Realme 5 and 5 Pro to be announced today: Here's what you need to know

Just a month after Chinese smartphone maker Realme launched its flagship product called the Realme X , it now looks like the company is gearing up to launch the next generation of devices called the Realme 5 and 5 Pro. The company has skipped Realme 4 since the number 4 is considered a bad omen in China. Here’s what we know about the device so far.

Realme 5 Pro expected specs

As per Realme’s website, the launch of this new Realme 5-series lineup will be held on 20 August at 12.30 pm. From a recent tweet by the company’s official account, Realme 5 Pro will be a part of this series and it will come with a 48 MP camera sensor on the rear. This smartphone will also feature a quad-camera setup .

The Realme 5 Pro’s primary sensor will be a 48 MP one with f/1.8 aperture and 1.25 micron pixel size. The wide-angle lens in the quad-camera setup is expected to come with a 119-degree field of view. Apart from a regular and wide-angle lens, the other two lenses will support super macro and portrait shots.

As per the  Geekbench leak , the Realme 5 Pro carries the model number RMX1971. The listing also suggests that the Realme 3 Pro-successor will be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor. As for the benchmark score, the devices scored 1143 for single-core and 4618 for multi-core which is in line with smartphones having the Snapdragon 710 chipset. However, a Gizmochina leak suggests that the phone could have the Snapdragon 712 SoC, like the Vivo Z1 Pro.

In addition to that, the RAM on Realme 5 Pro is is listed as 8 GB on the benchmark leak, and it is shown running Android 9 Pie.  The Realme 5 Pro could also be sporting an AMOLED display and could come with an in-display fingerprint scanner.

Realme 5 expected specs

The Realme 5 is expected to come with a 6.5-inch HD+ and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC. It will also feature a quad-camera setup but without the 48 MP sensor seen in the Realme 5 Pro. In terms of storage, the Realme 5 will likely max out at 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage and start from 3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage.