Realme 12 Pro 5G Series With Periscope Camera Teased to Launch in India in January

Realme has set up a landing page on its India website teasing the arrival of Realme 12 Pro 5G phones.

Written by Nithya P Nair, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 10 January 2024 13:15 IST

Realme 12 Pro 5G Series With Periscope Camera Teased to Launch in India in January

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Realme 12 Pro 5G is expected to run on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoC

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Realme 11 Pro 5G lineup debuted in the country in June last year
The video shows the rear portion of the device
Realme 12 Pro 5G and Realme 12 Pro+ 5G surfaced on TENAA website recently

Realme 12 Pro 5G series will soon launch in India. Realme, via a post on X, confirmed the arrival of the new Realme 12 Pro 5G and Realme 12 Pro+ 5G smartphones in India. The Chinese smartphone brand is highlighting the presence of a periscope camera in the new lineup. The periscope sensor would offer better image clarity at high zoom levels. Specifications of the Realme 12 Pro 5G series have been tipped over the last few weeks through different listings on certification platforms. The Realme 12 Pro 5G series is expected to come as a successor to Realme 11 Pro 5G lineup that debuted in the country in June last year.

Via a teaser video on X, Realme announced that the Realme 12 Pro 5G series will debut in India in January. The post doesn't specify the exact launch date of the smartphones but, it asks users to guess the launch date and get a chance to win the new smartphones. The video shows the rear portion of the device with a ring-shaped camera module. It is teased to include a periscope telephoto camera.

Realme has also set up a landing page on its India website teasing the arrival of the Realme 12 Pro 5G phones. The page highlights the periscope telephoto camera of the handsets. It includes a tagline "Beyond 200M" making a dig at the 200-megapixel camera units of the Redmi Note 13 Pro series. Interested customers can click on the “Notify Me” button on the website to get the latest updates about the launch.

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Recently, the Realme 12 Pro 5G and Realme 12 Pro+ 5G surfaced on the TENAA website with model numbers RMX3843, and RMX3841, respectively. The former is expected to run on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoC. They are said to pack 50-megapixel triple rear cameras and could be backed by 5,000mAh batteries. The Realme 12 Pro+ 5G is rumoured to get a 64-megapixel Omnivision OV64B 3X periscope telephoto lens. The upcoming series could be sold in India via Flipkart.

The specifications for the Realme 12 Pro+ and Realme 12 Pro will be an upgrade over the Realme 11 Pro+ and Realme 11 Pro. They made their India debut in June last year with an initial price tag of Rs. 23,999.

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Realme 11 Pro+

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Excellent in-hand feel
Brilliant display
Good performance
Long battery life, fast charging
Good front camera

Bad
Bloated software with ads
Rear cameras need better optimisation

Read detailed Realme 11 Pro+ review

Display 6.70-inch

Processor MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Front Camera 32-megapixel

Rear Camera 200-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 2-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 256GB

Battery Capacity 5000mAh

OS Android 13

Resolution 2400x1080 pixels

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Realme 11 Pro

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.70-inch

Processor MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 100-megapixel + 2-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB

Battery Capacity 5000mAh

OS Android 13

Resolution 2400x1080 pixels

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