Realme has just began rolling out the major Android 12 OS based Realme UI 3.0 update for two of its smartphones. This includes the new Realme 8 5G and the Narzo 30 5G. So here’s all the details.

The Chinese smartphone maker has just began rolling out the RMX3242_11.A.16 build version for both the Narzo and Realme 8 model. The brand is rolling out the update in a staggered manner. In other words, the update will first be received by a limited number of users right now, with a broader release beginning a few days later to make sure that there are no major issues or bugs in the major software update.

With the new upgrade, the two smartphones will receive the Android 12 OS version. Apart from this, there are also changes in new design and some visual overhauls to offer a better interactive experience. There have also been a couple of optimizations to some of its systems like the Quantum Animation Engine and even brings in the Smart Assistant widgets that displays key information of apps and provides instant access to certain functions as well.

So for the owners of the Realme 8 and Narzo 30, you can manually check if you’ve received the update within the settings. But if you’ve yet to receive the update, the complete roll out should follow soon after in a couple of days.

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Android OEMs have been updating their devices to Android 12 since it hit the stable channel in October. Almost all companies run a beta program before rolling out the software to the general public. Chinese brand realme calls its initial beta program ‘Early Access’. Three more devices, namely realme 7, realme narzo 20 Pro, and realme narzo 30 have now joined this initiative.

According to official announcement posts on the realme community, users of realme 7, realme narzo 20 Pro, and realme narzo 30 can now try Android 12-based realme UI 3.0 on their smartphones. All they have to do is enroll themselves in the realme UI 3.0 Early Access program.

The only requirement is that the users should be on the following firmware versions.

• realme 7 – RMX2151_11.C.16
• realme narzo 20 Pro – RMX2161_11.C.15
• realme narzo 30 – RMX2156_11.C.17

If they are, then they can head over to Settings > Software Update > Gear Icon > Trial Version > Apply Now and submit the details. Applicants who get selected will receive the realme UI 3.0 beta update via OTA.

Participants who are dissatisfied with the Android 12 release can revert back to Android 11 (realme UI 2.0). However, unlike the update process, the downgrade process will wipe the device’s internal storage. Also, users can no longer get back to the realme UI 3.0 Early Access program.

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Smartphone prices are going up in India for the past few months due to the shortage of components. The latest handsets to receive price hikes are four realme devices, namely realme C21, realme C25s, realme narzo 30, and realme 8 5G.

According to reports by 91Mobiles and MySmartPrice, realme has increased the price of the above-mentioned phones by ₹500. The price hike is applicable to all the available storage configurations and colors. Also, it is worth noting that this is not the first price increment for these models.

The realme C21 is the cheapest of the lot. It had been selling for ₹8,499 and ₹9,499 for the 3GB + 32GB and 4GB + 64GB variants respectively. With the latest price hike, the phone now costs ₹8,999 and ₹9,999 for the same storage configurations.

The realme C25s is the second most affordable on the list. It was retailing for ₹10,499 (4GB + 64GB) and ₹11,499 (4GB + 128GB). But now, it sells for ₹10,999 and ₹11,999.

Then, the popular realme narzo 30 was being sold at ₹12,499 (4GB + 64GB), ₹13,499 (6GB + 64GB), and ₹14,499 (6GB + 128GB). The same handset now carries price tags of ₹12,999, ₹13,999, and ₹14,999.

Lastly, the realme 8 5G now retails at ₹14,999 (4GB + 64GB), ₹15,999 (4GB + 128GB), and ₹17,999 (8GB + 128GB) instead of ₹14,499, ₹15,499, and ₹17,499.

Having said that, do you think these smartphones are still worth buying at their new price tags, which are at least ₹1,000 more than what they were introduced at? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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A few days ago, Realme had launched the Realme Narzo 30 as well as its 5G variant in the Indian market. When announced, the phone was made available in two memory configurations — 4GB RAM with 64GB storage and 6GB RAM with 128GB storage.

Now, the company has launched a third memory variant of the Realme Narzo 30 in India that comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. This new model is priced at ₹13,499 (~$182), sitting right between the price of 4GB + 64GB and 6GB + 128GB models which are priced at ₹12,499 (~$169) and ₹14,499 (~$195) respectively.

The smartphone will be available for purchase in India from today onwards, i.e. 5th August as a part of the Big Savings Day Sale. It can also be purchased through the Realme India website as well as other retailers across the country. It comes in two color options — Racing Blue and Racing Silver.

Coming to the specifications, the device flaunts a 6.5-inch Full-HD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 2400 x 1080 pixels screen resolution, a 90.5 percent screen-to-body ratio, a 405ppi pixel density, and 580 nits peak brightness.

Under the hood, it is powered by the MediaTek Helio G95 chipset that offers an octa-core processor. It runs the Android 11 operating system with the company’s own Realme UI 2.0 on top. The device packs a 5,000mAh battery and supports 30W Dart Charge technology.

