Realme GT 8 Pro: Ricoh GR camera similar to Oppo Find X9 Pro won't beat the Hasselblad flagship

Realme's Vice President has been very active on Weibo over the past few days and shared a lot of technical specifications of the Realme GT 8 Pro before the Ricoh GR camera flagship will be officially unveiled on October 21. Some details and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC have already been confirmed, and there are further info in terms of battery specs, chassis, cameras and some other aspects of the upcoming Realme smartphone.

The cameras of this phone are the obvious highlight and the first result of the new cooperation between the former Oppo subsidiary and the Japanese photo experts from Ricoh GR. Comparing the triple-cam specs with those of the Oppo Find X9 Pro reveals numerous similarities, even though the Hasselblad camera flagship clearly maintains the upper hand in some respects. Both phones use a 50MP main camera, but the Realme flagship's "anti-glare lens" uses a 1/1.56-inch sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, compared to the larger 1/1.28-inch sensor with an f/1.5 aperture on the Oppo Find X9 Pro.

The ultrawide-angle is slightly less wide with a 116-degree FOV, as the current Oppo flagship as a 120-degree ultrawide-angle. The aperture is the same at f/2.0. The 200MP sensor behind the 3x periscope telephoto lens is also similar, with a 1/1.56-inch sensor on both phones. That said, Oppo is slightly ahead here as well. Realme’s zoom camera has an aperture of f/2.6, while Oppo’s aperture of f/2.1 is significantly more light sensitive. Both have a telemacro feature, but Oppo can focus on objects that are just 10 cm away, while Realme needs a distance of 25 cm.