Realme XT price in India and first sale date reveal, iPhone 11 series launch, other Apple announcements, and Samsung Galaxy A50s India release were some of the biggest news items that grabbed the headlines this week. Additionally, Airtel unveiled its Xstream Fiber service to take on Jio Fiber, and Oppo introduced its A9 2020 and A5 2020 phones in India. Amazon and Flipkart's plans to bring respectively back the Great Indian Festival and Big Billions Day sales also made the news. Read on to find out more about these happenings and more from the world of tech this week.
Realme[1] on Friday finally announced[2] the pricing and availability details for its new Realme XT[3] smartphone. The company has spent much of the last couple of months teasing its 64-megapixel camera smartphone and it is finally ready to start selling it. The Chinese smartphone maker has noted that the first sale for the Realme XT will take place on Monday, September 16 at 12pm (noon) via Flipkart and Realme.com. The Realme XT will be offered in two colours – Pearl White and Pearl Blue.
You will have to shell out Rs. 15,999 for the base variant of the Realme XT that carries 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. The second variant with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage will cost Rs. 16,999 and the top-end 8GB + 128GB variant has been priced at Rs. 18,999. At this pricing, it is the company's second most expensive phone so far. The Realme X[4] that came before the Realme XT costs Ra. 16,999 for the base 4GB + 128GB model and goes up to Rs. 19,999 for the top-end 8GB + 128GB version.
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