However, the price of this phone has shocked us a little here. Realme 6 has an initial price in India at Rs 12,999. The phone definitely has a little higher price, but to prove this price a reasonable price, the phone will be able to impress us with our features? To know this, we have reviewed Realme 6. Is this the best budget smartphone, which you should buy without waiting? Let’s know.
Realme 6 Design
Instead of sunrise design on its low -cost model, Reality has given a new comate design to this phone. Realme 6 has a rear gradient finish, in which the lines are seen when the lights appear. All these lakes start from above and gather like a tip at the bottom charging port. Overall, it gives the phone a premium look.
Realme 6 has a 6.5-inch display, which is similar to Realme 5. However, the new phone does not have a notch. Instead, the company has given the hole-Pancha design running in fashion this time. This hole-panch cutout is to the left corner of the display. There are thin bezels on the side of the display, but the chin below is quite thick.
The edges of Reality 6 have been rounded, so that it does not prick in your palm. The back of the phone is slightly curved which makes it comfortable in catching. This time Reality has opted for side-mounted fingerprint scanner in the budget phone, which is located on the right of the device. We liked the placement, as the thumb reaches the power button / fingerprint sensor while holding the smartphone in the right hand. If you are accustomed to using the phone with left hand, then you may have to register your left hand finger and thumb to unlock the smartphone.
Reality has set the volume button to the left and placed them down slightly, making them easier to press. The sim tray is just above the volume button. We saw that the phone comes with 9.6 mm thickness, which really feels fat. The phone has a 4,300 mAh battery. The weight of this phone is 191 grams. The Realme phone has a USB Type-C port below. The Type-C port also has a 3.5 million headphone jack and a loudspeaker grill.
Like most popular smartphones launched in the market recently, Realme 6 has also given a quad camera setup. The module is slightly wide and embossed, but there is a metal outline around it, which we hope that it can protect the module from scratches. The rear panel of the phone is not made up of glass, so it may cause minor scratches. Reality has given a transparent case in the box. You can use this case to protect against minor scratches.
Realme 6 Specifications and Software
Reality 6 has a 6.5-inch full-HD+ display, which was not in the previous model. The main attraction of the display is the 90Hz refresh rate included. High-refresh rate increases your experience. The company has set this refresh rate in auto, which sets the phone between 60 HTz and 90 Hurtz itself, but if you want to set its refresh rate according to you, then you also have that option available. The density of the display is 405 PPI and the screen-to-body ratio of Realme 6 is 90.5 percent due to Hole-Panch. For display protection, Gorilla Glass 3 is given in the front, of course a little old technology.
Reality 6 has been launched with MediaTek Helio G90T processor. This is a powerful chipset, which we have seen in Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro. The processor has two cortex-A76 core with 2.05 GHz clock speed and six core with 2.0 GHz clock speed. The Reality phone comes in three variants. Its 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage is priced at Rs 12,999. The price of 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage variants and 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage variants is Rs 14,999 and Rs 15,999 respectively. The smartphone comes with UFS 2.1 storage. We have reviewed the 8 GB RAM variants of this phone.
In terms of connectivity, this phone offers Bluetooth 5, dual-band Wi-Fi AC and three navigation systems. It is a dual-sim device, including VoLTE support with 4G. It includes all normal sensors.
Talking about software, Realme has given its Realme UI instead of Coloros Custom Skin with some changes. The new Realme UI is based on Android 10. Our device was running on February security patch.
The user interface gives some extent stock Android experience and we found it easy to use. The Settings app is well designed and we did not have to struggle to find options. Reality UI also consists of features such as digital wellbing, focus mode, dark mode and riding mode. Reality comes with dual-mode audio, which allows you to connect a Bluetooth and wired headset to music on smartphones simultaneously, but this feature is currently listed under Realme Lab.
We also found some installed eye apps on the device, such as Facebook, DailyHhant, Song, Hello, Opera News, UC Browser, WPS Office and some Google Apps. It also already contains some apps of Reality, such as Reality Store, Community, Game Center, Game Space and Apna Own Apps Store, called App Market. Stock application like browser continues to give notifications, which we had to disable and disable.
