Oppo’s Affordable Realme, which is considered as a ‘Dark Horse’ in the Asian smartphone industry is all set to breach Pakistani Markets on January 02, 2019. The company announced this in a statement released on past week.
Realme as a sub-brand of the Chinese smartphone giant Oppo is an attempt to compete with the other smartphone giants like, Huawei’s Honor brand and Xiaomi.
Realme started their operations as an online sub-brand of Oppo, initially for the Indian markets. Realme focused on offering value-for-money in budget smartphones categories. But now Realme, however, detached itself to become an independent entity in July, which is a common practice among Chinese smartphone makers. Now Realme is being headed by Sky Li, former Vice President of Oppo.
Realme aims to provide smartphones under Rs. 30,000 for the “young people around the world.” In the statement, the company says it aims to target the young generation through their affordable products. Realme, now sure that they can gather almost 60% of the youth soon after its launch in Pakistan. Like they fetched these result in other multiple Asian markets including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and India.
In their journey in India which is started just four months ago and in this short period, Realme successfully sold a record-breaking 1 million smartphones. Such impressive sales performances have proven that Realme is indeed a ‘Dark Horse’ in the Asian smartphone industry. Realme also set another record by selling 40,000 units in just 21 minutes in Indonesia. These sales also made Realme the fourth most popular online brand in India.
Realme’s product line-up has also gathered satisfying reviews from international media, like Forbes, GSMArena, Android Authority, and others. Across the board, it is known to hold its own in terms of design, software, cameras, and price range.
In India, the company sold 1 million units within four months, making it the fourth most popular online smartphone brand. In Indonesia, the company managed to sell 40,000 units in 21minutes.
An announcement regarding Realme’s arrival in Pakistan was made through the official account of Realme Pakistan on Facebook which is on January 02, 2019. While there’s nothing much known about the company’s future plan in Pakistan, it’s known that the phones will be available for purchase through online as well as offline stores.
Realme’s products have been recognized for it’s ‘Power and Style’ and has been received with flying colors. With the tagline ‘Proud to be Young’, Realme is focusing on becoming a ground-breaking smartphone brand for the younger generation in Pakistan, by bringing together best-in-class performance coupled with contemporary style.
With the less than 10 days left the launch of Realme in Pakistani Markets, Tech-enthusiasts, and hardcore fans will have to wait just a little while longer to get their hands on one of the most anticipated smartphones in Pakistan that bring together best-in-class performance coupled with style.
So far, Realme has launched five smartphones, which include Realme 1, 2, 2 Pro, C1, and the latest Realme U1. There is a list below of Realme Devices:
Realme 1
- 6 inches FHD screen
- MediaTek Helio P60 processor
- 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage
- 13 MP rear camera with 8 MP front camera
- 3410 mAh battery
Realme U1 SelfiePro
Realme U1 comes with two variants:
- 3GB+ 32GB
- 4GB+64GB
The phone comes with a 25MP AI enabled Front Camera with a Sony IMX 576 sensor.
Realme 2
- 6.2″ (15.75 cm) display
- 720 x 1520 pixels screen resolution
- Android v8.1 (Oreo) operating system
- Octa core, 1.8 GHz
- Cortex A53 processor
- 3 GB of RAM
- 4230 mAh battery
- 13 MP + 2 MP camera duel rear camera
Realme 2 Pro
- 2.8GHz octa-core processor
- 8GB of RAM.
- 128GB of internal storage expandable to
- 16-megapixel (f/1.7) primary camera + 2-megapixel (f/2.4) secondary camera
- 16-megapixel front shooter
- a 3500mAh removable battery
- Dual-SIM (GSM and GSM)
Realme C1
- 2 inches HD+ screen
- Snapdragon 450 processor
- Up to 2 GB RAM and 16 GB storage
- 13 MP + 2 MP rear cameras and 5 MP front camera
- 4230 mAh battery
