In the Indian market, the budget segment is a category that is very popular among users. Phone manufacturers are focusing more on this segment due to the need of users and their attractiveness. In this sequence, some time ago, China's smartphone maker Realme launched 5i at a price of Rs 8,999. Realme 5i has been launched in the affordable segment with many special features like 5000 mAh battery. The company has tagged this phone as Stylish Powerhouse. But whether this phone can be rightly called a powerhouse or not, we are giving you information here. Here we are giving you the review of Realme 5i, which means that your perspective will be completely clear about this phone.
Design
If you look at the design of the phone, it is quite stylish. It is also quite light in weight. We have the forest green color variant of the phone and it is very beautiful in appearance.
The back panel of the phone has a fingerprint sensor in the middle and a quad rear camera on the left side. This camera is facing out on the back panel, so it is not safe to place the phone on any surface from the camera side. For this, you always have to put a cover on the phone. It has size res on the back panel which looks better classy.
Most importantly, fingerprints are not printed on the back panel of the phone. Talking about its front panel, it is made with 89 percent screen to body ratio. In such a situation, the fun of watching videos and playing games doubles in this phone. Apart from this, there is no phone slippery at all.
Display
It has a 6.5-inch mini-drop full screen LCD multi-touch display. Its pixel resolution is 1600x720. Night mode eye care feature has been provided in the phone with Corning Gorilla Glass Protection. When using the phone in daylight, we had to increase its brightness.
The phone's display is not clear in low brightness. But even if the brightness is reduced at night, the screen is clear. Talking about watching videos, it was a good experience for us. During this time we did not see any kind of glitch.
Hardware (performance)
This phone is built on 11nm process technology. It has clock speeds of up to 2.2 GHz with an octa-core CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 AIE processor. It is now a matter of its features, now come on its performance. We did not face any problem while using the phone. During the jump from one app to another, the phone did not even get a hang issue. The phone works quite clean and smooth. Smartphones like Vivo U10, Oppo A9 2020, Redmi Note 8 have been launched along with Snapdragon 665 processor. Two of these smartphones cost more than Rs 9,999. In such a situation, this is the most affordable phone to come with this processor.
The phone has 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. At this price, so much RAM and storage seems to be a right option. There was no hang and lagging issue in the phone with 4 GB RAM. Talking about the gaming segment, in the phone we did not play heavy games but games with light graphics. We did not face any problem during gaming. At the same time, 64 GB RAM is enough according to the budget price. Except for the budget, 64 GB storage is perfect for an average user. The company has also provided the facility of microSD card. Due to the large phone, it can be used well with one hand.
Software
The best thing about any phone is to present it with the latest software, so that it can get two to three updates. The same has been done with this phone. Android P has been made available in the phone which is based on ColorOS 6.0.1. The phone's interface is quite clean. By the way, there are many apps in the phone that you cannot delete yourself. But these apps do not consume much memory of the phone. We downloaded about three to four apps in this phone, after which the available memory of the phone was 48 GB.
Camera
AI based quad rear camera is present in the phone. Its primary sensor is 12 megapixels, which has an aperture f / 1.8. The second is an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera, the third is a 2-megapixel portrait camera, and the fourth is a 2-megapixel macro camera. Talking about camera features, it has AI HDR, AI Beauty, AI Scene recognition, Chroma boost, Super nightscape, Filter mode, Panorama mode, Expert mode and Timelapse mode. At this price, these camera features can become a main reason for buying a phone for any users. In daylight, the quality of the photo is very good. Clarity of photos can be called their main attraction. However, photo quality at night can disappoint a bit. But this price can be ignored in this price. We liked the portrait mode of this segment the best.
A good feature in this is that if you are clicking the photo of an object, you will be given information about what that item is. For example: If you are taking a photo of a text, then text will be written above. At the same time, if you are taking a photo of a meal, then food will come up. Talking about the front camera, it has an 8 megapixel selfie sensor, which has an aperture f / 2.0. It has features such as 5P lens, AI beauty and AI HDR. Selfie can be taken very well from the phone. Most people upload selfies on social media, especially for these users, the front camera of the phone is good. Panorama, Timelapse and Potrait modes have been given for selfies.
Talking about security features, its fingerprint sensor is quite fast. But we found some problems in the face detection feature. Many times it was not unlocked through face detection, due to which we did not like this feature.
Battery
We are very happy with this segment of the phone. The phone has a powerful battery of 5000 mAh which supports 10W charging power. The phone can be fully charged in about two and a half hours. If your usage is average, then you can use this phone comfortably for two days in a single charge. At the same time, there is also no problem of high battery consumption. Even if you have more usage, your phone can run comfortably one day.
Verdict
This phone can be called a good option in the budget range. Although, the face detection feature disappointed us, but keeping this price in view, disappointment can be ignored. The choice of the hardware of the phone has been improved according to the price. The company has tried very hard to provide a better device at a lower price. At the same time, the battery segment can be called the main attraction of the phone.
