Realme XT smartphone - advantages and disadvantages

Global smartphone manufacturers monthly present new products with high performance, manufacturability, interesting characteristics and stylish design. The fashion for brands is changing: some are becoming a thing of the past (HTC, ZTE), others have been holding on for decades, keeping up with the times (Nokia, Samsung), others are rapidly breaking into the market and taking leading positions (Xiaomi, Honor, Huawei). Most of the chaotically emerging new firms are backed by well-known progenitor brands. One of the latest companies, Realme, will present the Realme XT smartphone model in September 2019. What are the pros and cons of the device? What are the characteristics of the unit? How interesting is the model? We will analyze in detail in the article.

Realme - a cheap fake or a successful debutant?

The name is similar to Redmi, a line of smartphones from Xiaomi. The brand has been successfully sold for a long time in many countries. On closer inspection, the only connection is that smartphones are of Chinese origin. Otherwise, the brands are independent, different, differ in their individuality and technical characteristics.

Realme is owned by BBK Electronics, like three others: OPPO, OnePlus, Vivo. At first, Realme was a line of devices from OPPO. In 2010, OPPO first demonstrated a model called "OPPO Real". Until 2018, smartphones were released under this brand, after which the former vice president of OPPO Sky Li announced Realme as an independent company on the Weibo microblog. The plans of the newly-minted company included the release of mobile phones with high performance, stylish appearance and acceptable cost, designed for young users around the world. In November 2018, the company got its own logo. The debut was a great success: the company has already released a dozen models in a year. In May 2019, Realme entered the Chinese market, a month later - to Europe. By August, smartphones began to be successfully sold in the markets of 20 countries, about 10 million copies of the product were purchased, and the brand climbed the steps and entered the top ten world manufacturers of mobile phones.

Signs of Realme phones

What makes Realme devices different from other big names? There are a number of features: affordable price against the background of high performance; screens with a large diagonal (from 6 inches); unusual design with a bright body with tints; a thin frame, as a result of which the front camera leaves the body or has a cutout in the form of a tiny drop; using the Android operating system with the ColorOS shell, as in OPPO smartphones.

New Realme XT

Even the date of the launch of the model on the consumer market is not known on the official pages, but you can already study the main characteristics and capabilities of the device.

Appearance and dimensions

There is no information on the overall dimensions yet. It will be possible to hold the device in hands, twist it and check the work only after the smartphone is launched at home and on the world market. The model will be sold in White White, Green Green and Blue Blue. Hopefully, all three colors will reach stores in Russia. Each color looks interesting and stylish.The body material gives iridescent tints depending on the time of day and the surrounding background. The back case is made of plastic, so far nothing can be said about protection and the ability to use a smartphone without a case. Fingerprints may not be visible on it.

Display

The diagonal size of the screen is 6.4 inches, the footprint is 100.5 cm2 in a ratio of 19.5: 9. With this value, the smartphone looks quite compact. The touch display has a multi-touch function (simultaneous multiple touching), reflects 16 million colors and shades, type - Super AMOLED with an active LED matrix and improved touchscreen technology. Power consumption depends on the brightness of the screen: it decreases with a dark background, and increases with a bright one. The reflection of sunlight from the screen is maximum. The minimum response time is 0.01 ms, the horizontal and vertical viewing angles are the same, equal to 180 degrees, while the color, brightness and contrast of the picture are preserved at any point. A distinctive feature of such a screen is a perfectly black color, because no light is emitted in this pixel area. Among the disadvantages is the fragility of internal connections, the rupture of which can lead to complete loss of the image. According to experts participating in the first reviews of the device, the display is protected by Gorilla Glass 5. The pixel resolution of the screen is 1080 x 2340, with a density of 403 ppi. The top of the display houses the front-facing camera in the form of a compact drip-notch. Today, this is the most common version of the camera position in most smartphones.

Device memory

The announcement presents 2 types of smartphones: the first has 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory, the second has a built-in memory of 128 GB with 8 Gig of RAM. A serious camera requires a lot of free space, so the gadget has a dedicated slot for installing a microSD memory card. Additional memory can be expanded by 256 GB.

