New chatter out of China suggests realme China market activity may be slowing down even further. IT Home says tipster Digital Chat Station posted that realme currently has no follow-up smartphone plans for the domestic market, while also sharing photos that looked back on what he described as the final two phones from realme’s independent era: the GT8 Pro and the Neo8.
Those two models were positioned as meaningful releases for the brand before its deeper merger with OnePlus. According to the report, the GT8 Pro focused on a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto camera and a Ricoh GR imaging co-branding effort, with support for 3x optical zoom. The Neo8, meanwhile, was described as offering the only 50-megapixel periscope telephoto camera in its class along with a 165Hz Samsung display, giving it a balance of performance and battery life.
Because of the OnePlus-realme merger, these phones are now being framed as the closing chapter of realme’s independently operated period in mainland China. That gives them a bit of symbolic weight beyond their hardware specs, especially for followers who have tracked the brand’s positioning in the crowded Chinese smartphone market.
The report also points back to an official announcement released by realme on March 20. In that notice, the company said after-sales support in mainland China would be gradually folded into OPPO’s service system. Starting on April 1, 2026, after-sales coverage for realme phones, tablets, computers, IoT devices, and other products in mainland China, excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, has been fully handled through OPPO’s service network.
Put together, the latest leak and the earlier service announcement paint a consistent picture of deeper OPPO integration. While realme hasn’t formally announced an end to future launches in China, the current message is that no new domestic phones are in the pipeline for now, leaving the GT8 Pro and Neo8 as the final markers of that earlier operating phase.
