Realme - Here Is All What You Should Know

1. Realme Background Information

Chinese phone maker Realme is the former Oppo’s sub-brand and it is based on Shenzhen China. The company was first established on 4 May 2018 which is the National Youth Day in the country. Despite being a Chinese brand, Real me is mostly known for one of the most popular phone makers in India.

Realme India has been very successful in the country with some notable Realme mobiles phones like Realme 3 Pro and more. It only needed 7 months for the company to reach the 3rd spot in the Indian mobile phone market.

Sky Li and other people were the first members of the brand. Its first appearance was in 2010 in China under the name ‘Oppo Real’. Now, it is ranked 6th in the Indian market which is very great for a one-year-old brand. As mentioned, it was first established as a sub-brand of the Chinese giant Oppo but Realme went independent from Oppo later in 2018.

On 30 July 2018, former VP of Oppo and also head of the company’s overseas business department Sky Li said that he would resign from the brand and he wanted to make the brand independent from Oppo. He also said on Weibo that he wanted to focus on offering Realme mobile phones that come with stylish design and great performance. On 15 November 2018, the company introduced a new logo for its brand.

With a massive expansion rate, the phone maker has made the Realme service center available in many places in India, so it will not be hard for you to take your Realme smartphone for maintenance or something. Realme 3 Pro are two new offerings from the company. With this massive success, it is likely that Realme brand is widely known in the Indian market.

2. The best smartphones from Realme

To help you to choose a Realme mobile phone, we have made a list consisting of the most recent phones that the company has launched in the last few months:

2.1 Realme 2 Pro

This is one of the most popular Realme phones in the country. It comes in four color variants and three memory configurations. The 4GB RAM model is priced at Rs. 13,990 while the other two variants with 6GB and 8GB RAM are priced at Rs. 15,990 and Rs 17,990, respectively.

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The phone comes with a 6.3-inch Full-HD+ LCD display with a dewdrop at the top. Powering the handset is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage which is user expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card.

On the camera front, there is a 16MP camera on the front with f/2.0 aperture for taking selfies and video calling. On the rear, it has a dual camera setup, including a 16MP main camera with f/1.7 aperture and a 2MP depth unit. Under the hood, it is fueled by a 3,500 mAh battery and runs on the dated Android 8.1 Oreo.

2.2 Realme 3 Pro

This Real me phone is one of the latest phones which launched last month. It comes with an Rs. 13,999 price tag for the base option with 4GB RAM + 64GB storage while the 6GB of RAM + 64GB of storage and 6GB of RAM + 128GB of storage variants are both priced at Rs. 16,999.

The Realme 3 Pro is a decent upgrade over the Realme 2 Pro in terms of chipset and battery. As for other aspects like camera or RAM and memory, the two share quite a lot of similarities.

In terms of hardware specifications, it runs on a mid-range Snapdragon 710 chipset with 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of internal storage. Handling selfie duties is a 16MP front-facing camera. On the rear, it has dual cameras, consisting of a 16MP main camera with f/1.7 aperture and a secondary 5MP depth unit with an aperture of f/2.4. Fueling the handset is a beefy 4,045 mAh battery with VOOC fast charging support.

2.3 Realme 3

The base option with 3GB RAM / 32GB storage is priced at RS. 8,999 while the top-end variant with 4GB RAM / 64GB storage comes with a price of Rs. 10,999. The Realme 3 is overall a slight upgrade over its predecessor Realme 2. It packs a little more powerful chipset, a 13MP selfie camera over the 8MP camera of the Realme 2.

In terms of specifications, the Realme new phone packs a 6.3-inch HD+ display with a dew notch on top and a layer of Gorilla Glass 3. It runs on a MediaTek Helio P70 chipset paired with 3GB of RAM/32GB of storage or 4GB of RAM/64GB of storage. Its storage is user expandable up to 256GB via a microSD slot.

On the camera front, it features a dual camera lens setup at the back, consisting of a 13MP primary camera with f/1.8 aperture and 5P Lens. It is accompanied by a 2MP depth sensor. The rear cameras have supports from some features such as PDAF, Nightscape, Portrait mode, and Hybrid HDR.

On the front, the Realme phone comes with a 13MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, AI beautification, and HDR support. Under the hood, it has 4,230 mAh battery which is decent for the price range. For security, it is equipped with both Facial Unlock feature and a fingerprint reader.

2.4 Realme C2

The budget Real me mobile phone is offered in two variants, including 2GB RAM / 16GB storage variant and 3GB RAM / 32GB storage model. They come with a price of Rs. 5,999 and Rs. 7,999, respectively.

The Realme company equips the phone with a 6.1-inch HD panel with a dewdrop notch on top. Powering the handset is an octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 chipset built on the 12nm process. As for software, it boots Android 9.0 Pie with Color OS 6.0 on top. The UI on the handset is claimed to be ad-free.

On the camera front, it packs dual cameras at the back, including a 13MP main camera and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there is a 5MP AI camera handling selfie duties. Powering it is a 4,000 mAh cell. For security, Realme goes for a Facial Unlock feature instead of a fingerprint reader.

2.5 Realme U1

The Realme U1 is a selfie-centric smartphone and also one of the best selfie smartphones that you could get for Rs. 15,000. It comes with a 25MP selfie shooter housed inside a water-drop notch at the top. the camera has an f/2.0 aperture and also a 0.9µm pixels.

The handset comes with a 6.3-inch FHD+ panel with a 1,080 x 2,340p resolution and a dewdrop notch on top. It runs on an octa-core Helio P70 SoC, clubbed with 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of storage. As mentioned, it has a 25MP front-facing camera with an f/2.0 aperture.

At the back, it is equipped with dual cameras, consisting of a 12MP primary camera with an f/2.2 aperture and a secondary 2MP depth unit with an f/2.4 aperture. For biometric authentication, it has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. Lastly, it is backed by a 3,500 mAh battery with 10W fast charging support and runs Android 8.1 Oreo-based ColorOS 5.2.

The two models of the handset with 3GB of RAM + 32GB of storage and 4GB of RAM + 64GB of storage are priced at Rs. 9,999 and Rs. 11,999, respectively.