Realme had earlier this month hinted that it would launch the Realme 8i smartphone for the European market on October 14. Just as scheduled, the Chinese tech giant has officially unveiled the 8i in Europe. The Realme 8i has a 6.6-inch IPS LCD screen punch-hole screen that delivers a 1080 x 2400 pixels Full HD+ resolution, a 20:9 aspect ratio, 600nits brightness, 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut, 401ppi pixel density, and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. It is equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and face unlock security features.
It has arrived with the Helio G96 chipset
paired with 4GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 64GB / 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage. It comes
with up to 5 GB of extended RAM, and it runs on Realme UI 2.0 based Android 11
OS. The company has indicated that the device is set to get Android 12-based
Realme UI 3.0’s early access build in Q1 2022.
For selfies, it has a front camera of
16-megapixel. The squarish rear-facing camera module is fitted with a
50-megapixel main camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel
monochrome lens. The handset is packed with a 5,000mAh battery that supports
18W charging through USB-C. It offers other features such as dual 4G VoLTE,
Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, a microSD card slot, and a 3.5mm headphone
jack.
As for the pricing and availability, the
Realme 8i is available in two memory options – 4GB+64GB priced at € 199, and a
4GB+128GB variant priced at € 219. The phone is available in Space Black and
Stellar Purple colors. The 8i is already up for grabs on Realme’s European
website. The company is offering a € 20 discount on all models until October 20.
