Realme To Launch First Smartphone with Qualcomm’s 5G Integrated Chip

Oct. 15, 2019

Realme today launched its first flagship smartphone, theRealme X2 Pro, in China with a 90Hz display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, quad-cameras, and superfast 50W charging. Well, it used this opportunity to take another jab at Xiaomi by announcing that it will be the first phone maker to launch a smartphone with Qualcomm’s new 5G integrated chipset.

Qualcomm is currently baking its 5G modems only in the flagship Snapdragon 855 SoC series, however, it hasalready announcedthat it will release 5G-integrated Snapdragon 600 and 700-series chipsets in the coming months. This will allow the phone makers to extend 5G connectivity to more users across the globe – that too at a slightly affordable price point.

Realme is yet to reveal anything about their 5G phone but I would suggest the Chinese giant to go back to the drawing board and rethink their designs. The company has been offering similar-looking phones over the past few launches – with similar finishes and it resembles its former parent Oppo’s phones a lot. I would love to see an original design being adopted with its next smartphone, which supports 5G connectivity out-of-the-box.