Realme 5s 128GB

Overview

The Realme 5s is an upgraded version of the Realme 5 and comes with a 48MP Samsung GM1 sensor on the rear. The phone has a quad rear camera setup which includes an 8MP 119° ultra-wide sensor, 2MP macro, and 2MP depth sensor. The device has a 6.5” display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset and a 5,000mAh battery. The first sale of the Realme 5s will take place on November 29 at 12 noon on Flipkart and on Realme.com. Realme 5s is a tweaked version of the Realme 5 and comes with big changes like a 48 MP primary camera, and crystal Red colour. Apart from this, the phone is identical to its predecessor. The Realme 5s has been launched at Rs 9999.

The Realme 5S has the same specifications as the Realme 5, and users get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC. The phone is available in two variants — one with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage which is priced at Rs. 9,999 and a second variant with 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage which is priced at Rs. 10,999. The phone runs on ColorOS 6.0.1 and is backed by a 5000 mAh battery. Connectivity options included in the phone are dual-4G VoLTE support, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, 3G, and 4G.

Design

Realme's latest offering has a splash-resistant build and runs Android Pie with ColorOS 6 skin on top. It comes with features such as AI Freeze and Screen Battery Optimization Mode. It is available in three colours including Crystal Blue, Crystal Purple, and Crystal Red. The phone has a 6.5-inch HD+ (720 x 1600 pixels) display with an 89 percent screen-to-body ratio. It ships with Corning Gorilla Glass 3+ protection. Realme 5s dimensions are 164.4x75.6x9.3mm and it weighs 198 grams.

Camera

The phone packs a quad rear camera setup which includes a 48 MP primary snapper that employs the Samsung ISOCELL GM1 sensor with an f/1.8 aperture. It has an 8MP wide-angle shooter with a 119-degree (±1.5-degree) field of view and an f/2.25 aperture, a 2 MP macro lens with an f/2.4 aperture, and a 2 MP portrait camera with an f/2.4 aperture. On the front, the phone has a 13 MP selfie snapper that supports HDR, AI Beautification, and Time Lapse features.

The phone comes with a Super Nightscape 2.0 mode for low-light photography and it is capable of shooting 4K videos at 30fps while slo-mo 1080p videos max out at 120fps.

Performance

Under the hood, the phone is powered by the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 2.0GHz processor and it is paired with 4GB of RAM. The phone comes with accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, gyroscope, compass, and a fingerprint sensor for authentication.

Battery and Storage

The mobile phone has a mammoth 5,000mAh battery that the company claims can provide a standby and video watching time of 718 hours and 12 hours, respectively. The device is available in 64 GB and 128 GB variants, with expandable phone memory up to 256 GB via a dedicated microSD card slot.

Connectivity

Connectivity options included in the phone are 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/A-GPS, Beidou, Galileo, and Glonass.

Configuration

The device has an octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver) processor with Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 (11 nm) chipset. It has Adreno 610 GPU.

The based 4GB/64 GB variant is priced at INR9,999, while the 4GB / 128GB variant is priced at Rs 10999.