Today was originally touted as the launch date of Realme’s first premium flagship smartphone but really it was just a tease that unveiled a trio of noteworthy features to be found on the GT 2 Pro when it does eventually get announced. Featuring a bio-based material on the rear panel, an ultra-wide-angle camera that should get everyone and their aunty in the image, as well as something called ultra-wide-band antenna switching technology.
As it did with the GT Master Edition, Realme has partnered up with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa to create a unique rear panel for the GT 2 Pro. Made from an eco-friendly biopolymer material that has passed the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) standard, the back panel’s design is a “Paper Tech Master Design”. In case you were wondering, even the retail packaging is eco-friendly with a 0.3% plastic ratio.
Compared to the main rear camera’s 84° lens, the new 150° ultra-wide-angle camera’s field-of-view is increased by 278%. The phone also sports the world’s first fisheye camera mode on a smartphone that can produce a ‘striking perspective or ultra-long depth of field effect’, as shown above.
Next is the GT 2 Pro’s Antenna Array Matrix System that consists of three technologies – HyperSmart (the world’s first ultra-wide-band antenna switching technology), a WiFi Enhancer, and 360° near-field communication (NFC).
What are they?
The HyperSmart antenna switching technology is designed with 12 wrap-around antennas that cover all sides of the phone and support mainstream bands in almost every direction at the same signal strength. This allows the GT 2 Pro to intelligently select the optimal antenna with the best signal strength. This should mean that your mobile connections are more stable than ever before.
Sporting a symmetrical WiFi antenna that aims to ensure a more balanced signal strength around the GT 2 Pro, the WiFi network enhancer is said to improve signal stability by 20% when compared to asymmetrical antenna designs.
With a pair of top cellular antennas with an NFC signal transceiver function, the GT 2 Pro will benefit from its sensing area being increased by 500%, and its sensing distance by 20%. The whole upper part of the phone sensors NFC signals in either direction and facilitates the use of NFC for contactless payments and Bluetooth pairing functions.
So. It’s not exactly a launch event considering that there were no details on pricing, availability, nor even a spec sheet announced. Hopefully a fully-fledged GT 2 Pro will happen sooner rather than later.
