Realme may face challenges in India following the departure of several key executives

New Delhi: China’s Realme, once the No. 2 smartphone brand in India, is now plagued with a mass exodus of key executives, with 16 of them having left the company in recent months to join a rival which will be relaunching the Honor brand in the country, said people familiar with the matter.

The key executives who have left Realme, which is now down to No. 4, include the offline and online sales heads, the AIoT business head and several others from the marketing department.