Surprise! The Philippines’ top smartphone brand is rolling out not one, not two, but three handsets starting tomorrow, March 23.

(Update, May 17: The Realme Narzo 50 and Realme Narzo 50A Prime will finally — and officially — land in the Philippines!)

Realme Philippines has announced that the Realme GT 2 Pro, Realme Narzo 50, and Realme Narzo 50A Prime are going to be available in the country beginning this month. This news comes just hours after the Realme GT Neo 3 with up to 150-watt fast charging debuted in China.

Realme GT 2 Pro

If you want premium from the company, then you can never get more premium than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-based Realme GT 2 Pro, which got a global launch at this year’s MWC [Mobile World Congress] in Barcelona, Spain.

Locally, the 12GB/256GB model is priced at P34,990 (roughly $669 converted), but oh boy, you can get it from the Realme Global Store on Shopee for only P28,990 ($554) on March 25 and March 26.

Remember that the GT 2 Pro also comes with world-first technologies, such as the bio-polymer material-based, paper-inspired overall aesthetic designed in its fourth collaboration with Japanese industrial-design master Naoto Fukasawa; a 150-degree ultra-wide camera with Fisheye mode; and the brand’s Innovation Forward Communication tech. So really, that early-bird offer is a steal.

Realme GT 2 Pro specs

• 6.7-inch E4 AMOLED adaptive display, 2K+ resolution, 1Hz-120Hz refresh rate, 1,000Hz touch sampling, 1,400 nits peak brightness
• Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
• 4nm octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with 5G
• Adreno 730 GPU
• 8GB/12GB LPDDR5 RAM
• 128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 storage
• Triple 50MP main (Sony IMX766), 50MP ultra-wide, 2MP microscope rear cameras
• 32MP front camera
• Fingerprint sensor (under display)
• 5,000mAh dual battery with 65-watt USB-C fast charging
• Realme UI 3.0 based on Android 12
• Colors: Paper White, Paper Green, Titanium Blue, and Steel Black

Realme Philippines’ press release

Realme Narzo 50 and Realme Narzo 50A Prime

If your budget calls for an entry-level Realme phone, then you may want to take a look at these two devices from the Narzo series.

The Narzo 50 is equipped with a MediaTek Helio G96 chip, a 6.6-inch screen with a 120H refresh rate, a 50-megapixel triple camera on the back, a 5,000mAh battery with support for 33-watt fast charging, and dynamic RAM expansion of up to 11GB. The 4GB/64GB unit is priced at P8,990 ($172), but will go on sale on Lazada for P8,190 ($157) on the 23rd and 24th. The version with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, on the other hand, costs P9,990 ($191), but can be purchased for P8,990 ($172) on the same dates.

The Narzo 50A Prime is the most budget-friendly of the three. The smartphone features a Unisoc T612 chip, a battery with 5,000mAh capacity, and a 50-megapixel triple rear camera. The 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB variants retail at P7,290 ($139) and P7,990 ($153), respectively. The two memory configurations will be available soon on the Realme Global Store on Shopee Philippines.

Of course, if you’re after a mid-priced handset, you may want to look no further than the devices that were launched last week — the Realme 9 Pro Plus and Realme 9 Pro.

Realme Narzo 50 specs

• 6.6-inch LCD display, FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch-sampling rate
• MediaTek Helio G96 processor
• Mali-G57 GPU
• 4GB/6GB RAM
• 64GB/128GB storage
• Triple 50-megapixel main, 2-megapixel monochrome, and 2-megapixel macro rear cameras
• 16-megapixel front camera
• Side fingerprint reader
• 5,000mAh battery with 33-watt fast charging
• Realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11
• Colors: Speed Blue and Speed Black

Realme Narzo 50A Prime specs

• 6.6-inch LCD display, FHD+ resolution
• Unisoc T612 processor
• Mali-G52 GPU
• 4GB/6GB RAM
• 64GB/128GB storage
• Triple 50-megapixel main, 2-megapixel monochrome, and 2-megapixel macro rear cameras
• 8-megapixel front camera
• Side fingerprint reader
• 5,000mAh battery with 18-watt fast charging
• Realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11
• Colors: Flash Black and Flash Blue

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