Realme 2 now official: SD450, Dual rear cameras

OPPO’s Realme sub-brand has unveiled the Realme 2, sporting mid-range hardware and a huge battery to boot.

The Realme 2 is a lot less powerful than the Realme 1 with a Snapdragon 450 on board and features the OPPO F7’s diamond back in three different colors. It also features a notch in its 6.2-inch display. One can say that this is another version of the OPPO A5 with its 4,230mAh battery and improve battery capabilities with its built-in AI Power manager. OPPO claims up to 44 hours of call time, 18 hours of music playback and up to 10 hours of gaming with the device.

Realme 2 specs:

• 6.2-inch 19:9 aspect ratio display @ 1520 x 720 px
• Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• 1.8GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
• Adreno 506 GPU
• 3GB or 4GB RAM
• 32GB or 64GB internal storage
• expandable via microSD up to 256GB
• 13MP+2MP f/2.2 dual rear cameras with LED Flash
• 8MP f/2.2 AI 2.0 front camera
• 4G, Dual VoLTE
• Dual SIM (Nano)
• WiFi
• Bluetooth 4.2
• GPS, A-GPS
• Fingerprint Scanner
• ColorOS 5.1 (Android 8.1 Oreo)
• 4,230mAh battery
• Diamond Black, Diamond Red, Diamond Blue
• 75.6 x 156.2 x 8.2mm
• 167g

The Realme 2 will be available in India starting September 12 with prices at INR8,990PHP 6,223USD 106EUR 101CNY 772 (~Php6,900USD 118INR 9,968EUR 112CNY 856) and INR 10,990PHP 7,607USD 130EUR 124CNY 944 (~Php8,400USD 143INR 12,135EUR 136CNY 1,042) for the 3GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB variants, respectively. Realme may also bring this device to Southeast Asia and the Middle East as it plans to expand its business later this year.