Just a few short days after announcing that the Realme 5-series smartphones will be launched in India on August 20, Realme CEO, Madhav Sheth (@MadhavSheth1), has revealed that the Realme 5 will be priced starting at under Rs. 10,000. Earlier rumors had suggested that the device might be priced starting at Rs. 9,999, while its more powerful sibling, the Realme 5 Pro, may be priced starting at around the Rs. 15,000 mark.

Some achievements on our technology journeyA. 1st to bring 48MP Quad camera smartphone in IndiaB. World’s 1st Quad camera smartphone under 10k 1st in IndiaC. Powerful Qualcomm chipset 1st time ever launching in IndiaAll on 20th Aug #ProudIndian#HappyIndependenceDay pic.twitter.com/r9xDQt7PwM

A recent Geekbench listing may have revealed some of the key tech specs of the Realme 5, including the processor, RAM and operating system. As per the listing, the device may ship with the Snapdragon 665 SoC, 4GB of RAM and Android 9 Pie out-of-the-box, although none of that has been confirmed by Realme officially.