Realme X50 Pro review: Gets the price right with Qulacomm Snapdragon 865
India’s first 5G-compatible smartphone appears to be ahead of competition in the below Rs 40K range, except for camera performance .
Get it for: Rs 37,999 onwards
High-speed 5G connectivity is still a long way from being rolled out in India. However, that has not deterred Chinese brand Realme from launching the first 5G-enabled handset in India.
Realme X50 Pro is powered by Snapdragon 865 -- Qualcomm’s flagship processor for 2020 -- promising absolutely lag-free performance – whether one is web surfing or gaming intensively. With this, Realme is also offering up to 12GB RAM and 256GB storage option.
The phone has a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED FHD+ display that is nothing less than a treat to watch content movies and play games. You get 90Hz refresh rate and an in-display fingerprint sensor — the two features that are slowly becoming a norm for all flagships.
You also get a 92% screen-to-body ratio, and an almost full-screen display since there is a punch-hole camera set up to house two sensors.
There is a 32MP wide-angle and an 8MP ultra wide angle camera that will capture detailed images. On the back, the X50 Pro has a 64MP wide-angle camera, a 12MP telephoto camera, an 8MP ultra wide-angle sensor and a 2MP portrait camera. Despite all these camera specs, we were not impressed with the image outputs. The bokeh mode was not quite successful in giving desired results and the images in 64MP mode were also not up to the mark.
What impressed us though was the 4200mAh battery with 65W SuperDart Charge –which fully charged the phone in 35 minutes as claimed by the company.
Given the features, the X50 Pro appears to have managed to get the pricing right, setting the bar high for future handsets that enter the premium segment this year.
The writer is with gadgetsnow.com
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