Realme 5, 5 Pro to Get Bootloader Unlocking Next Month; Will Soon be Available Offline

In the latest episode of#AskMadhavon YouTube, Realme CEO, Madhav Sheth, has answered a few interesting questions regarding the company’snewly-launched smartphones, theRealme 5and5 Pro. First off, Sheth said that the official bootloader unlocking option will be made available within a month, which means users should expect to see that some time in September.

Sheth also said that the company will soon roll out an update to add a new ‘screen-on time’ menu item to the phones’ battery usage details, enabling users to see how long their device has been in use. The feature will also be rolled out to older Realme phones via an OTA update in the future, with the exact update schedule to be announced in the coming days. The devices will also soon be available offline, he said.

Realme launched its latest mid-range smartphones last week as part of its plans to compete with Xiaomi, which made a splash earlier this year with itsRedmi Note 7-seriesand theRedmi K20-series, both of which received widespread accolades andset the sales charts on fire.

As for the Realme 5-series, both devices in the lineup come with quad-cam setups at the back, but while the standard model comes with a 12MP primary camera, the‘Pro’model offers a 48MP primary sensor. Other major differences include a 6.5-inch HD+ display panel on the Realme 5 as opposed to a 6.3-inch FHD+ panel on the 5 Pro. Also, while the former is powered by the Snapdragon 665 SoC, the latter comes with the Snapdragon 712 under-the-hood.

Kishalaya Kundu

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