The next Realme flagship will be codenamed “Race” and will carry the model number RMX2202. This can be seen in a screenshot of the About screen sent to us by a trusted source.
The Race will be powered by the Snapdragon 888, that’s the name of Qualcomm’s new flagship chipset (rumored to be the 875). This will be one of the first S888-based phones to hit the market. The chipset will be paired with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and will run Android 11 with Realme UI 2.0 on top.
Realme RMX2202 “Race” • Powered by Snapdragon 888 and Android 11
We also received a picture of the phone, which shows a quad camera with an “Oreo” style bump. However, we still don’t have any information about the modules within that pothole. It is also not known if the Realme Race will feature Realme’s 125W UltraDART load or if it will debut with another device.
Executive Director Madhav Sheth tweeted “Qualcomm 8__” before the official announcement of the chip and a few hours later he tweeted about “a surprise” for December. And this isn’t even the first sneak peek at Realme using the new 5nm chipset. That teaser hinted at the introduction of a new card to Realme’s current product line.
But a December launch seems a bit premature, the Realme X50 models were introduced in late February and launched in early March, for example. This new phone may arrive a bit earlier (like Samsung’s S21 phones), but we wouldn’t expect much more than teasers before January.
