Realme X50 Pro Packs Support for ISRO's NavIC Navigation System, India CEO Madhav Sheth Reveals

Realme X50 Pro has been confirmed to have support for NavIC, as per a tweet by Realme CEO Madhav Sheth.

By Darab Mansoor Ali | Updated: 28 February 2020 16:54 IST

Realme X50 Pro Packs Support for ISRO's NavIC Navigation System, India CEO Madhav Sheth Reveals

Realme X50 Pro's NavIC capability was confirmed in a tweet by the Realme CEO

Highlights

Realme X50 Pro was launched in India on Monday
It comes packed with the Snapdragon 865 SoC
Realme had not highlighted NavIC support at launch

Realme X50 Pro 5G was launched on Monday in India, and now, it has been confirmed to have to support ISRO's NavIC navigation system. The support was confirmed in a tweet by Realme CEO Madhav Sheth. "Yes, our ultimate flagship, the Realme X50 Pro features NavIC and even our upcoming phone will feature it as well. So, world's first, World's second, coming in a row, all for India. Plan to talk more on 5th March. See you there with 1500 Realme fans," Sheth said while responding to a tweet, where a person had pointed out that the specifications page of the X50 Pro showed it has NavIC technology.

"@MadhavSheth1 I saw on your official website, Realme X50 Pro features #NavIC. Is it world's first smartphone featuring #NavIC in India?" the user asked the Realme CEO on twitter. He was tweeting to Sheth's tweet announcing the launch of the Realme 6. The Realme X50 Pro 5G specifications page does clearly mention the NavIC support.

Yes, our ultimate flagship, #realmeX50Pro features #NavIC & even our upcoming phone will feature it as well.
So World's first, World's second, coming in a row, all for India.
Plan to talk more on 5th March. See you there with 1500 #realme fans. https://t.co/SXwcu1vYyI
— Madhav 5G (@MadhavSheth1) February 27, 2020

This makes the Realme X50 Pro the first phone to come equipped with NavIC support. The Realme X50 Pro 5G is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, the company's latest flagship smartphone processor. However, according to Qualcomm's announcement for NavIC tech support, it had only named the Snapdragon 720G, Snapdragon 662, and Snapdragon 460 SoC to have support. The company is now saying that it is adding NavIC support for Snapdragon 865 via a software update that will be available to the OEMs in April.

"In October 2019, Qualcomm announced support for India's NavIC Satellite Navigation System in commercial chipset platforms and we are pleased to be working with ISRO in bringing NavIC to Indian consumers and enhance their navigation experience via more accurate location performance, faster time-to-first-fix (TTFF) position acquisition, and improved robustness," a Qualcomm spokesperson told Gadgets 360. "Recent Snapdragon Mobile Platform launches such as Snapdragon 765, 720G, 662 and 460 support NavIC. Snapdragon 865 is NaviC capable with the final software update coming to our OEMs around April 2020."

In reply to Sheth's tweet, Realme's Francis Wang shared a screenshot showing the Realme X50 Pro getting location data from NavIC.

Here, product first, marketing later. pic.twitter.com/XgDoFAjiAM
— Francis Wang (@FrancisRealme) February 27, 2020

Hence, it is yet to be confirmed that the NavIC on the latest Realme X50 Pro is a software based addition or does the chip does come equipped with the navigation technology developed by ISRO.

Apart from that, the iQoo 3, also launched this week also comes packed with the Snapdragon 865 SoC, however iQoo India told Gadgets 360 that the phone doesn't come with NavIC support.

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Realme X50 Pro 5G

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Top-end Snapdragon 865 SoC
5G ready
Impressive display and sound quality
Extremely quick charging
Great value for money

Bad
4K video and Night Mode need improvements
Relatively heavy and slippery
No wireless charging or IP rating

Read detailed Realme X50 Pro 5G review

Display 6.44-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

Front Camera 32-megapixel + 8-megapixel

Rear Camera 64-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 2-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 4200mAh

OS Android 10

Resolution 1080x2400 pixels

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