In a move that’s equal parts brilliant and utterly chaotic, realme has taken the wraps off its new flagship duo in China: the realme GT8 Pro and the realme GT8.

The realme GT8 Pro is the device that should grab the most headlines, if only because it lets you use a Torx wrench to customize your phone. realme calls it a “mechanical assembly design,” and it allows users to physically remove the camera plate — secured by two tiny screws — and replace it with a different look. The company is leaning into the modding scene hard, releasing the 3MF model file so ambitious users can 3D-print their own custom modules instead of settling for the official square, circle, or robot-style designs. This is smartphone hardware design for the DIY crowd, and we are absolutely here for it.

Beyond the swappable chassis, the GT8 Pro is also debuting a serious photography partnership with Ricoh GR. The main lens is a 50-megapixel Ricoh GR anti-glare sensor, featuring a 7P high-lens array and five layers of specialized coatings to reduce reflectivity to a mere 0.2%.

realme Fan & Media Shooting Tour: Capturing unique perspectives of the world with the RICOH GR mode on realme GT 8 Pro. pic.twitter.com/AKmU3S158m

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Showcasing the Ricoh GR mode

Software-wise, the collaboration yields an intuitive algorithm that favors realism over over-processing, a Quick Focus mode, and the beloved GR mode, which offers 28mm and 40mm fixed focal lengths alongside five distinct film tones, including a high-contrast black-and-white that Ricoh shooters know and love. This is rounded out by a 200-megapixel Samsung Isocell HP5 periscope lens that can shoot 8K at 30fps or an absurd 4K at 120fps, plus a 50-megapixel ultrawide.

All of this runs on the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 silicon, fueled by a large 7,000mAh battery with 120-watt wired and 50-watt wireless charging.

Moving to the more accessible realme GT8, you lose the modular camera plate but keep the Ricoh GR software smarts, including the film tones and fixed focal lengths. Its camera hardware is still impressive, pairing a 50-meagpixel OIS main sensor with a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto capable of 3.5x optical zoom. The standard model gets the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, a dedicated R1 graphics chip for gaming, and the same massive 7,000mAh “Titan” battery, though charging drops slightly to 100 watts.

The vanilla model also features a 6.79-inch 2K BOE Q10+ OLED display with a mind-melting 7,000 nits of peak brightness. That’s not a typo. For reasons only known to the brand, the standard phone’s screen is nearly double the peak brightness of the Pro model’s already-brilliant 4,000-nit panel. Whether that much illumination is necessary or just a flex is up for debate, but it certainly makes a statement. Adding to its robust nature, the GT8 also packs comprehensive IP68, IP69, and IP66 ratings, promising extreme water and dust resistance.

Available now in China, the realme GT8 Pro is priced from ¥3,999 (roughly P32,750 or $562) while the realme GT8 goes up for sale from ¥2,899 (P23,728 or $407). We’ll keep you posted if there are plans to bring them to the Philippines.

realme GT8 Pro specs

• 6.79-inch LTPO AMOLED display, 2K resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, 7,000 nits peak brightness, HDR10+
• 3nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 5G chipset
• Adreno 840 GPU
• 12GB/16GB LPDDR5X RAM
• 256GB/512GB/1TB UFS 4.0 storage
• Triple 50-megapixel main, 200-megapixel periscope telephoto with 3x optical zoom and OIS, 50-megapixel ultrawide rear cameras
• 32-megapixel front camera
• Under-display fingerprint reader
• 7,000mAh battery with 120-watt SuperVOOC charging, 50-watt wireless charging
• realme UI 7.0 based on Android 16
• IP69/68/66 ratings
• Colors: blue, white, green

realme GT8 specs

• 6.79-inch LTPO AMOLED display, 2K resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, 7,000 nits peak brightness, HDR10+
• 3nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 5G chipset
• Adreno 830 GPU
• 12GB/16GB LPDDR5X RAM
• 256GB/512GB/1TB UFS 4.0 storage
• Triple 50-megapixel main, 50-megapixel periscope telephoto with OIS, 8-megapixel ultrawide rear cameras
• 16-megapixel front camera
• Under-display fingerprint reader
• 7,000mAh battery with 100-watt SuperVOOC charging
• realme UI 7.0 based on Android 16
• IP69/68/66 ratings
• Colors: blue, white, green

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