India to announce the much anticipated Realme X smartphone along with the cheaper Realme 3i smartphone. Soon after the launch of these smartphones, 91mobiles carried a report to reveal that the company will be launching the Realme 5 smartphone just before the Diwali festival in October in the country. The report also debunks rumors about Realme 4 and Realme 4 Pro smartphones.
Based on the information revealed by an anonymous Realme executive, the publication has reported that the company is not working on Realme 4 smartphone. Instead the successor of the Realme 3 will be dubbed as Realme 5. The Realme executive did not reveal why the company decided to skip the Realme 4 moniker. It could be because Chinese firms consider number 4 as bad omen. For example, OnePlus had skipped OnePlus 4 name for the successor for OnePlus 3 and 3T that arrived in the market as OnePlus 5.
If there is no Realme 4, there may not be Realme 4 Pro too. The publication has claimed that the executive did not reveal many details on the Realme 5. However, he has shared that the Realme 5 will be coming with features that are better than the Realme X smartphone. However, there is no confirmation on whether the Realme 5 will adopt a notch-less display and a pop-up selfie camera like the Realme X. Probably, there could be a more advanced model called Realme 5 Pro that may come with specs similar or better than the Realme X.
Recently, new Realme phones were spotted on the database of Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in Russia. At that time, it was speculated that the newly spotted devices could be Realme 4 and Realme 4 Pro. However, it now appears that these could be Realme 5 series of smartphones.
The Realme X that has been introduced with an enticing starting price of Rs. 16,999 in India features a 6.53-inch IPS LCD panel with notch-less appeal. It supports full HD+ resolution and offers 91.2 percent screen space. The Snapdragon 710 chipset is present under the hood of the device along with up to 8 GB of RAM. It comes with up to 128 GB of native storage. The rear shell of the smartphone features Sony IMX586 48-megapixel + 5-megapixel dual camera setup and a Sony IMX471 16-megapixel pop-up selfie camera. It is packed with a 3,765mAh battery that supports 20W VOOC 3.0 Flash Charge technology.
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