Processor and operating system

Inside the device, the Android 9.0 Pie platform is installed with its own ColorOS 6 version shell. The speed of the phone is determined by a fairly powerful octa-core octa-core processor, powered by a Qualcomm SDM712 chipset of the Snapdragon 712 class, with an Adreno 616 GPU accelerator. frequency 1.7 GHz. The capabilities of iron allow you to actively use cool games without unnecessary heating of the insides of the device. The mid-range processor provides smartphones with high performance without overpaying for the brand. The phone will work reliably and quickly when flipping through pages on the Internet with applications running simultaneously. As for the graphical shell ColorOS, high performance should be noted. The system is designed for full-screen phones, it is in such cases that you can see its work, with a new font, active white color and gradient fill. There are fewer lines, animation is improved, icons are updated. Each user will be able to customize their own interface. For team players, a function has been developed that allows you to save the right moment of the game in case of an accidental interruption of the Internet connection and switch the game to a smart network with an uninterrupted connection. The shell contains new navigation gestures, Swipe connects through the main screen. In order for the battery to keep a long percentage of charging, the system turns off little-used applications and stops them. There are a lot of chips, you can try everything after purchasing the unit.

Network technologies and communications

To connect with subscribers and transfer data in a smartphone, standard systems are used: GSM, HSPA, LTE. The device is designed to install a Nano-SIM and a memory card or two SIM-cards with dual standby. Whatever number you call, you can always switch to the second line and come back. Several navigation systems work in the smartphone: GPS A-GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS. Wireless communication features include dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, hotspot and Wi-Fi Direct. If desired, at a short distance, you can use Bluetooth version 5.0.When you need to be distracted on a long journey, and you don't want to strain your eyes, you can sit comfortably in a chair and listen to the built-in FM radio - the model has a function along with a mini Jack for headphones, 3.5 mm in diameter, located at the bottom end of the case. From the connectors you can see USB 2.0, reversible Type-C 1.0 and USB On-The-Go. There is a function of fast charging of the smartphone with the attached charging of the 20 W battery according to the VOOC Flash Charge 3.0 standard, without increased voltage.

Cameras, their capabilities

The front camera is located on the display in the form of a drip notch. Its resolution is 16 MP with f / 2.0 aperture. There is a possibility of shooting in high quality HDR, panoramic shooting works. The camera makes it possible to shoot 1080p video at 30 frames / second.

The main camera is located at the back: in the back cover of the case there is a block for 4 cameras: 64 + 8 + 2 + 2 Mpix. According to the characteristics of each unit, the following can be noted: 64 MP, f / 1.8 aperture, with a wide viewing angle and PDAF function; 8 MP with f / 2.2 aperture, ultra wide angle; 2 MP, f / 2.4, in which the camera for macro photography is highlighted; 2 MP, f / 2.4 aperture, with depth sensor. The unit is equipped with LED flash, panorama mode and enhanced HDR images. When shooting a video, it has the following characteristics: 2160 Pix with a frequency of 30 frames / s, 1080 Pix with a frequency range of 30/60/120 frames / s, 720 Pix with a frequency of 960fps and connecting the gyroscope-EIS function.

Additional features

A convenient optical fingerprint sensor is located on the display, under the main panel. It is not visible to the user. A scanner with a photosensitive element is inexpensive. The disadvantage is the low resistance to burglary. This disadvantage is noticeable only when the smartphone falls into the hands of an attacker. There is an image stabilization function while driving (gyroscope), a compass for fast orientation in unfamiliar terrain, a proximity sensor and an accelerometer. The rest of the functions belong to the smart shell. You will have to study them in detail in the process of direct use of the apparatus.

Battery

The battery has a standard size this year: 4000 mAh. It is non-removable, according to the study of other models, it is able to keep charging during the day in active talk mode, up to 12 hours in game mode. How it will actually be, we will find out after the appearance of the smartphone in online and online stores.

General characteristics of the model:

• beautiful appearance;
• bright design;
• almost frameless display;
• large diagonal;
• high-quality assembly;
• high processor performance;
• multifunctionality;
• high resolution camera (64 MPix);
• quarter block of the main camera;
• the presence of a gyroscope for image stabilization;
• capacitive battery;
• excellent value for money.

• at the moment there is no complete information about the product and its cost;
• a shell whose functions are used in part due to the presence of small bezels in a smartphone.

Conclusion

The September novelty from China will delight fans of high-performance "flying" smartphones, amateur photographers who can appreciate the quality of photo and video recording with high resolution and stabilizing function. If the user is not an avid gamer, but loves to fight in a team, the phone will come in handy for him too: the device does not get very hot during an active game and keeps charging for a long time. On the whole, the device has quite impressive functions for mid-level users. Detailed information will appear only after September 13, when the smartphone appears on the market and reviews of real buyers.