Former Oppo sub-brand Realme has Presently launched its newest cameraphone in the Indian market — Realme U1. This is the initial cameraphone in the company’s fresh U-series of phones, focused on the selfie-centric users.
The cameraphone, which is touted by the company as “India’s SelfiePro”, will be out there for get in India through Amazon. It comes in 3 colour settings — Ambitious Black, Brave Blue, and Fiery Gold.
As for the pricing and availability, the 3GB RAM model is offered at Rs. 11,999 (~$170) while the 4GB RAM model costs Rs. 14,999 (~$212). It will go on sale from 5th December with a handful of offers in Reliance Jio, SBI Bank, and no-cost EMI setup.
The smartphone ships with a shiny back with diffraction grading as the smartphone has 13 layers of Laminated Technology, which the company calls Light Pillar Design and style.
The Realme U1 boasts a 6.3-inch Full HD+ dewdrop present with show resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels display resolution, 90.8 percent screen-t0-body ratio and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The screen offers 450 nits of brightness and 1500:1 contrast ratio.
It is the world’s initially phone to be powered by MediaTek’s Helio P70 chipset. It is developed by TSMC using their 12nm FinFET tech and attributes Cortex-A73 and Cortex A53 cores in the exact same 4+4 arrangement, coupled with ARM Mali-G72 GPU.
The smartphone comes in two storage configurations — 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal memory and 4GB RAM with 64GB of internal memory. There’s Furthermore a microSD card tray that permits users to further expand the phone’s storage ability up to 256GB.
The highlight of the phone is the camera module. It features a dual digital camera option on the back, consisting of a 13-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary digital camera. It ships with AI Photography and AI Beautigy+ attributes for enhancing the photography experience.
It supports Studio Portrait Firing, Super Vivid 2.0 and AI Scene Detection as well as slow-motion video recording feature. The company revealed that the slo-mo video will also be rolled out to Realme 2 Pro by the end of this year.
On the front side, the cameraphone comes equipped with a 25-megapixel Sony IMX576 camera with f/2.0 aperture and features like Smarter Groupfi for taking group selfies. It Furthermore supports AI Front Unlock feature that is claimed to unlock the smartphone in just 0.1 seconds.
Connectivity settings on the product have Dual Lte VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac dual-band (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, and GPS. The phone is operating Android 8.1 Oreo running system out of the box with ColorOS 5.2 on top and is powered by a 3,500mAh battery.
Alongside with the Realme U1, the manufacturer has In addition launched a couple of accessories. It has introduced the Realme U1 Iconic Case protective cover and the Realme Buds earphones, both estimated at Rs. 499 (approximately $7).