realme X

Buy Realme X For

If you are looking for a smartphone under Rs 18,000 with all high end features like a powerful Snapdragon chipset, Super AMOLED display, high quality dual rear camera set up, mediocre battery, in-display fingerprint sensor and VOOC Flash Charge 3.0 support. As of now, you can get the smartphone from online shopping websites like Flipkart and Amazon at a price of Rs 17,999.

 

Realme X Overview

 

Display: Realme X comes with a 6.53 inch Super AMOLED display that offers one of a kind streaming and viewing experience. A major disadvantage with the smartphone is that it lacks a standard refresh rate which gives its competitors an upper hand over it as nowadays all the smartphones in the mentioned price range have a high refresh rate.

 

Performance: Realme X operates on the Android 9.0 Pie OS, but the catch is that it is upgradable to the latest Android 10 OS which means you will be able to enjoy the system wide dark mode. The smartphone runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor that comes paired with 4GB RAM in the basic variant of the smartphone to provide optimum speed. Whether you are opening multiple applications at a time or you are running heavy games, the smartphone handles all of it easily. Talking about the storage, you get 128GB internal storage that is enough to store all your data. However, you cannot expand the storage which can be considered as a drawback with the smartphone.

 

Camera: Realme X sports a dual rear camera set up including a 48MP primary sensor and a 5MP secondary sensor. The rear camera set up of the smartphone makes sure you get the best shots in different lighting conditions. On top of that, the smartphone also features a 16MP front camera for delivering the best selfies with various AI based modes.

 

Battery: Realme X may disappoint you a bit when it comes to battery as the smartphone has a 3765 mAh battery. In case of heavy gaming or long hours of video streaming the battery will drain at a fast pace due to its low capacity. The smartphone takes only one hour and 20 minutes to get completely charged from zero to 100%. The charging speed of Realme X is really fast due the VOOC Flash Charge 3.0 support.The battery drains at a speed 15% per hour when you play heavy games like Asphalt or Call of Duty and you lose up to 8% battery per hour when streaming videos on various OTT platforms.

 

Competitors: Redmi Note 9 gives a neck to neck competition to Realme X as the former offers a huge screen along with a 60Hz standard refresh rate. Moreover, you also get a quad rear camera set up and a powerful front 32MP camera for selfie shots.

 

Pros

 

• VOOC Flash Charge 3.0

 

• Super AMOLED display

 

Cons

 

• Low capacity battery

 

PriceDekho Expert Verdict

 

The low capacity battery and lack of refresh rate can be the main reason why a user will ditch the smartphone. Overall the smartphone has amazing features and provides a high octane speed too. If you are not much bothered by the absence of refresh rate and can cope up with a mediocre battery then you can go for Realme X.