Chinese Realme Q variant is a rebranded Realme 5 Pro, leaks suggest

Realme Q will feature a quad-camera setup at the back and will be unveiled in China on 5 September.

Tech2 News Staff|Aug 30, 2019, 12:51:54 IST

Realme is all set to launch its Q series in the next few days in China. It was expected that the Realme Q series is the same as the Realme 5, and the latest leaks appear to confirm that.As per a post shared by Realme on Weibo, the Realme Q will have a quad-camera setup at the back with a 48 MP camera as the primary sensor. The image teased also confirms that the smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 712 processor. This image also hints that the smartphone might have a three-digit price tag.[caption id="attachment_7253091" align="alignnone" width="1024"]

Realme Q will also feature a quad-camera setup at the back, the same as Realme 5 Pro. Image: Tech2.[/caption]

Several leaked hands-on images have also come up on Weibo and they confirm that Realme Q is the same phone as Realme 5 Pro. The images leaked show the same waterdrop notch display, quad-camera setup and a fingerprint sensor at the back.[caption id="attachment_7253101" align="alignnone" width="690"]

Realme Q will be unveiled on 5 September in China. Image: Weibo[/caption][caption id="attachment_7253121" align="alignnone" width="690"] Leaked hands on images of Realme Q hints that the smartphone will come with a quad rear camera setup at the back. Image: Weibo

Leaked hands on images of Realme Q hints that the smartphone will come with a quad rear camera setup at the back. Image: Weibo

Leaked hands-on images of Realme Q hint that the smartphone will come with a quad rear camera setup at the back. Image: Weibo[/caption][caption id="attachment_7253131" align="alignnone" width="690"]

The camera setup at the back is expected to come with 48 MP primary sensor. Image: Weibo.

The camera setup at the back is expected to come with a 48 MP primary sensor. Image: Weibo.[/caption][caption id="attachment_7253171" align="alignnone" width="690"]

Realme Q is expected to come with a waterdrop notch. Image: Weibo[/caption]

Realme 5 Pro specs

The Realme 5 Pro has a quad-camera setup which is a first for its price segment. The phone's primary lens is a 48 MP Sony IMX586 sensor with f/1.8 aperture and a 1.25-micron pixel size. The wide-angle lens in the quad-camera setup has a 119-degree field of view and an 8 MP resolution. Apart from a regular and wide-angle lens, the other two lenses are super macro and portrait sensors both of which have 2 MP resolutions.The device does not have an AMOLED display but instead settles for a 6.3-inch IPS LCD display with FHD+ resolution. Powering the Realme 5 Pro is a Snapdragon 712 chipset and the phone has a maximum RAM of 8 GB paired with up to 128 GB of internal storage which can be expanded to 256 GB using a microSD card.In addition to that, the phone runs on Android 9 Pie with Oppo's proprietary ColorOS 6.0 and comes with a 4,035 mAh battery which supports VOOC 3.0 fast charging.