UPCOMING REALME U-SERIES

Upcoming Realme U-series phone

The first Realme U phone is speculated to be fueled by MediaTek Helio P70 chipset.In the previous month, MediaTek had announced the Helio P70 chipset. The new SoC is a faster version of the Helio P60 SoC. The 12nm chipset includes quad-cores of Cortex A73 that work at 2.1 GHz and four cores of Cortex A53 that clocks at 2.0 GHz. The Mali-G72 GPU of the Helio P70 clocks at 900 MHz. In terms of CPU, GPU and APU layout, the Helio P70 chipset resembles the Helio P60 SoC. However, the P70 offers better clocking speeds that promises 13-pecent better performance over P60.

Unfortunately, the company hasn't detailed on the exact date for the upcoming new 'U' series. Apart from the fact that the smartphone will be the first to be powered by the new MediaTek Helio P70processor, other specifications, design, or pricing information of the upcoming device are not known yet. The Helio P70 features an enhanced AI engine, upgraded imaging and camera support, boosted gaming performance, as well as improved connectivity when compared with previous generations.

The MediaTek Helio P70 is an octa-core SoC that's been built on TSMC's 12nm FinFET process, and it is meant to power "full-featured smartphones at affordable price points." It bears four ARM Cortex-A73 cores clocked at up to 2.1GHz, and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 2.0GHz. These are arranged in a big.LITTLE configuration, while the SoC also features an ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU that's clocked up to 900MHz. The Helio P70 SoC comes with a multi-core APU clocked at up to 525MHz for better edge-AI processing.