Realme 8 Pro comes with a 108MP camera

Oppo has announced the Realme 8 Pro, a budget device that is one of the first devices to use Samsung’s new 108-megapixel ISOCELL HM2 sensor in the main camera.

And while similar high-resolution sensors were more common on more expensive phones, such as the Galaxy S21 Ultra, this sensor is designed for low-cost devices, like the Realme 8 Pro.

It should be noted that this 108 megapixel sensor is not the same sensor used in the Galaxy S21 Ultra or even the Galaxy S20 Ultra last year, but rather a smaller sensor – 1 / 1.52 inches versus 1 / 1.33 inches – with pixels of 0.7 μm.

However, it uses the same clustering approach to improve light collecting capabilities by combining adjacent pixels into a less noisy 12MP image.

The sensor also supports 3x zoom, and considering using only 12 megapixels of the full sensor, the phone has enough processing power to capture eight images and merge them into a single final image.

And according to Realme, the end result is better than an image from a 3x lens camera.

There is also an updated Super Nightscape mode and Ultra Nightscape Video mode. Star mode is now also available for videos (first mode of this type by phone).

The phone can capture 240 images (every 15 seconds apart) and combine them into an 8 second video that shows the movement of the night sky.

The 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera features an f / 2.25 lens and a 119-degree field of view, as well as a 2-megapixel macro camera and a 2-megapixel black and white camera, with a 16 megapixel front camera.

Realme 8 Pro features a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with 1000 nits of peak brightness, 180Hz touch sample rate, and 60Hz refresh rate.

There’s a 720G Snapdragon processor, 6 or 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage space, but if you need more, the microSD card slot via the triple card tray makes it easy to expand.

The device includes a 4,500mAh battery that supports 50-watt fast charging and promises up to 20 hours of uninterrupted YouTube video viewing or 8 hours of gaming.

And the charger with a capacity of 65 watts can charge half of it in 17 minutes, while the other half takes another 30 minutes, noting that the phone charges 50 watts.

The back of the device, available in blue and black, features intense Realme markings with the Dare to Leap company logo in large fluorescent letters that glow in the dark.

The Realme 8 Pro goes on sale March 31 in the UK for 279 pounds (around $ 380).