Regarding Technical Cooperation with "realme" on Smartphones
-- Collaboration by the "RICOH GR" Series Development Team Members --

TOKYO, October 9, 2025 -- RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. is pleased to announce that it will collaborate with realme (Realme Chongqing Mobile Telecommunications Co., Ltd.; China) on technological development and customer communication for the camera features of smartphones manufactured and sold by realme.

This collaboration has involved ongoing discussions and advice provided primarily by the "RICOH GR" development engineers regarding the camera functions to be incorporated into realme's smartphones. As the first product, the realme GT 8 Pro will be released ^{Note 1}. The official launching event to commemorate the collaboration is scheduled to be concluded in Beijing, China on October 14, 2025.

This collaboration aims to offer those who have enjoyed picture-taking solely using smartphones the opportunity to experience the authenticity of photography, to help them appreciate the appeal and value of photography as both a hobby and a means of artistic expression, and to further encourage them to develop a deeper interest in cameras themselves. By allowing more people to experience some of shooting functions and imaging performance suited to street photography that have been cultivated by Ricoh Imaging in its "RICOH GR" series, both companies hope to promote the joy of street photography and the culture of discovering subjects in everyday life from diverse perspectives.

Collaboration Technical Overview

The development teams of realme and Ricoh Imaging have conducted customizations and performance evaluations, including real-life shooting tests, for each of the elements -- lens, image processing and user interface (UI) -- to meet the standards ^{Note 2} established by the RICOH GR engineer using the actual smartphone samples.

realme website: www.realme.com/global

• Note 1: To be sold through realme's distribution channels. Ricoh Imaging does not sell this product.
• Note 2: This collaboration will be based on the target standards, but does not guarantee the same level of image quality as the "RICOH GR" series compact digital cameras.