These days, its really hard to keep track of the smartphones that are ushering in the market shelves; especially when smartphones sport; more or less; a same look, similar hardware with negligible tweaks and same price tag. Now, we are in an era of quantitative smartphones, rather than qualitative smartphones.
Along comes Realme 8, to bring something new in this price segment; and considering the specs it’s holding up, it looks like the job has been done efficiently.
SPECS
Display
Featuring a 6.4 inch Super AMOLED display, the colors are vibrant and rich which gives an edge to the handset, Furthermore, the handset packs in a Under Display fingerprint scanner which is responsive and does sport a cool look.
CPU
The handset plugs in Mdediatek Helio g95 octacore processor; juiced up by 4/6/8 GB of RAM.
BATTERY
The phone powers through a 5000mAh battery which provides enough power to last through the day. Further, it takes on the lead by a 30W DART charging facility, with a Type C USB Port.
CAMERA
FRONT: 16 MP WIDE Angle lens with FULL HD @ 30FPS Video Recording.
BACK: QUAD Setup
64MP PRIMARY CAMERA(WITH 10X DIGITAL ZOOM)
8MP ULTRA WIDE ANGLE CAMERA
2MP MACRO LENS CAMERA
2MP MONO LENS CAMERA
LED FLASH
4K@30FPS Video Recording
STORAGE
128 GB Internal Storage, Expandable upto 256 GB
PROS
The highlight of the phone is it’s Super AMOLED display which does bring the fun to viewing videos and movies. Furthermore, it comes with a Under Display Fingerprint Scanner, which to be honest, is impressive at this price point.
The camera setup do perform the job efficiently, although the back cameras could have been better with a Sony sensor, ( thinking Realme 7).
CONS
With DARE TO LEAP printed on the backside of the phone, the design might look unique to few out there; on the majoritarian side, looks have not been a strong point of the handset.
Next, the Mediatek Helio G95 Processor is one that had been used in Realme 7. So, as a successor, Realme 8 should have been built on a better hardware configuration, rather than clocking the same processor as it’s predecessor.
VERDICT
With the exception of a could have been better hardware & an unattractive design, a BIG BATTERY, a SUPER AMOLED DISPLAY & an UNDER DISPLAY FINGERPRINT SENSOR does make the phone a WORTHY SUCESSOR to Realme 7.