realme Becomes the Fastest Smartphone Brand to Sell 100 Million Handsets Globally

Launches world’s fastest magnetic wireless charging MagDart

• Achieves 100millions sales goal within three years since its inception in August 2018
• realme also leads global smartphone growth board in Q2 with a YoY growth rate of 149%

– realme, a global emerging consumer technology company, announces a milestone of 100 million smartphones sold globally. On the back of strong performance during the 2020 and 2021 economic challenges posed by COVID-19, realme became the fastest global smartphone brand to reach this milestone in three years. a market research consultancy. realme is also the fastest growing major smartphone brand globally in Q2 2021 with a year-over-year growth rate of 149%, as data from research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) showed.

This achievement has further validated realme’s sales and business strategies across the globe. Established only in 2018, realme is now the 7th largest smartphone brand with presence in 61 different markets worldwide and ranks at Top 5 smartphone makers in 13 markets, claiming the first place in Philippines and Bangladesh, fourth in India and Russia and fifth in the Europe region in Q2 2021.

realme’s CEO, Sky Li reflecting on the achievement stated; “Young people, both our consumers and our staff, have taught us to dare to leap into the future and be trendsetters, giving us the courage to disrupt a well-entrenched industry.” “The past three years have really been about an entrepreneurial spirit and untamed growth for realme”, said Li. “Thanks to the huge support from our young users, we have been able to reach our goal of shipping 100 million smartphones and have gained significant ground in the smartphone market. We will continue to provide young consumers around the world with products that have premium performance and trend-setting designs at affordable prices.”

Li also said realme’s next goal is to achieve a dual-100 million target – shipping another 100 million handsets by the end of 2022 and completing the same milestone within the 2023 calendar year.

This 100-million milestone is the latest in line of realme’s spectacular global rise, as the company adds another ‘first’ to its name. Continuing this legacy, the  piniooring innovator in smart mobile industry introduced  the world’s first Android phone with Magnetic Wireless Charging capability as well as the world’s fastest magnetic wireless charging gear. realme Flash becomes the world’s groundbreaking first Android phone with Magnetic Wireless Charging capability. realme’s MagDart Charger, is the world’s fastest magnetic wireless charger and this 50W charger featuring an active air cooling system to maintains mainboard temperature at a reasonable level.

Dushanka Kumar, Training Manager – realme Sri Lanka elaborates: “realme has always been bringing leap-forward technologies to young global smartphone users. The realme Flash and MagDart Charger are breakthrough realme technological innovations on their own right. I am pleased to say that along with along with these innovations, we are also releasing a slew of other innovations and accessories for them, which too integrate breakthrough features. The most important development here is that these innovations result in the birth of a brand new ecosystem in the smartphone world which we call as the realme Magnetic Charging Ecosystem (rMCE). Welcome to realme’s magnetic ecosystem, the first such in the world.”

In July 2020, realme introduced the world’s leading 125W SuperDart. This MagDart will bring magnetic wireless charging to a new speed era. Full details of the latest products are available at www.realme.com.

About realme

realme is a technology brand that provides leapfrog quality and trendsetting smartphones and AIoT products to the global market. realme users are young and globally-minded. realme products empower young people to ‘Dare to Leap’ using the latest technology and design. realme is the 7th top smartphone brand in the world and was recognized as one of the mainstream smartphone brands according to Counterpoint’s statistics of global smartphone shipments in Q3 2020. In 2019, realme’s global smartphone shipments reached 25 million with a YoY growth rate of 808%, making realme the fastest-growing smartphone brand in the world for four consecutive quarters from 2019 to Q2 2020. realme has entered 61 markets worldwide, including China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Europe, Russia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa with a global user base of over 70 million.