Following it’s launch earlier this week, the Realme GT 2 series smartphones finally went on it’s debut sale in it’s domestic market yesterday. Unsurprisingly, the new models were met with popular demand as the company generated more than 200 million yuan in revenue within the first 3 minutes into it’s first sale. If you do the math, this equates to between 40,000 to 74,100 units being sold during the short period of time.
Just to recap, Realme introduced a total of two models such as the Realme GT 2 and GT 2 Pro during the recent launch event. The GT 2 Pro features a 6.7” LTPO 2.0 AMOLED display which offers a super sharp QHD+ screen resolution garnished with a buttery-smooth 120Hz adaptive refresh rate as well as a responsive 1,000Hz touch sampling rate. The vanilla Realme GT 2 on the other hand, settles with a comparatively smaller 6.62” AMOLED panel with FHD+ screen resolution and 120Hz refresh rate.
Around the back of the phone, both models share a rather similar design for their rear camera bump that houses a total of three cameras. Unsurprisingly, the the Realme GT 2 Pro comes with a more proficient camera system lead by a 50 megapixels Sony IMX766 main camera alongside a 50 megapixels Samsung JN1 ultra-wide camera with 150-degree FoV and a 2 megapixels microscope lens with up to 40x magnification.
As for the Realme GT 2, it gets the same 50MP Sony IMX766 camera for it’s main unit but will feature a toned-down ultra-wide unit and a macro camera. Selfie-wise, it’ll be handled by a 32 megapixels front-facing camera on the Realme GT 2 Pro, and a 16 megapixels camera on the vanilla model.
Under the hood, the Realme GT 2 Pro and GT 2 will be powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888 chipsets respectively. Memory options for both devices start from 8GB RAM/ 128GB storage and could go up to 12GB RAM and 512GB storage for the Pro model.
To keep it’s lights on, both devices are backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 65W fast-charging support. They will also be shipped with the latest Realme UI 3.0 based on the new Android 12 OS right off the box.
For those who’re interested, the Realme GT 2 and GT 2 Pro will be available in a four different color options such as Paper White, Paper Green, Steel Black and Titanium Blue. Pricing for the phones will start from 2,699 Yuan (US$425) for the Realme GT 2 and 3,899 Yuan (US$613) for the GT2 Pro in the Chinese market.
