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TL;DR
- Realme has despatched the GT 7 Professional smartphone to reviewers, and the telephone’s packaging nonetheless accommodates the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 title.
- Qualcomm’s newest chip is known as the Snapdragon 8 Elite, however this processor was initially anticipated to be referred to as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
- A Realme consultant mentioned that Qualcomm was late in confirming the title change.
Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 8 Elite high-end smartphone processor final week, and it represents one other change within the firm’s naming conference. We had been anticipating it to be referred to as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, following final 12 months’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and it seems like at the very least one Android telephone maker had the identical expectation.
We not too long ago acquired a Realme GT 7 Professional assessment unit, and the telephone field lists a “Snapdragon 8 Gen 4” processor as an alternative of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Try our image beneath.
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Does this imply Realme was left at the hours of darkness in regards to the Snapdragon 8 Elite title change? An organization consultant instructed Android Authority that Qualcomm was late in confirming the Snapdragon 8 Elite title to Realme, saying that affirmation got here “like a number of days earlier than the (Snapdragon) summit.” So the smartphone maker didn’t have time to vary the chipset title on the bins that went out to reviewers. Realme added that the title has been modified on mass-production bins.
It’s additionally totally doable that Realme rushed to supply the GT 7 Professional and its preliminary bins in a bid to shortly get the telephone within the palms of reviewers and to say a primary. The corporate says the GT 7 Professional would be the first extensively obtainable Snapdragon 8 Elite telephone, claiming it’ll launch in Europe and India as nicely. So between the obvious late discover of a reputation change and the will to get the telephone out shortly, we are able to see why there’s “Snapdragon 8 Gen 4” branding on some bins.
The Realme GT 7 Professional is scheduled to launch in China on November 4, with a wider launch following later within the month. The corporate has already confirmed that the telephone can have a Samsung-made show with 2,000 nits of “most world brightness,” whereas leaks level to a 50MP+50MP+8MP triple rear digicam system and a 6,500mAh battery with 120W charging.
