Realme recently announced the launch of the GT 5 Pro smartphone. Realme’s upcoming smartphone will be the first to feature a periscope lens. According to Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station, Realme is developing a number series smartphone with a periscope lens. Realme will debut its Realme 12 Pro series smartphones with periscope lenses, the tipster confirmed. The specifications and pricing of the upcoming Realme number series smartphones have been revealed in a new post by DCS on Weibo.
Specs:
The Realme 12 Pro series smartphone will be equipped with the recently launched Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC, according to Digital Chat Station. Based on a 4nm process, the chipset contains one Cortex-A715 core at 2.63GHz, three Cortex-A715 cores at 2.4GHz, four Cortex-A510 cores at 1.8GHz, and an Adreno GPU. In contrast to the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, the chipset is less powerful.
Realme will equip the Realme 12 Pro smartphone with a 32MP Sony IMX 709 telephoto sensor with 2x optical zoom, according to the tip. Realme 12 Pro+ is expected to have a 64MP OmniVision OV64B periscope telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom.
Many upcoming mid-range smartphones will feature the OmniVision OV64B telephoto sensor, according to DCS. Additionally, the tipster shared a concept render of the Realme number series smartphone. The concept render shows two circular cameras, a rectangular periscope lens, and an LED flash.
Pricing & launch timeline:
Realme 11 Pro series smartphones have a circular camera layout similar to this concept render. The Realme 12 Pro will cost RMB 2,099 (Rs 25,000) with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. Realme might launch the Realme 12 Pro series in the first quarter of 2024.