Realme 6 performance and battery life
The specification of Reality 6 is of course interesting. The 90 Hz refresh rate in the phone makes the interface very smooth. We found this display a bit reflective in sunlight, but the panel was enough bright, causing us to not have trouble seeing content in the display. We also found its viewing angle fine.
Realme 6 is a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, which means that the fingprint sensor has also been set on its power button. It is capable of unlocking the phone with accuracy and rapidly and we liked its performance. We also set face recognition, which identifies the face and onk the phone. This feature also allows the phone very quickly. After enabling the raz-to-wise feature included in the phone, very little effort is required to unlock the smartphone.
We were happy with the performance of Reality 6, as we never had to wait for a long time to load the apps. Due to the 8 GB RAM on the device, it does not allow apps to be clicked in the background and you can easily multitasque in it. It also takes extreme time to load the app.
MediaTek has introduced the Helio G90 series as a gaming processor and we were eager to see how Reality 6 would perform in terms of gaming. We played PUBG Mobile on smartphones and this ran at high-settings and high frame rates with graphics set on HD. We did not see any kind of leg or frame drop while playing games in these settings. After about 20 minutes we notice that the smartphone became a bit hot in the touch.
The battery life of Realme 6 is quite good. It managed to walk in our HD video loop test for 19 hours, 26 minutes. With our use, Reality 6 lasted for one and a half days in a charge. The box has a 30W fast charger. To use it, the phone charges up to 65 percent in 30 minutes and takes more than one hour to fully charge.
Realme 6 cameras
The back of Reality 6 has a 64-megapixel primary camera. Along with this, this back camera setup has an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera, 2-megapixel monochrome camera, and a 2-megapixel macro lens with 119-degree field of view. The front has a 16-megapixel selfie shooter. Camera software is largely like other mid-range smartphones. We had no problem in switching on various shooting mode in the camera app. HDR, filter and chroma boost are given quick togles. AI detects the scene.
Realme 6 is faster to focus and measures the lights properly in most scenes. In the daylight, the phone’s camera takes some good shots and even after joining, there is no lack of details in the photographs. In the bright scene, the HDR mode of Reality 6 becomes capable of itself. Photos would come at 16 megapixels by default, but you can take pictures by turning on 64-megapixel mode in it.
There is also a wide-angle camera on Reality 6. However, this camera is not as good in the dynamic range as compared to primary camera. The photos can capture a quite large area, but the photographs taken from it shows lack of details and quality. Apart from this, a little distorted on the side of the picture also comes.
For close-up, Realme 6 also has a depth sensor, which blur (blur) the background well. The camera focus sets quickly, due to which the pictures are good. Portrait mode also gives you the option to set the blur level before taking the shot. The camera is accurately detecting the subject of the subject.
Macro camera lacks autofocus, but you can easily take a picture even after reaching very close to a subject. It managed to get good shots while shooting indoors.
The camera quality decreases slightly in low light. You will find some good looking pictures even in low light, but there is a lack of details in the pictures when zoomed. Night mode works much better in low light and gives a great output by adding multiple frames together. Details also appear plentiful in photographs taken with night mode.
Selfies shot with Realme 6 also had good details. However, it is capable of beautification default. You have to reduce or discontinue the beautification for a natural-dominated output. These pictures were good for sharing on social media.
Recording at 4K resolution from primary camera and recording at 1080 pixels with selfie camera can be done. Apart from this, users from primary camera can make 1080p recording with 60 frames per second. The video comes stable at 1080p resolution, but not at 4K. We also see light twinkling effects in the video taken in low light.
Verdict
Realme has once again given a great smartphone at a reasonable price. Realme 6 comes with a powerful processor, gives good battery life, and also comes with 30W fast charger in the box. The company has also improved the Realme UI, but we want the company to reduce the same apps (unwanted apps) in the future. If you are looking for Value for Money device at the price of Rs 15,000 or its surroundings, then you are Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Series You can wait for some time to launch. However, we believe that you will also be satisfied with Reality 6.