Chinese smartphone maker realme has been teasing the launch of realme 8 5G in India for the past few days. The brand has now officially confirmed the launch date. The handset will be debuting in India a day after its global debut in Thailand.
According to the official realme online channels, the realme 8 5G will launch in India on April 22. The product launch event will be livestreamed from 12:30 PM IST on the realme India YouTube channel.
As per previous reports, the upcoming realme 8 5G will be a rebranded realme V13 5G. Hence, it will be the first MediaTek Dimensity 700 smartphone in India.
The device is expected to sport an FHD+ 6.5-inch LCD panel with a 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, 20:9 aspect ratio, 600 nits peak brightness, and a punch hole at the top left corner.
In China, the realme V13 5G is sold with 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB/256GB UFS 2.1 storage. As of now, there’s no info on realme 8 5G’s storage variants for India.
Further, the phone will house a 48MP (wide) + 2MP (macro) + 2MP (depth) triple camera setup on the back and an 8MP selfie camera inside the punch-hole on the front.
Other features of this handset will include dual-SIM, dual-band WiFi. Bluetooth 5.1, GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BeiDou, A-GPS), dedicated MicroSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack with Hi-Res certification, and realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11.
The device will be backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging via USB Type-C port and will have all the essential sensors (accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass, proximity sensor, gyroscope).
Last but not least, the realme 8 5G will measure 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.5mm in dimensions, weigh around 185g, and will be available in two colors (Black, Blue).
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