In the camera department, the phone has a triple-camera setup on the back that includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, a 2-megapixel monochrome sensor with an f/2.4 aperture, and a 2-megapixel macro shooter with f/2.4 aperture. On the front side, there’s a 16-megapixel Sony IMX471 selfie camera with an f/2.1 aperture.

Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/A-GPS, and a USB Type-C port. It also comes with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. The phone measures 162.3×75.4×9.4mm and weighs 192 grams.

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Earlier this year, Realme launched its new Narzo 30 series of smartphones which included two devices — Narzo 30A and Narzo 30 Pro. Today, the company has finally launched the vanilla variant, dubbed Realme Narzo 30. As the name indicates, the phone sits between the two smartphones launched earlier this year.

It comes with a 6.5-inch LCD display that offers a Full HD+ screen resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels, a 90Hz refresh rate, and a 90.5 percent screen-to-body ratio. Under the hood, the device is powered by MediaTek Helio G95 SoC.

The phone comes packed with 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 128GB UFS 2.1 storage. It has a microSD card slot with up to 256GB of internal storage. It also has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor added security.

As for the camera configuration, the phone features a 48-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture, a 2-megapixel monochrome portrait, and a 2-megapixel macro lens. On the front side, the device has a 16-megapixel Sony IMX471 sensor.

Connectivity options on the device include Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C, and NFC. The smartphone runs the Android 11 operating system with Realme UI 2.0 on top. It is powered by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 30W Dart charging.

The Realme Narzo 30 comes in two color options — Racing Blue and Racing Silver. It is priced at RM 799 which is approximately $192 but the phone will be available at an offer price of  RM 699 (approximately $169) for a limited period when the device goes on sale in Malaysia starting from 20th May.

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Chinese handset maker realme launched the realme narzo 30 Pro 5G and realme narzo 30A in late February. It has been more than two months but the company is yet to release the vanilla realme narzo 30, which has been confirmed to arrive in 4G and 5G variants. Ahead of its official announcement, the 4G version of this smartphone has been certified by yet another agency.

The upcoming realme narzo 30 4G is said to come with model number RMX2156, thanks to Indonesia Telecom. This phone has been now certified by SIRIM, in addition to FCC, BIS, TKDN, and EEC.

Hence, we can expect the brand to debut this handset in Malaysia. In this country, it will feature NFC for contactless payments.

According to this device’s Geekbench listing, it will be powered by a MediaTek Helio G95 SoC coupled with 6GB RAM and will run Android 11. However, there could be other memory variants as well.

As per the above-mentioned certifications, the realme narzo 30 4G will be backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging. Last but not least, it will measure 162.36 x 74.46 x 9.45mm in dimensions and weigh 198g.

Unfortunately, nothing else is known about this smartphone. But we expect to learn more about it before its launch sometime in the near future.

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Last month, realme launched the realme narzo 30 Pro 5G as the most affordable 5G smartphone in India. Now, the company has officially confirmed to release another such cheap 5G handset. This device will be called realme narzo 30 5G.

Madhav Sheth, the CEO of realme India and realme Europe answers the questions asked by the public once every month in a YouTube video series called ‘AskMadhav’. In the recently released Episode 25 of the series, the company executive confirms the arrival of realme narzo 30.

In the latest video, Mr. Sheth reveals that the realme narzo 30 has reached the end of the testing and development phase. But due to the recent demand for 5G smartphones, the brand has decided to launch a 5G variant of this handset. He even confirms that both the models will be released together.

However, the executive does not say when these phones will go official. He merely uses the word ‘soon’. Hence, the launch could take place in a few weeks or even months from now.

Anyway, although we appreciate realme for democratizing 5G technology for the masses, the brand lags behind in the software department. The company debuted the realme narzo 30 Pro 5G with Android 10. This device is scheduled to get Android 11 beta only in Q3 2021.

Hopefully, realme improves its software support as soon as possible.

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Earlier today, a report said that Narzo 30 series will launch in India on the last week of February. While the brand has just begun to tease it slowly, a new leak by a Twitter user Gadgetsdata(Debayan Roy) reveals the supposed launch date of the devices.

According to the user, the realme Narzo 30 series will launch on February 24 in India. Earlier today, Madhav Sheth, CEO, realme India & Europe, tweeted the poll results of the realme Narzo 30 series box. However, himself or the company hasn’t explicitly confirmed a date yet.

Speaking of which, the series is expected to house three devices- Narzo 30, Narzo 30A, and Narzo 30 Pro. Out of this, the Narzo 30 Pro could be the Cheapest 5G smartphone in India.

