Confirmed: realme 8 series will go official in the Philippines on May 11

Late in April, realme teased that it will soon introduce a handset with a 108MP camera in the Philippines. We confirmed that it is the realme 8 series and it will go official in the country on May 11.

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realme 8 series will go official in PH this May 11!

The realme 8 series consists of the realme 8 and realme 8 Pro.

realme 8 is a mid-range gaming-focused handset equipped with a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen with a 180Hz touch sampling rate + In-Display fingerprint reader, 2.05GHz 12nm MediaTek Helio G95 octa-core processor, Mali-G76 3EEMC4 (900MHz) GPU, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB UFS 2.1 expandable storage, and a 5,000mAh battery capacity with USB-C 30W Dart Charge.

Apart from gaming, this also has a capable camera configuration highlighting a 64MP quad-cam setup and a 16MP Sony selfie cam. This is available in Cyber Silver and Cyber Black colorway.

Meanwhile, the realme 8 Pro is the company's first smartphone with a massive 108MP camera in the country.  It has a textured anti-fingerprint back design in Infinite Blue and Infinite Black colorways, a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen with a 180Hz touch sampling rate and In-Display fingerprint reader, 2.0GHz 8nm Snapdragon 720G octa-core processor, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB UFS 2.1 storage, and 4,500mAh battery with USB-C 50W VOOC SuperDart Charge tech.

In particular, the 108MP camera of this handset is the 108MP f/1.88 Samsung HM2 w/ PDAF. It is assisted by 8MP f/2.25 119-degree ultra-wide-angle + 2MP f/2.4 4cm macro + 2MP f/2.4 B&W + dual LED flash. In front, it uses the 16MP f/2.45 Sony IMX471 selfie camera. It also has Hi-Res Audio and Dolby Atmos.

The two phones run with Android 11 OS with realme UI 2.0 skin.

With Kathryn Bernardo

As the number of Filipino content creators and gamers grows, we want to be their chosen partner for all the dynamic and compelling photo and video content they create with the new realme 8 Series. This year's flagship aims to make powerful and premium photography and videography features, as well as impressive gaming capabilities within reach, says Austine Huang, vice president for Marketing of realme Philippines.

Along with the launch of the realme 8 series, realme will reveal the TV commercial of the realme Ambassador Kathryn Bernardo.

The realme 8 Series will be available nationwide this May at realme's 556 kiosks and concept stores. The brand also highlights that it has 16 Service Centers across the Philippines.

The only thing that's missing now is the SRP of the devices. Are you guys excited?