Realme 5 Pro smartphone - advantages and disadvantages

Just call me - Realme

Has anyone heard of this company? Well, at least a word? A mysterious brand from Asia has just turned a year, and it is already approaching Europe and possibly your home.

While the public watched Xiaomi's popularity with open mouths, their future competitor did not sit idly by. For this reason, a full-scale takeover of the Chinese market began at the beginning of 2019. Smartphones are released at lightning speed, and everyone is unique!

Realme is the creation of one of the creators of the Oppo brand, Skye Lee. The company is rich in influential "relatives", once in such a short time it presented the world with the first 64-megapixel camera!

"Proud to be Young" is a bold but most accurate slogan for a debutant. How to create budget and modern? Ask the manufacturers, because already in September a hot new product comes out - Realme 5 Pro.

Appearance

Oh no, this flagship is not a stolen accessory from China Fashion Week. It's just that the creators have added the latest trends from the world of technology to the design, carefully covering the label "cheap".

The back panel of the smartphone is made of plastic and shimmers with a bright gloss in the sun. Cyberpunk metal accents re-adorn the phone, just like the earliest models, creating a unique brand identity (like Apple, but in Chinese). Of course, the first flaws, or better to say, the prints of the money saved, immediately appear. Plastic is nothing new for the middle class, but dirt sticks to it so easily and is so difficult to wear off (not to mention the scratches and fragility of the case).

However, this can hardly be called a critical flaw, because Realme creates products for the young and hard-working, and not for millions of checks.

The screen is covered with glass, which will definitely require additional protection, since the display has neither oleophobic spraying nor armor.

You need to love this device with your eyes at least for the thinnest, almost absent frames, so popular in 2019. The location of the front-facing camera strictly in the center (the manufacturers understood this too literally), in the form of a drop, will also seem surprising. Thanks to them, at least for the fingerprint on the native back panel.

Having the lightest wrapper, the device gains no less than 185 grams, bypassing its metal counterparts in the weight category. But it has more microcircuits!

Nevertheless, the phone is rather massive and its dimensions (diagonal - 6.3 inches) to carry without a cover is a crime, not otherwise.

Equipment

The model will go on sale in two colors: green and blue.

Also in the box:

• Charger and adapter;
• Clip for SIM card slot;
• USB cable (3.5 mm);
• Warranty card, instructions.

Specifications

Screen

When buying this phone, you need to soberly compare price and features.

By tradition of the budget segment, the display is decorated with an IPS LCD matrix. For some, this will seem a significant disadvantage, because the color rendition and brightness in AMOLED screens are an order of magnitude higher. However, the $ 160 price is paid off by the LCD. IPS LCD is an improved version, which in many respects is not inferior to the luxury competitor:

• Autonomy (the screen does not consume a lot of energy when watching movies and videos);
• Eternal youth (LEDs will not lose quality even after 5 years of work);

The manufacturer assures that the pixel density is at least 409 ppi. The figure is not small and, as practice shows, it is quite real. With the strongest deviation, the display barely fades noticeably, at maximum brightness it does not change at all.

operating system

The phone is running the penultimate version of Android 9.0 (pie). The choice is obvious, it is the most stable and advanced. Also, the nine has a number of advantages that should be noted.

First of all, smoothness. Switching between applications, notification icons and settings slide like clockwork.

The second, global news - gestures. The 21st century feels like never before, because even smartphones are already full-fledged mini-robots. Realme 5 pro will be able to follow its owner, simplifying the work based on swipes and taps. This concern - to develop hot buttons, commands - will be taken over by the AI ​​Freezer function (artificial intelligence in a local way).

For example: two swipes up - camera, left - messenger.

And the author's shell Oppo ColorOS 6 will complement the overall picture with minimalist themes and small icons of basic colors (on guard of eye health).

Autonomy

And here is the main culprit of the extra grams - the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 processor. As in the situation with the operating system, the seven is a stable gap between the 630 and 845 versions. The main shortcomings in it are fixed, and for an average phone that is not designed for heavy HD games and applications, it is a win-win option.

However, the situation is turned in its direction by the smart Adreno 616 video chip, thanks to which the charge lasts 40% longer, and the graphics power is increased by 35%. In addition, all 8 cores provide a colossal multitasking device!

Battery

The device is equipped with a standard 4035 mA battery. But it's not that simple!

Thanks to the power saving of the processor, IPS screen and the additional function of fast charging, the phone will live 4-5 days in normal mode, while even the premium segment cannot withstand even a day without recharging.

• Standby time is 10-12 days;
• Working time in normal mode is 4-5 days;
• Operating time with constant use - 18-20 hours;
• Talk time - 27 hours;
• Video playback time - 14 hours;

Camera times five

Amazing manufacturers' race "We have more!" sometimes it comes to the uttermost multi-camera absurdity, which is released under the auspices of eulogies about multifunctionality (phone-plane, phone-camera). Realme hasn't gone far. The Chinese do not take the quantity?

For this reason, the flagship was equipped with 5 sensors for literally all occasions. This is not counting the modes, of which: portrait, landscape, night vision, fireworks, HDR and panorama + built-in photo editor, which is easier to call a mini-photoshop.

• The main camera is 48 megapixels with autofocus. It is worth noting that the quality for an average phone is good budget regardless of the weather conditions. The colors are bright, but limp at night.As in other models, a powerful flash illuminates subjects by a solid five, but the camera, unable to cope, chews on the photo, adding excessive sharpness and glare.
• The 16 megapixel front camera works flawlessly. The only negative is the automatic photo smoothing. In this case, customization of the smartphone through the settings for yourself will help.
• The 8MP wide-angle sensor is designed for video shooting. Here, the idea of ​​the brand to give each process a separate camera is simply impossible to divide. The quality is not bad, but you can just as well shoot with the main (single) camera + the quality is 6 times better!
• The remaining two 2 megapixels each are responsible for macro photography and frame depth. The latter function is not so useless, with its help portrait and bokeh in photos can seriously compete with semi-professional cameras.

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Where to buy and at what price

The release took place on September 4, 2019 worldwide. In the CIS countries, a smartphone will have to be ordered through online stores (Chinese, European). At first, one cannot do without an intermediary, since there is simply no direct delivery of their points of sale to the second largest country in the world.

The declared price is $ 160 (about 11 thousand rubles).

Advantages and disadvantages

• Powerful processor;
• HD video and photos;
• Fast charging function;
• Powerful battery and energy saving;
• Beautiful appearance;
• Triple slot for two SIM cards and SD card;
• Easy customization.

• Fragile display
• Cheap materials;
• IPS matrix with medium color rendering.

What is the bottom line:

Don't expect 7 Wonders of the World from a budget phone, although the Realme 5 pro does an excellent job of meeting the needs of city dwellers. It has fast internet, convenient settings, an excellent camera and extremely spacious memory. The appearance impresses both young people and office workers, businessmen. When buying this smartphone for a child or a relative it is difficult to miss, it is good, no matter how you look!