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How many phones is too many phones? Somewhere, a switch went off inside Realme and suddenly it went on expansion overdrive, launching phones by the dozen. Most of them, inside the same price bracket of Rs 15,000-Rs 25,000, with mostly the same specs, too. It’s mostly got to do with the ambitious goal of becoming a segment leader (and selling 50 million smartphones on Flipkart this year), and while it’s alright to aspire for big things, the internet has a habit of pulling you down the minute they spot meme-worthy content. And well, Realme just gave it to them.

We won’t go as far as to call it “corporate burn-out” yet, but it seems launching too many phones, all built around the same design template and having the same mix of hardware (plus or minus here and there), has finally caught up with Realme. The brand launched the “India-exclusive” P-series on Monday and as is usually the case with Realme products, the product listing pages were only put up a while after, post the launch (brands like Apple and Samsung are known to be much faster).

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That’s not the real problem, though. The problem was that Realme messed up with the Realme P1 Pro specs “big-time”. A couple of discrepancies that really stand out are — the mention of the phone running — get this — Android 15, having a “50MP telephoto portrait camera” (the camera specs in fact are the most confusing with the list mentioning a Sony IMX586/IMX689), and 67W fast charging.

(The actual specs are as follows: the phone runs Android 14, has a 50-megapixel Sony LYT-600 sensor with OIS, and supports 45W fast charging, but, you won’t be wrong to call Realme’s official information misleading.)

Realme P1 Pro listing with Android 15

As expected, the Internet is having a field day at Realme’s expense calling out the brand for launching way too many phones, so many it itself is getting confused with what goes where. What’s concerning is that the spec-sheet we are referring to is still to be updated at the time of writing.

Whatever be the case, such errors are not uncommon anymore. OnePlus, which is another Oppo sub brand, recently came under the radar for falsely advertising faster UFS4.0 storage in the 12R (when in fact it uses UFS3.1). The OnePlus 12 was also said to be eSIM-ready in India before the listing was taken down following complaints on social media. Only few days ago, OnePlus also “mistakenly” announced that Gemini Ultra was coming to its phones.

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