Realme 8 Pro with 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 720G, 108MP quad rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 17999


realme just launched realme 8 Pro, successor of realme 7 Pro along with the realme 8 in India, as it had promised. The phone comes with a 6.4-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen with 60Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate, and 90.8% screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by the  Snapdragon 720G 8nm SoC with up to 8GB of RAM, same as the predecessor.

The phone features a 108-megapixel Samsung HM2 1/1.52″ primary sensor with support for 9-in-1 pixel binning, ISOCELL Plus, and Smart-ISO, an 8-megapixel 119° ultra-wide angle lens, 2-megapixel B&W portrait lens and a 2-megapixel camera for 4cm macro shots. There is a 16-megapixel camera on the front.

It has 3X In-sensor Zoom, Tilt-shift Time-lapse Video,
Starry Time-lapse Video, Starry Mode & Tilt-shift Mode, New Super Nightscape Mode, Ultra Nightscape Video, Neon Portrait, Dynamic Bokeh, Dual-view Video and more.

It has an in-display fingerprint scanner, AG-Crystal Process on technology with smooth hand feeling and high-grade quality. The Infinite Blue is dreamlike and dazzling while Infinite Black is mysterious and low-key, said the company. It has a large Dare to Leap branding on the back. The Illuminating Yellow version of the phone uses a special fluorescent material around the camera module and the “DARE TO LEAP” slogan, which can absorb light and then glow automatically in the dark.

It comes with dedicated dual SIM and microSD card slots, and packs a 4500mAh battery with support for 50W SuperDart Charge fast charging that can charge the phone up to 50% in 17 minutes and 100% in 47 minutes, but comes with 65W standard adapter in the box.

realme 8 Pro specifications

  • 6.4-inch (2400  × 1080 pixels) 20:9 Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen, up to 1000 nits brightness
  • Octa Core Snapdragon 720G 8nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.3GHz Kryo 465 A76 + Hexa 1.8GHz Kryo 465 A55 CPUs) with Adreno 618 GPU
  • 6GB / 8GB LPPDDR4x RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
  • Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
  • Android 11 with realme UI 2.0
  • 108MP rear camera with 1/1.52″ Samsung HM2 sensor, 0.7μm pixel size, f/1.88 aperture, LED flash, UIS/UIS Max, 8MP 119° ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.25 aperture, 2MP B&W portrait camera and 2MP 4cm macro sensor with f/2.4 aperture
  • 16MP front camera with f/2.45 aperture, Sony IMX471 sensor
  • In-display fingerprint sensor
  • 3.5mm audio jack, Hi-Res Audio
  • Dimensions:  160.6×73.9×8.1mm; Weight: 176g
  • Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS, USB Type-C
  • 4500mAh (typical) battery with 50W VOOC SuperDart Charge fast charging

The realme 8 Pro comes in Infinite Blue, Infinite Black and Illuminating Yellow colours, is priced at Rs. 17,999 for the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the 8GB RAM with 128GB version is priced at Rs. 19,999. It will be available through hate to wait sale from tomorrow, March 25th at 12noon. It will be available from Flipkart, realme.com and offline stores from March 26th widely. The Illuminating Yellow color variant will be available later.

Launch offer

  • 10% instant discount on ICICI Bank credit cards and EMI transactions
  • Up to 6 months no cost EMI

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