Realme Snapdragon 870 phone coming soon?

According to the screenshot, the upcoming Realme phone will ship with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC, which is a slightly improved version of the Snapdragon 865, Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0, 256GB storage of which 218GB is available, and 12GB RAM but there could be other options at launch. Interestingly, the screenshot shows +5GB besides RAM configuration, which could be virtual RAM. For those unaware, virtual RAM utilises a portion of the storage as RAM for better performance and multitasking. This means the upcoming Realme phone will have a total of 17GB RAM. The tipster hasn’t quite revealed when the company will be unveiling the phone.
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Meanwhile, the Realme ‘Quicksilver’ will be the first phone to ship with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 778 5G chipset, as confirmed by the company. This comes right after the San-Diego-based chipmaker has unveiled the newest chipset, which will also be a part of Xiaomi, Motorola, OPPO, and iQOO brand phones. Realme Quicksilver is a codename of the phone. However, the actual marketing name, launch timeline remain a mystery, for now. Phones powered by the Snapdragon 778 may debut later this year.