Inside India's First 64MP Quad Camera Smartphone: What Realme's Imaging Features Mean

Race for the best camera phone in the budget segment has just heated up, thanks to Realme, which announced its new camera setup for its future smartphones.

What's new here is something never seen on a smartphone before - quad (four) camera lenses and a 64 MP primary lens.

Now if you find the features exciting enough, know that Realme just beat Xiaomi to the spot - unveiling India¡¯s first 64MP camera before its similar Redmi release.

The flagship smartphone was flaunted by the company at a recent event. We managed to experience the device at the occasion and here is how it felt to have a 64 MP camera in your hand. But before we talk about the camera, here is a quick rundown of Realme¡¯s plans for the new camera setup.

Realme phones with the quad-camera setup.

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There are two different highlights here - a vertical quad camera setup and a 64 MP camera lens from Samsung. The first one will be offered across its three series - Realme, Realme Pro and Realme X. The 64 MP lens, however, will be limited to only a few models, which the company hasn't mentioned yet. ¡°At least one¡± is what Realme CEO Madhav Sheth said at the event.

We checked out the model with both the features. In essence, the four lenses on the setup include -

A 64 MP Samsung ISOCELL GW1 lens

A super macro lens with a 4cm focus

A 119-degree super wide lens

And a mono portrait lens for bokkeh effect

(Image: Sarthak Dogra/ IndiaTimes)

Now Realme has not revealed any more information about the smartphones for now. It did, however, talk about its 64 MP sensor at length. There is a ¡®Tetracell¡¯ technology at play within the sensor. As can be deduced from the word, it uses four pixels in the place of one, essentially merging four neighbouring pixels together to get brighter, vivid details.

There is also a Smart ISO technology used here. Function - automatically controlling low and high ISOs for lesser noise in the final image under any lighting conditions.

(Image: Sarthak Dogra/ IndiaTimes)

All in all, the 64MP lens is an impressive imaging technology by Samsung. It is a new one, no less and just might be the new trend in the industry. Having it in a Realme phone would certainly give the company an edge over the competition. Jackpot - if it prices it right.

An embargo around the devices prevents us from sharing our experiences or anything more about the smartphones in general. The company, however, has announced that it will be launching one of the devices before Diwali this year, meaning if you would like to have one or both of these features, there is not a long wait!

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