A budget smartphone company you’ve never heard of just launched a four camera phone for under ₹10,000

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A budget smartphone company you’ve never heard of just launched a four camera phone for under ₹10,000
Realme 5 launched in India starting at ₹9,999Business Insider India

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Everyone’s heard of the bigwigs like Xiaomi, Samsung and Apple but with the budget smartphone market in burgeoning in India — newer players are learning to how to make a name for themselves.

Just over a year old, Realme is an Oppo sub-brand that showed a yearly growth 602.4% between April and June 2019, according to IDC.

Today the Chinese smartphone brand launched its latest offering, the Realme 5 And Realme 5 Pro. Both phones feature four cameras in the back at prices that fall in the budget range.
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The Realme 5 starts out a price of ₹9,999 for the 32GB storage and with 3GB RAM, which can be upgraded to a device with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage for a thousand bucks more.

The top variant of the Realme 5 costs ₹11,999 and has 4GB RAM coupled with 128GB of storage.
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The Realme 5 Pro, on the other hand, starts out at ₹13,999 with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage with a higher variant at ₹14,999 with with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage and a top-tier device priced ₹16,999 with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage..

Realme’s main competition will be Xiaomi’s upcoming budget devices, the Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro, which are also expected to have a quad camera setup when they launch in India on 28 August 2019.

Here’s a quick look at what the Realme 5 has to offer at ₹9,999:
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Realme 5’s visual appeal

Realme 5’s visual appeal

Realme, known for the sleek design of the RealmeX, has incorporated a new crystal design for the Realme 5. The company also claims that the phone is splash resistant.

The phone a massive 5,000mAh battery

The phone a massive 5,000mAh battery

Realme 5’s 5,000mAh battery should easily provide a full day of charge if not more, even with heavy usage.

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Realme’s quad camera setup in the back

Realme’s quad camera setup in the back

The phone houses 4 camera lenses in the back with a 12-megapixel primary sensor, an 8-megapixel ultra wide camera, a 2-mega pixel depth sensor for the bokeh or portrait effect in photos and a 2-megapixel macro shooter for close ups. And, unlike a lot of phones that are in this price range, the Realme 5 also comes with in-built electronic image stabilisation.

And, the selfie camera in front

And, the selfie camera in front

The ‘water drop’ notch in the front of the phone houses a 13-megapixel camera.

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Realme 5’s hardware and software

Realme 5’s hardware and software

It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 665 chipset and runs on Realme’s ColorOS 6 layered on top of Android 9.0 Pie.

And its 6.5-inch display

And its 6.5-inch display

The Realme also features an HD Plus display with a resolution of 720 by 1600 pixels.

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The Realme 5 is available in Crystal Blue and Crystal Purple colours

The Realme 5 is available in Crystal Blue and Crystal Purple colours
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