Realme's X3 SuperZoom phone has a periscope camera and 120Hz display

A nice mix of features for a decent price.
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Realme's X3 SuperZoom phone has a periscope camera and 120Hz display
Realme X3 SuperZoom: 5x periscope zoom and a 120Hz display. Credit: realme

Chinese smartphone maker Realme made a name for itself by selling fairly powerful phones at very low price points, but it never had a flagship that could really threaten the likes of Samsung and Huawei in Europe. That may change today.

On Tuesday, the company launched a new phone called Realme X3 SuperZoom, a flagship that launches in Europe first and hits all the right spots for a price of €499 ($547/£447).

Realme X3 SuperZoom has a 6.6-inch LCD display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a punch-hole cutout for the dual, 32/8-megapixel selfie camera. On the back there's a 64/8/8/2-megapixel camera whose highlights are Starry Mode for those night photos, and the 8-megapixel periscope lens capable of 5x optical zoom.


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The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor, and comes with 8/12GB of RAM and 128/256GB of storage memory. Finally, it has a 4,200mAh battery with 30W speedy charging.

In terms of design, the Realme X3 SuperZoom doesn't stray much from the norm — the display is near bezel-less, save for the slightly larger lower bezel, and on the back, the quad camera is located in a hefty, vertical camera bump on the top left. The phone is available in two colors: Arctic White and Glacier Blue.

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While the Realme X3 SuperZoom doesn't have the latest Snapdragon processor or a fancy OLED display, it offers a nice mix of premium features for a decent price. It is available for pre-order now on Realme's website, and will start shipping in "early June."

Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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