The device, whose renders and specs appeared on TENAA reportedly with model number RMX3161, features a 6.5-inch punch-hole display, SA/NSA 5G support, quad-camera setup, 4,880mAh battery, and run Android 11.

realme hasn’t brought the Android 11 to its devices out of the box yet. If you recall, even the recently launched realme X7 series come with Android 10 and realme UI on top. So let’s wait and see if the company brings the latest OS to the devices at launch.

Either way, the Narzo 30 Pro, if launched as teased by Madhav Sheth, should cost less than the realme X7(₹19,999) in the country. The info regarding the other two devices is a bit bleak at the moment. The Narzo 30 could feature a Helio G95 chipset up from the Helio G85 on the predecessor.

The Narzo 30A moniker has been spotted on India’s BIS, Thailand’s NTBC certifications and it looks like both the 30 and 30A are likely a 4G budget offerings contradictory to the Narzo 30 Pro. Let’s wait for more leaks in the run-up to the launch.

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Last year, realme introduced the narzo series of smartphones to offer great specs at a little price. This move was necessary as the price of the brand’s number series climbed up the ladder. That said, the company been teasing the next-gen devices in the series called narzo 30 for the past few days. These handsets have been now tipped to launch in India in the last week of February with 5G connectivity on one of them.

Although the realme narzo 30 series in the news, there’s not much information available about these smartphones. Exactly a week earlier, the brand asked the public to select the box design for the vanilla realme narzo 30. Today, the company has even revealed the most voted design.

However, nothing is known about the standard narzo 30 so far. We believe it could be the RMX3085, which was recently spotted on Geekbench with MediaTek Helio G95. So this makes it a 4G handset.

Similarly, there’s another 4G device called narzo 30A, which has been certified by BIS and NBTC. Going by its name, we can expect it to be the cheapest model in the series just like its predecessor narzo 20A.

That leaves us with the narzo 30 Pro. This could be the 5G model that MySmartPrice reports exclusively to launch by the end of February. This phone is expected to be RMX3161 that was recently certified by TENAA with 6.5-inch punch-hole display, quad-camera setup, 4,880mAh battery, and Android 11.

Last but not least, since the company’s CEO has already teased to launch a 5G phone cheaper than the realme X7, the upcoming realme narzo 30 Pro may cost lesser than ₹19,999.

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Recently, a bunch of realme devices got certified by the  Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). Later, a new realme RMX3161 also appeared on the EEC database. Now, the same device has been spotted on China’s TENAA along with key specs and images.

Courtesy of Abhishek Yadav, a realme device with model number RMX3161 appears on the TENAA database. The listing shows that the device supports up to 5G connectivity with NR SA/NSA network support. Further, a few specs and images of the device have also been listed.

Before we jump into specs, if we recall, a realme smartphone with model number RMX3171 recently appeared on Thailand’s NBTC and Malaysia’s SIRIM certifications. Out of this, the NBTC revealed that the device will be called Narzo 30A.

However, we aren’t sure if the RMX3161 belongs to the Narzo 30 series as there isn’t concrete info just yet. Coming back, this device will have a 6.5-inch display as per the listing which could be an LCD/AMOLED panel. Further, the device will measure 162.5×74.8×8.8mm.

Other specs listed are a 4,880mAh battery and Android 11 OS. Talking about the images, the listing shows a device with Black Color. We have a power button with an embedded fingerprint on the right, Volume buttons to the left. It also seems to have a single top-left punch-hole on the display.

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On the back, we can see a rounded-rectangle camera layout having four cutouts and an LED flash. However, we are able to spot only three camera sensors as the fourth one isn’t clearly visible. The rear panel also has DARE TO LEAP slogan and realme branding.

Considering the brand has specified that phones above 20,000 will have 5G support it’s a bit of a stretch to expect the latest connectivity on Narzo series which is mostly sold in the budget segment. Speaking of which, Narzo 30 series is expected to launch soon in India. In fact, the company has already started teasing it on its community.

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Last year, realme introduced a new series of smartphones called ‘narzo’. These devices offer better specs than the realme number series at a cheaper price. The last devices in the series were unveiled at the end of Q3 2020. In December, the brand was tipped to launch the realme narzo 30 series in January. But that never happened, however, the company has now begun to tease these upcoming phones officially.

On its official forum, the realme community, the Chinese smartphone maker has shared a post with a picture showcasing six different possible retail boxes of realme narzo 30. The brand has also provided a Google Form link to let people vote for their favorite.

This is not the first time realme is revealing the retail box of its yet to release phone. Earlier last month, the brand did something similar for the realme X7 series. However, the company did not run a poll because the launch was only a few days away.

But this time around, the situation is different as the company is asking the public to vote. If this polling is legit and not some random survey for marketing purposes, the realme narzo 30 may go official only in March at the earliest.

Anyway, nothing is known about this handset as of now. But it is certain that there will be at least three devices in the series, namely narzo 30, narzo 30 Pro, and narzo 30A.

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