Article 5EYSH The Realme GT 5G is a very cheap Snapdragon 888-based phone on sale now in China

The Realme GT 5G is a very cheap Snapdragon 888-based phone on sale now in China

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Allison Johnson
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realme_gt.0.jpg The GT 5G boasts flagship specs for much, much less.

Realme has announced the GT 5G, built with Qualcomm's top-tier Snapdragon 888 chipset. It comes with plenty of other flagship-esque specs, too, like a 120Hz screen, up to 12GB of RAM, and a 4,500mAh battery with 65W fast charger included. What it doesn't have is a flagship-like price; it's on sale in China for 2,799 yuan currently, or about $430.

The Snapdragon 888 is currently Qualcomm's most powerful processor, announced in December of last year. Samsung has included it in its S21-series phones, and it's expected to appear in many more Android flagships this year. At the moment, though, only a handful of (mostly pricey) devices are available with it, and with a 100 yuan introductory discount, the Realme GT 5G ties the Xiaomi Redmi K40...

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