News & Reviews:   Realme 2 Pro Malaysia release date

So today is the last day of Shopee’s Thank You Sale for its successful 11.11 sale. If you were one of the shoppers, you and the rest of the 42 million shoppers have contributed greatly to Shopee’s biggest sale record yet - in just 24 hours, the company recorded more than 11 million orders which was 4.5x than last year, as well as selling over 58,000 items average for a minute.

Mobile gaming and value buy are two terms that don't often mix, but thanks to more and more brands coming to Malaysia, there's now a whole bunch of value buy smartphones for gaming that you can get for below RM1K or RM1000. Rather than have you sift through all of them, here's our Top 5 Value buy smartphones for gaming you can get in Malaysia for below RM1K.

Just like the Jakarta launch, Realme Malaysia has unveiled three devices at its official launch - the Realme 2 , Realme 2 Pro and Realme C1 today. Local prices are also revealed and we will start with the Realme 2 which is RM599 (3GB + 32GB) and RM699 (4GB + 64GB). The company is also releasing three Realme 2 Pro variants starting from RM849 for the 4GB + 64GB model, RM949 for the 6GB + 64GB model and finally, RM1099 for the biggest one of them all, the 8GB + 128GB model. Lastly, the budget-friendly Realme C1 is just RM449 only.

With the recent announcement of Realme's entry to the Malaysia market, the company just did the next big step of having an online store platform and they have signed an official Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shopee Malaysia. The new partnership grants Shopee the exclusive rights to Realme’s flagship phone, the Realme 2 Pro, in Malaysia and other upcoming devices in the future.

Some of you have already heard about the new MediaTek Helio P70 chipset announcement. But have you also heard about Realme to be the first smartphone brand to equip it? According to the latest announcement, Madhav Sheth, CEO of Realme India confirms that the company will definitely be the first.

Ever since its official launch earlier this month back in Indonesia, Josef Wang, the Marketing Director of Realme Southeast Asia has confirmed that the new smartphone brand, Realme will be making an entry into the Malaysia market. The official date is unknown at the moment but will be arriving soon in the next few weeks.

OPPO has announced the launch of their Realme 2 smartphone with the price starting from 1999000 IDR (~RM544.68) for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage version to 23999000 IDR (~RM653) for the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage version. The midrange Realme 2 Pro is going for 2899000 IDR (~RM789.91) for the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage version, while the 6GB RAM + 64GB storage version is going for 3299000 IDR (~RM898.90) to 36999000 IDR (~RM1007.89) for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage version in Jakarta. Also newly announced for the entry-level market was the Realme C1 going for 1499000 IDR (~RM408.44) with 2GB RAM + 16GB storage with a special Lazada Indonesia deal going for 1399000 IDR (~RM381.19)