“MediaTek expects the first smartphones powered by the flagship MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ chip to launch early in 2021,” the Taiwanese chipset maker had announced at the not too long ago concluded India Mobile Congress 2020. It was a tiny more distinct about phones with the competent, more mass-marketplace, Dimensity 800U chip. “The new premium smartphones (with Dimensity 800U) will be launched in January 2021 and will be one of the first MediaTek powered 5G smartphones available in India,” MediaTek had announced at the identical forum. MediaTek did not reveal any smartphone vendor names although.
But even ahead of these announcements, Oppo spin-off Realme had confirmed that it would–possibly–be a single of the 1st brands to launch the new Dimensity-powered Realme X7-series in India in 2021. The Realme X7-series has two models, a vanilla Realme X7 with Dimensity 800U, and a more effective Realme X7 Pro with Dimensity 1000+. Suffice to say, each these phones are a significant deal for India, a marketplace that has actually been spoiled by decision by brands-like Realme itself.
Coming to why the Realme X7-series–Realme X7 Pro in particular–is a significant deal. Realme’s final significant-ticket 5G telephone in India was the Realme X50 Pro. The telephone came with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. The Realme X7 Pro with Dimensity 1000+ is each an chance and a threat for Realme. This is for the reason that of the perception that people today have towards MediaTek in India although, like any other issue in the planet of tech, this is promptly altering or rather evolving as MediaTek launches more and more ‘competitive’ chipsets. This is of course topic to debate as numerous critics have also pointed out MediaTek’s tendency to launch iterative updates rather than complete-fledged upgrades.
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Regardless, MediaTek is not the identical enterprise that it was, say a couple of years ago and it deserves a lot of credit for going toe-to-toe with a behemoth like Qualcomm, and sooner or later coming out with newer and improved technologies to rival. Not to mention, MediaTek’s part in advancing the intelligent home–IoT–market can’t be stressed adequate. Having mentioned that, this is the 1st time smartphone purchasers in India will get to practical experience MediaTek’s might–and magic–in the flagship space. Realme believes that is a threat worth taking–and an chance to shine.
In an exclusive interview with TheSpuzz Online, Madhav Sheth, Vice President, Realme and Chief Executive Officer, Realme India and Europe mentioned, “the X-series is a very optimistic series for Realme. We are really looking forward to bringing the Realme X7-series to India in Q1 2021,” adding that, “we are excited to bring (phones with) Dimensity 1000+ and Dimensity 800U to this market.”
Realme appears fairly pumped up about their ‘performance’ angle when “5G is just an icing on the cake.”
“(That MediaTek chips) were not up to the mark was a misconception about two years ago. We have eventually proved that wrong,” Madhav reiterated, highlighting Realme’s personal solution offerings that now boasts of a mix of phones with Qualcomm and MediaTek chips. “We want to give choice because every chipset has got its own unique element at its respective price point,” he mentioned.
“Dimensity is going to open its own horizon of experiences in terms of performance. It’s not just about 5G, but also the host of features the chipset brings. 5G is just an icing on the cake.”
Some of these functions like dual 5G SIM, carrier aggregation (2CC 5G-CA), and MediaTek’s 5G UltraSave energy-saving technologies, when they do sound attractive on paper, need to provide in the actual-planet in a reduce-throat marketplace that is India to prove it can make premium chipsets akin to a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 or, even the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. This is exactly where the chance comes in.