Chinese smartphone maker Realme unveiled a device on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, that it says charges to 100% in 9 minutes, 30 seconds.
The company, like other Chinese businesses pursuing international markets, aims to expand its business outside of China.
The GT3 price starts at KSh 83,251 making it highly competitive with other smartphone makers such as Xiaomi and Oppo, which offer low-cost gadgets with high specs.
realme has also implemented intelligent charging, which detects the user’s status and switches the charging status to travel mode, sleep mode, or in-car mode. This helps to preserve battery health and avoid overcharging.
According to internal lab testing, the realme GT3 has an 80% lifespan after over 1600 charging cycles with 240W enabled, which is more than double the industry standard of 80% battery health after 800 charging cycles.
It can charge from 1% to 50% in just 4 minutes and can fully charge in 10 minutes.
Experts believe the company is pursuing the market’s low-end margin segment by giving competitively priced products aimed at value seekers.
CNBC reports that to increase its market share abroad, the firm launched GT2 and GT Pro in Europe in 2022.
But the global smartphone market has suffered some drag amid shipping challenges.
Realme’s CEO, Sky Li, said in 2022 that the firm intends to sell 85 million phones globally. The company is yet to release updated numbers, but data from Strategy Analytics, a market research company, estimates that Realme shipped 52 million smartphones in 2022.
Experts say the company’s shipments in Europe declined 44% year-on-year in the Q4 of 2022. The company’s market share dropped to 4% from 6% in the same period in the same period in 2021.
