Realme first launched the Realme 8i along with the Realme 8s in India. The company has now revealed that the 8i will be released for the European market soon. A tweet by Realme’s VP Madhav Sheth indicated that the 8i will be launched in Europe on October 14th.

The tweet did not reveal other details of the product like the likely price in Europe. However, an earlier leak from popular tipster Sudanshu Amborhe suggests the Realme 8i will retail for €199 (~Rs 17,260) for the 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage version while the 4 GB RAM + 128 GB storage version will sell for €219 (~Rs 19,000). We’ll have to wait until the launch to find out the actual price.

As a reminder, the Realme 8i has a 6.6-inch IPS LCD screen punch-hole screen that delivers a 1080 x 2400 pixels Full HD+ resolution, a 20:9 aspect ratio, 600nits brightness, 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut, 401ppi pixel density, and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. It is equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and face unlock security features.

It has arrived as India’s smartphone with the Helio G96 chipset. The handset offers 4 GB / 6 GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 64 GB / 128 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. It comes with up to 5 GB of extended RAM, and it runs on Realme UI 2.0 based Android 11 OS.

For selfies, it has a front camera of 16-megapixel. The squarish rear-facing camera module is fitted with a 50-megapixel main camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel depth assist lens.

The handset is packed with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 18W charging through USB-C. It offers other features such as dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, a microSD card slot, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

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Already, Realme 8i has already been confirmed to launch in India along with the 8s. The specs of the device are even already in the open. Realme has now confirmed another key detail that would make you want to have the 8i. The duo of Realme and MediaTek today confirmed the Helio G96 will fire up the device

Processing this conversation and saving 8!

— realme (@realmeIndia) August 31, 2021

The Helio G96 is one of MediaTek’s latest premium mid-range chipset and it was announced in July alongside the Helio G88. The G96 brings support for a 120Hz refresh rate and several enhancements in the photography aspect including support for 108MP cameras. The latest tweet exchange between Realme and MediaTek India clearly confirms the smartphone maker will use the new chip on its next Realme 8 series model, which was revealed as 8!. Note the exclamation mark is an inverted small letter “i”.

The Realme 8i will feature a 6.59-inch FHD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a punch-hole at the top left corner. The device will have a triple rear camera setup consisting of a 50MP primary sensor, a 2MP macro sensor, and a 2MP depth sensor. It will also have a 16MP selfies camera.

The processor will be paired with 4GB RAM and there will be 128 GB UFS 2.2 flash storage onboard. The device will have a 5000mAh battery under the hood which will charge via a USB-C port.

There is no official word on the launch date yet but the device is expected to launch soon in India.

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