Realme 9i to officially launch in India on January 18: Expected price, features and more

New Delhi: The first budget smartphone launch of 2022 is going to be the Realme 9i as the handset maker on Thursday announced the launch date in India. The budget Realme 9i will be officially introduced in India on January 18 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 chipset and support for 33W fast charging. As for the smartphone player, the Realme 9i will be the first smartphone in the segment to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680, 6nm processor.

The Realme 9i will be the successor to the Realme 8i and hence we can expect it to be unveiled at a slightly higher price tag than the Realme 8i. According to previous leaks and rumours, the device could launch in multiple storage variants for Rs 14,499.

A tweet from Realme India also confirmed the launch of the Realme 9i in the country. “The ultimate performer with the first 680 6nm processor in the segment, #realme9i has more! We are extremely excited for the launch on January 18th at 12:30PM. Leave in the answers if you are too! #NextLevelPower, ” Realme India tweeted on Thursday.

Talking about the launch time of the device, the smartphone will be officially unveiled on January 18 at 12:30 PM in a virtual launch event that can be live-streamed on the handset maker’s social media, Facebook and YouTube handles. could. Realme has also set up a dedicated webpage on Realme.com where the Realme 9i launch in India has been teased.

Realme 9i. Expected Specs of

The Indian variant of the upcoming Realme 9i could be similar to the device that was launched earlier in Vietnam. The Realme 9i comes with Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 out of the box.

Talking about the display, it sports a 6.6-inch full-HD+ (2,400×1,080 pixels) IPS LCD screen with 90Hz refresh rate and 480nits peak brightness. The device packs in 6GB RAM and 128GB inbuilt memory. The memory can be expanded up to 1TB via microSD card.

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