Realme 9i has appeared online in new images. According to a report, the upcoming smartphone will launch in Vietnam on January 10 before arriving in other regions. The smartphone has been tipped to carry a Snapdragon 680 SoC under the hood. The Realme 9i was previously spotted on AliExpress, featuring a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 5,000 mAh battery. The smartphone was also spotted last month in a list by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tipping the dimensions of the upcoming device.
A teaser for the upcoming Realme 9i was shared by ThePixel.vn (in Vietnamese) spotted by tipster Abhishek Yadav. The report states that the upcoming smartphone will have a design similar to that of the Realme GT Neo 2 series, including a triple camera setup and a punch-hole screen for the selfie camera. As mentioned above, the smartphone is set to launch in Vietnam on January 10.
According to previous reports, the upcoming Realme 9i will be launched with a Snapdragon 680 chipset, paired with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The device is said to have a 6.59-inch (2400×1080) full-HD+ LCD screen.
The Realme 9i may not have a headphone jack, according to the smartphone’s recently spotted listing on AliExpress e-commerce website.
The upcoming Realme 9i is likely to be the successor to the company’s Realme 8i smartphone that launched last year with a MediaTek Helio G96 SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Realme 9i was recently spotted in a US FCC listing that tipped the dimensions of the device.
On the front camera, Realme 9i is tipped to have a 50-megapixel triple camera setup with a 50-megapixel primary camera along with a 16-megapixel selfie camera on the front. The smartphone is said to have a 5,000mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging via USB Type-C. The smartphone is tipped to launch with Realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11 out of the box.
Details about the smartphone, including specs and launch date suggested by leaks, are yet to be announced, confirmed by Realme.