Realme just announced the realme X, the company’s latest top-end smartphone, as it had promised. It has a 6.53-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display from Samsung with 2.2mm narrow border on the top and 1.62mm ultra narrow bezels on the sides offering 91.2% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform with up to 8GB of RAM and new gel cooling that reduces the temperature up to 15.2% in one hour. It has a sixth-generation in-display fingerprint scanner,
It has a 48-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX586 sensor, AI scene recognition and a 5-megapixel secondary camera for capturing depth information in portrait shots. The phone has a 16-megapixel pop-up front camera with Sony IMX471 sensor and can launch in 0.74 seconds. The company says that the elevating mechanism has been tested 200,000 times. It has a gradient glass back with S-shaped curve. It packs a 3765mAh battery with VOOC 3.0 fast charging.
realme X specifications
- 6.53-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED display with 100% NTSC Color Gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU
- 4GB / 6GB (LPPDDR4x) RAM with 64GB storage / 8GB (LPPDDR4x) RAM with 128GB storage
- Dual SIM
- ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie)
- 48MP rear camera with 1/2.0″ Sony IMX586 sensor, f/1.7 aperture, 6P lens, LED flash, 5MP secondary rear camera
- 16MP front-facing camera with Sony IMX471 sensor, f/2.0 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 161.2×76×9.4mm; Weight: 191g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
- 3765mAh battery (typical) / 3680mAh (minimum) with VOOC 3.0 fast charging
The realme X comes in Steam White and Punk blue colors and is priced at 1499 yuan (US$ 219 / Rs. 15,325 approx.) for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 1599 yuan (US$ 232 / Rs. 16,345 approx.) for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage, and the top-end 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs 1799 yuan (US$ 261 / Rs. 18,395 approx.).
There is also a Master Edition designed by Naoto Fukasawa in Onion and Garlic White colors with unique patterns at 1899 yuan (US$ 276 / Rs. 19,410 approx.). It will go on sale in China starting from May 20th.
The company also introduced the realme X Youth Edition, which has similar specifications as the realme 3 Pro that was launched in India last month.
realme X Lite specifications
- 6.3-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU
- 4GB (LPPDDR4x) RAM with 64GB storage / 6GB (LPPDDR4x) RAM with 64GB / 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
- Dual SIM
- ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie)
- 16MP rear camera with LED flash, 1/2.6″ Sony IMX519 1.22μm sensor, f/1.7 aperture, EIS, 5MP secondary rear camera with f/2.4 aperture, 960fps super slo-mo
- 25MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, 1/2.8″ sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 156.8 x 74.2×8.3mm; Weight: 172g
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, Micro USB
- 4045mAh battery (typical) / 3960mAh (minimum) with VOOC 3.0 fast charging
The realme X Lite comes in Nitro Blue and Lightning Purple colors and is priced at 1199 yuan (US$ 174 / Rs. 12,260 approx.) for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 1299 yuan (US$ 189 / Rs. 13,290 approx.) for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage, and the top-end 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs 1499 yuan (US$ 218 / Rs. 15,334 approx.). This is slightly cheaper than the realme 3 Pro in India.