After the achievement of Oppo‘s Realme 1 phone within the Indian marketplace, Realme got separated from its parent company to end up an independent brand. today, The brand has released a new phone in India — Realme 2, that is the successor of the Realme 1 launched earlier this year.
The phone’s pricing begins at Rs. 8,990, which kind of converts to $128, making it the cheapest cellphone in the Indian market offering a notched display. It’ll be available for purchase completely through on line marketplace Flipkart from 4th September. The company has additionally teased a Realme 2 pro, which should get released next month.
In terms of design, the cellphone nevertheless features the diamond-cutting design that we saw on its predecessor. however, the company says that this time, it has used the second generation of Diamond-cutting design with advanced reflecting impact and 12-layer nanotech.
The Realme 2 features a larger 6.2-inch display but the company has downgraded the display screen resolution from full HD to 720p HD+. The FullView 2.5D curved glass display with 18:9 aspect ratio gives a display resolution of 1520 x 720 pixels and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass.
Beneath the hood, the device is powered by using Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz, which is also a step backward in comparison to the MediaTek Helio P60 which powers the Realme 1. The phone has two versions — 3GB RAM with 32GB inner storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage. There’s also a microSD card slot for expanding the smartphone’s storage ability.
Not like its predecessor, the Realme 2 comes with a Fingerprint sensor on the back panel. It nevertheless has support for software-based totally Face unlock feature. The cellphone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system out-of-the-box with the company’s own ColorOS 5.1 custom interface.
Connectivity options at the device include dual 4G , Wi Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS, and USB OTG. The smartphone is fuelled through a bigger 4,230mAh battery.
The Realme 2 can be available in three coloration options — Diamond Black, Diamond red, and Diamond Blue. even as the Black and purple color is going on sale from 4th September, the Blue color will be available from October.
The 3GB RAM show cost at Rs. 8,990 (roughly $128) while the 4GB RAM show costs Rs. 10,990, which generally changes over to $156. At this value point, the smartphone will go up against any of Xiaomi Redmi Y2, Redmi Note 5, Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1, Honor 7C, among others.