Recently, the upcoming Realme 6i smartphone that bears a model number of RMX2040 was spotted on Geekbench. The listing had suggested that it will be fueled by Helio G70 chipset. However, it is now known that the Realme 6i will go official as the first Helio G80 powered chipset phone. The Chinese firm has now officially confirmed through its Myanmar Facebook page that the Realme 6i will be announced on March 17 at 3:20PM (local time).
The new Helio G80 chipset that powers the Realme 6i was announced last month. Another poster released by the company reveals that the Realme 6i will be equipped with an 18W fast charger. The poster reveals that the bottom edge of the device has a 3.5mm audio jack, a USB-C port and an external speaker. The company also revealed that it has a 48-megapixel quad camera setup.
Myanmar won’t be the only country that will be receiving the Realme 6i smartphone. Recent reports have revealed that the Realme 6i has been approved by many certification agencies like FCC (U.S), EEC (Russia), BIS (India), NBTC (Thailand), IMDA (Singapore) and SIRIM (Malaysia). Among the aforementioned regulatory bodies, only the FCC appearance of the phone managed to reveal some of its important details.
The FCC listing of the Realme 6i carried some of its live shots. It revealed that the smartphone has a waterdrop notch display, a quad camera setup and a fingerprint scanner on the back. The device will come with a 5,000mAh battery. The handset has 164.5 x 75.5 x 9mm dimensions and it weighs 195 grams.
The Helio G80 chipset is an inferior SoC than the Helio G90T that powers the Realme 6. Hence, it appears that the Realme 6i will be positioned lower than the Realme 6i which went official in India with a starting price of Rs. 12,999 (~$175). Probably, the handset could be arriving in India with a starting price of Rs. 9,999 (~$135).
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