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TL;DR
- Realme has despatched the GT 7 Professional smartphone to reviewers, and the telephone’s packaging nonetheless comprises the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 identify.
- Qualcomm’s newest chip is known as the Snapdragon 8 Elite, however this processor was initially anticipated to be known as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
- A Realme consultant stated that Qualcomm was late in confirming the identify 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 have been anticipating it to be known as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, following final yr’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and it appears like at the least one Android telephone maker had the identical expectation.
We not too long ago acquired a Realme GT 7 Professional evaluate unit, and the telephone field lists a “Snapdragon 8 Gen 4” processor as a substitute of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Try our image under.
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Does this imply Realme was left in the dead of night concerning the Snapdragon 8 Elite identify change? An organization consultant instructed Android Authority that Qualcomm was late in confirming the Snapdragon 8 Elite identify 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 alter the chipset identify on the containers that went out to reviewers. Realme added that the identify has been modified on mass-production containers.
It’s additionally completely doable that Realme rushed to supply the GT 7 Professional and its preliminary containers in a bid to shortly get the telephone within the palms of reviewers and to assert a primary. The corporate says the GT 7 Professional would be the first broadly out there 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 containers.
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 may have a Samsung-made show with 2,000 nits of “most international brightness,” whereas leaks level to a 50MP+50MP+8MP triple rear digicam system and a 6,500mAh battery with 120W charging.