Realme 8 gets a price cut; now starts at Rs 14,499

Gadgets Now / Updated: May 13, 2021, 09:33PM IST

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Realme 8 gets a price cut now starts at Rs 14499

Realme has reduced the price of the Realme 8 smartphone by Rs 500. This offer is applicable if you buy from Flipkart. The discount is available on all three storage variants of Realme 8 and is priced at Rs 14499 (4GB+128GB), Rs 15,499 (6GB+128GB) and Rs 16499 (8GB + 128GB, Cyber Black) respectively.

Realme had launched its budget smartphones -- Realme 8 and Realme 8 Pro-- in March. The new smartphones boast of improved cameras, design and new software. The major differences between Realme 8 and 8 Pro are mostly around chipset, camera and battery. The Realme 8 is powered by MediaTek Helios G95 SoC while the Realme 8 Pro is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC. Similarly, the Realme 8 Pro comes with a 108MP primary camera sensor instead of 64MP primary camera on the Realme 8.

The Realme 8 comes with a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with in-display fingerprint scanner. The device is powered by 2.05GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio G95 chipset with ARM Mali-G76 MC4 GPU. It also runs Realme UI 2.0. The device will come with three RAM options-- 4GB, 6GB and 8GB. All the three variants offer 128GB of internal storage along with support for 256GB microSD cards.

Talking about the camera, the Realme 8 has an 64MP quad camera setup: 64MP primary sensor (f/1.79 aperture) + 8MP ultra-wide angle lens (f/2.25 aperture) + 2MP macro lens (f/2.4 aperture) + 2MP B&W lens (f/2.4 aperture). In the front, there's a 16MP in-display camera with f/2.45 aperture. The device is backed by a 5000mAh battery with 30W Dart Charge support and comes in two colour options-- Silver and Black.

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