Lower than six months after it debuted on the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple’s Dynamic Island has made it to an Android cellphone as a local function. The Realme C55, which just launched in Indonesia (via GSMArena), features a function the corporate is asking the “Mini Capsule,” a pill-shaped black bar that expands out of the cellphone’s selfie digicam.
An animation on Realme’s web site exhibits the Mini Capsule extending out of the left and proper of the cellphone’s selfie digicam hole-punch notch. Its capabilities embody displaying the cellphone’s fees standing, information utilization, and your step depend.
Despite how shameless this all is, I’m broadly in favor of good new cellphone options being as extensively adopted as doable. I really like the Dynamic Island on my iPhone 14 Professional, whether or not it’s preserving my cooking timer seen whereas I test again on a web-based recipe, or giving me an easier option to management music with out leaving no matter app I’m looking. And if the person interface is (finally) out there throughout each iPhones and extra Android gadgets, I’m cautiously hopeful that extra app builders will make an effort to assist it.
Other than the Mini Capsule, the Realme C55 is a typical Android cellphone that’s additionally inexpensive. It’s powered by a Helio G88 processor, comes with as much as 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and a 6.72-inch 1080p 90Hz show. It has a 5,000mAh battery, and may be quick charged at as much as 33W. It makes use of the SuperVOOC charging customary, which you could be aware of as an Oppo expertise (Realme is underneath the identical BBK Electronics umbrella).
The Realme C55 is on sale in Indonesia now beginning at Rp2,999,000 (round $195). Though an official launch date hasn’t but been confirmed within the West, Realme Europe’s CEO Francis Wong says it’ll be launching in Europe “soon.” Within the meantime, in case you’d prefer to check out a Dynamic Island model interface in your present Android cellphone, check out the DynamicSpot app.
