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Realme 5 Specs Review – Budget Smartphone Under $150

Realme 5 is an affordable smartphone that was launched in bu India by the Chinese company. The smartphone is one of the best budget devices ever. It comes preloaded with a four rear camera, a fingerprint scanner and a massive battery capacity as well. The memory on the inside is enough and it’s powered by Android 9.0 Pie operating system.

Realme 5

Realme 5 Key Features And Specs

  • Display- 6.5 inches, 720 x 1600 pixels, and 269 PPI
  • Operating System- Android 9.0 Pie
  • Processor- Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665
  • Camera- 12 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP Rear and 13 MP front camera
  • Memory- 3GB/4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB inbuilt storage
  • Battery- 5000 mAh Nonremovable

Design And Display

The Realme 5 is a budget device and as such, the phone is likely built with premium plastic. The good news is that the overall body has splash resistant. The smooth panel features a four rear camera with an LED flash and a fingerprint scanner. It has body dimensions of 164.4 x 75.6 x 9.3 mm and it weighs 198 gram.

On the front, you will get a waterdrop notch that host the front camera. Additionally is a large screen size of 6.5 inches under IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and 269 PPI density. The screen has display protection with a tall 20:9 ratio and 82.7% screen-to-body ratio.

Camera Features

On the camera department, the Realme 5 packs a four rear cameras of 12 MP with 1.8, (wide), PDAF, another 8 MP ultrawide sensor that features f/2.2, 13mm, 1/4″, 1.12µm plus 2 MP with f/2.4, 1/5″, 1.75µm which is a dedicated macro camera and lastly is 2 MP depth sensor. The camera comes with Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama and it can shoot 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS video resolution.
Upfront is a selfies snapper of 13 MP that has HDR, panorama and it can shoot 1080p@30fps video resolution.

Hardware And Software

On the inside is a Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 SoC based on 11 nm process technology which has an octa-core processor clocking at a speed of 2.0 GHz. The device has Adreno 610 GPU for graphics and it’s powered by Android 9.0 Pie operating system out of the box with ColorOS 6 on top.

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Storage Capacity And Sensors

The Realme 5 is available in 3GB and 32GB of inbuilt storage, however, you can also get a bigger model with 64GB and 4GB RAM. Both models are expandable up to 256GB using a micro SD card. The sensors on the inside are Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass.

Battery Power And Network Connectivity

The top-selling point of this phone is the massive nonremovable battery capacity of 5000 mAh which has Fast battery charging 10W. It has dual SIM with 4G LTE network and other regulars such as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth, A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, FM Radio and micro USB 2.0, USB On-The-Go.

Realme 5 Full Technical Specification

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Realme 5
Announced Aug, 2019
Released Aug, 2019
Status Available on Shopping Stores

Network

2G Network Yes
3G Network Yes
4G Network Yes
SIM Type Nano
SIM Count Dual SIM

Design

Type Front glass, plastic body
Dimensions 164.4 x 75.6 x 9.3 mm (6.47 x 2.98 x 0.37 in)
Weight 198 g
Protection Yes
Colours Crystal Purple, Crystal Blue

Display

Display Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Size 6.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density 269 ppi
Screen-To-Body Ratio %
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Yes
Features Multi-touch
Secondary Display No

Camera

Primary 12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.9″, 1.25µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4″, 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5″, 1.75µm (dedicated macro camera)
2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5″, 1.75µm, depth sensor
Image Yes
Video Yes
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama
Flash Yes, LED flash
Secondary 13 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/3″, 1.12µm

Software

Operating System Android 9.0 (Pie); ColorOS 6
User Interface (UI) Yes
Java Support Yes
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

Chipset (SoC) Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 (11 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4×2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver)
GPU Adreno 610
RAM (Memory) 3/4 GB
Internal Storage 32/64 GB
Yes
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Controls Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Bluetooth Yes
Infrared
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type MicroUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
HDMI
Wireless Charging Yes

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po
Capacity 5,000
Placement Nonremovable
Fast Charging Yes
Standby
Talk Time
Music Play

Media

Audio Playback Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Video Playback Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Video Out
FM Radio
Alert Types Vibration, Ringtones
Ring Tones MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker Yes
Handsfree Yes, 3.5mm Jack

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
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Realme 5 Price And Availability

The Realme 5 is now available in India for 10000 INR which roughly convert to $140.
The handset is expected to hit the Nigerian market any moment from now and it will cost 60,000 Naira to 75,000 Naira.

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