CES 2024: realme 12 Pro Series flagship periscope tech showcased, can compete with iPhone 15 Pro Max

At its 2024 media preview event in Las Vegas (CES 2024), realme officially announced that its realme 12 Pro Series will feature a flagship periscope telephoto lens. Moreover, it'll also come with a luxury watch design.

realme 12 Pro Series is coming

The realme 12 Pro Series will feature a flagship-level periscope camera!

The world's fastest-growing mobile brand said that based on its research, there is a forthcoming preference among young users for telephoto lenses with 3x zoom or more rather than 2x.

On slim phones, you will need periscope telephoto lenses to achieve high zoom levels.

However, the said camera tech was previously exclusive to flagship phones only due to high cost and other technical challenges.

The good news? realme said that the company is committed to bridging this gap by making flagship-exclusive periscope telephoto technology that is available to a wider audience of young users.

According to the company, its upcoming realme 12 Pro Series will feature the "best periscope" camera in its price segment.

The camera tech behind the realme 12 Pro Series

In particular, its tech will use a unique combination of prism tilt OIS,  Sub-Wavelength Structure Coating, and a Wave Pattern Lens Shade. These are the technologies introduced on the higher-end realme GT5 Pro.

The telephoto capabilities of the device will feature a 3x Portrait Mode with a 71mm golden portrait focal length to create a naturally shallow depth of field. Moreover, it'll come with up to 120x digital zoom.

The sensors that realme used here are the flagship OV64B with a 1/2-inch size. Compared to the iPhone 15 Pro, this sensor is 2x bigger. In addition, due to its large aperture size, its telephoto lens is also 3x more light-sensitive than the iPhone 15 Pro as well.

For the primary camera, it'll come with a Sony IMX890 OIS sensor with a 1/1.56-inch sensor size with 24mm focal length and f/1.8 wide camera.

realme also equipped this device with an ultra-wide camera to periscope modes that offer lossless  0.6x, 1x, 2x, 3x, and 5x zooms similar to more expensive high-end phones.

To help improve its image processing, realme also partnered with Qualcomm to make the realme 12 Pro Series the only device in its price segment to process RAW domains to ensure top clarity, dynamic range, and realism in cinematic portraits.

It also has an omni-focal MasterShot Algorithm is a flagship-level architecture that offers the industry's most advanced computational photography which enables LightFusion Engine for enhanced clarity and tone. The realme 12 Pro Series also has the NightEye Engine for superior night shots as well as its unique movie portrait filters.

To tease its camera capabilities, realme shared 3x zoom photos comparing the realme 12 Pro Series with the iPhone 15 Pro Max or Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.

realme 12 Pro Series vs Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 3x zoom

realme 12 Pro Series vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max 3x zoom

Designed in partnership with Ollivier Savéo

realme 12 Pro Series 5G Submarine Blue

Apart from its cameras, the company also partnered with Ollivier Savéo, the international luxury watch design master, to create a luxury watch design for the realme 12 Pro Series. Ollivier Savéo has previously collaborated with prestigious Swiss watch brands, including Rolex, Roger Dubuis, Piaget, Breitling, and Quentin.

As a result, the realme 12 Pro Series was crafted using CNC machine cutting with a Golden Fluted Bezel achieving a 360-degree luxury watch-level precision texture with 300 meticulously designed metal lines.

It also has a Polished Sunburst Dial showcasing a light cone texture and gradient UV texture seamlessly blended to present over 500 sunburst patterns interwoven with light and shadow.

For the body, it uses the latest silicone materials resulting in a silky feel and dirt-resistant Premium Vegan Leather, combining high-end aesthetics with practicality.

There is also a 3D Jubilee Bracelet featuring three-dimensional rhomboid precision splicing to add a metallic strap texture to the realme 12 Pro Series.

The realme 12 Pro Series is in line with realme's founder and CEO, Sky Li, announcing that 2024 will be the year of rebranding, the company also unveiled its new slogan: Make it real. This media event marked realme's initial official communication following its rebranding. As The slogan aims to reposition realme as a tech brand that better understands young users, the realme number series is also set to be positioned as the future of Next-gen Imaging.

According to realme, the realme 12 Pro Series will launch globally this January.

While it is sure that the realme 12 Pro Series will launch in the Philippines, there is no word on its exact availability details yet.

Are you guys excited?