MediaTek announced Realme smartphone brand will feature the Dimensity 700 5G smartphone chipset in India.

The 7nm SoC is designed to bring advanced 5G capabilities to its advanced camera capabilities and power-efficient design.

“The MediaTek Dimensity 700 chip will create a new wave in the 5G smartphone segment in India and also expect more OEMs to join the league in the coming months,” said Anku Jain, Managing Director of MediaTek India.

MediaTek Dimensity 700 chip combines two Arm Cortex-A76 Big cores in its octa-core CPU operating up to a speed of 2.2GHz and 5G-CA (2CC) enables over 30 percent greater throughput layer coverage and a seamless handover between two 5G connection areas across a coverage layer.

Madhav Sheth, Vice President – realme and CEO, realme India and Europe said: “We were one of the first brands to bring smartphones with the MediaTek Dimensity 800U 5G chipset and now we are again the first to launch the MediaTek Dimensity 700 in our smartphones in India.”

MediaTek’s 5G portfolio in India comprises MediaTek Dimensity 1000, the first 5G chip from MediaTek featuring the world’s most advanced 5G SoC architecture.