Realme had confirmed a few weeks back that it was working on a 64MP camera smartphone. Now, Realme’s CEO, Madhav Seth has given us an official date of its launch, August 8. The company will take the wraps off the new model at an event in New Delhi, India, possibly becoming the world’s first smartphone maker to launch a 64MP camera smartphone.

Realme is in close competition with the Redmi brand in India as well as in China. Interestingly, even Redmi has confirmed a 64MP camera phone in development. However, we don’t have a word on its release date. What makes Realme’s new phone so special is not just its 64MP camera but also its quad-camera setup. The company has confirmed the presence of four cameras via its teaser, which will also make it the first Realme smartphone to feature more than two cameras.

We are taking a leap in smartphone camera on 8th August and we are doing it here in India. Get ready as we unveil the world's first 64MP Quad Camera on a smartphone at our camera innovation event. And this is among the first surprise of the season. Stay Tuned! #LeapToQuadCamera https://t.co/kSUMacQ9TI

— Madhav X (@MadhavSheth1) August 2, 2019

Realme has already teased what the new 64MP sensor is capable of. The company’s CEO had shared a camera sample from the large sensor and it turned out to be pretty detailed. Back then, he also confirmed that India will be the first country to get the new 64MP Realme model.

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Last year, the Realme 2 was announced in August and the Realme 2 Pro was made official later in September. So it is speculated that the 64MP smartphone could end up being a part of the Realme 4 series. However, given its quad-camera setup, it’s very likely that this new model ends up in the premium Realme X series or comes as a brand new lineup.

The 64MP sensor inside the new Realme smartphone should be the Samsung’s 64-megapixel GW1 1/1.72″ sensor that has a big pixel size of 1.6microns.

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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.

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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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Realme will launch two new phones on Monday, July 15 – the Realme X (not counting the Spider-Man Edition) and the Realme 3i, bringing its lineup for the year to six. With the year still having five months to go, more devices are expected to launch and it appears the Realme 4 and Realme 4 Pro might just be among.

Three new Realme phones with model numbers RMX1921, RMX1927 and RMX1971 were recently certified by the Eurasian Economic Commission in Russia and they are believed to be the Realme 4 and Realme 4 Pro. While the certificates don’t outrightly say those are their names, the model numbers of two of the phones hint at them being successors to the Realme 3 and Realme 3 Pro whose model numbers are RMX1821 and RMX1851 respectively. We are not sure about the phone with model number RMX1927 but that may be a successor to the Realme U1.

The Realme 4 duo should come with new processors, upgraded cameras, and new designs. We also expect one, if not both of them will have a USB Type-C port. Android Q should be already official by the time they arrive but they will most likely run Android 9 Pie with an update to Android Q scheduled for later.

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Earlier this year, Realme had launched Realme 3 and Realme 3 Pro smartphones in India. The Realme 3 Pro was introduced as Realme X Lite in China along with the Realme X phone that came with a notch-less display and pop-up selfie snapper. While Realme fans in India are eagerly waiting for the arrival of Realme X smartphone in the country, Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth has confirmed through a tweet that the company will be launching India’s first smartphone with 64-megapixel camera.

Sheth’s tweet has not revealed the name of the 64-megapixel camera phone. However, it has been described as the “new premium killer.” The mysterious smartphone will be equipped with Samsung’s 64-megapixel GW1 largest 1/1.72 sensor that has a big pixel size of 1.6micron. The tweet that carries the following camera sample further states that it can shoot amazing clear shots in low-light conditions.

The below image has a “64MP AI Quad Camera” watermark which confirms that the phone will be featuring four rear-facing cameras. It will be the first Realme phone to feature four rear-mounted camera sensors. Could it be the Realme 4 Pro or an entirely new device? Whatever the device may be called, the company will be launching it first in India before anywhere else.

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No other details of the mysterious Realme phone with 64MP quad camera is available yet. Last year, the Realme 2 was announced in August and the Realme 2 Pro was made official in September. Hence, the Realme 4 and Realme 4 Pro are expected to release around the same time this year.

Realme is not the only company that is working on a 64-megapixel camera smartphone. Recent reports have revealed that Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi is also working on a 64-megapixel phone. However, there is no confirmation on the name device, and it is not known whether it will be featuring a quad camera setup. Recently, a tipster had claimed one of the upcoming Galaxy A-series phones will also feature a 64-megapixel camera.

What do you think about the 64MP camera phone’s image sample shared by Sheth? Sheth will be sharing more camera samples of the mysterious Realme soon.

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In March of this year, Realme announced the Realme 3 smartphone, and it seems a successor is already in development. A video has surfaced online and it shows the retail box of the Realme 4.

The 10-second video was uploaded on YouTube yesterday and in it, we see the phone will come in a black box with “Realme” and “4” written in a gold/yellow font.

There are no specs yet but there is an alleged render of the phone which we have doubts about since it looks like the Realme 2 with just the position of the cameras changed. The source of the image also has no prior tweets save for the photo.

The phone is shown to have dual rear cameras arranged vertically, a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, and the same diamond-back design as the Realme C2.

The Realme 3 has a 6.22-inch HD+ with a waterdrop notch. It is powered by the Helio P70 (P60 in some markets), has dual rear cameras and packs a 4230mAh battery. We expect its successor should have a more powerful processor, better cameras, and maybe a higher-resolution display.

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