Most of the specifications of Reality 3I are Reality 3. But the main difference between the two phones is the processor and design. Will the Reality 3I be able to achieve a special place for yourself in the crowd of budget smartphones? Let’s know …
Reality 3I Design
The dimensions and weight of Reality 3I coincides with Reality 3. 175 grams of weight cannot be called much and it is easy to grip in hands. The new handset comes with a diamond pattern and matte finish on the back. The diamond pattern is like the Reality C2. We have reviewed the diamond black finish unit of Reality 3I. It gives a feeling of being more royal blue than black. The phone is also available in diamond blue and diamond red colors.
The front panel has a 6.2 -inch HD+ (720x 1520 pixels) panel. It has protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Bezel is very thin. But the border of the lower back is slightly wide. The phone has a dudrop notch, due to which it looks modern. The brightness of the display is good. Colors are Panchi and viewing angles are also very good. There is no problem with low resolution. But comparing with the display with more resolution, the lack of sharpness in Reality 3i is clearly visible.
Power and volume buttons give good response in Reality 3I. Their position is also good. There are three slots on the left side. It has space for two nano SIM and a microSD card. There is also support for dual VoLTE. The lower back has a speaker, micro-USB port and 3.5mm headphone jack.
Diamond pattern finish provides good grip. The fingers do not easily appear. The fingerprint sensor can be easily accessible and it works well. It also has face recognition and it works faster like other Reality smartphones.
The retail box consists of a silicone cover with Reality 3i, 10 watt power adapter, micro-USB cable, SIM Ejector Tool and some important documents.
Reality 3I Specification and Software
The MediaTek Helio P60 processor is used in Reality 3i, while Reality 3 Helio comes with P70 processor. This is not a major cut, as Helio P60 is a competent octa-core chipset. At the launch, Reality introduced two variants of the phone. The 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage variant of Reality 3I is Rs 7,999, while 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage variants are priced at Rs 9,999. We have reviewed the powerful variants.
Talking about other specifications, the Reality 3i comes with single-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, USB-OTG, FM radio and other common sensors.
Like Reality X, Reality 3I is also equipped with the latest software. It has a coloros 6 based on Android 9 Pie. It has a security patch of June 2019. At the same time, there is no change in the feature of ColorOS.
Now the app drawer is already enabled. But if you want, you can switch to single layered UI. The phone has several apps already installed. All of these third party apps can be uninstall. You will get shortcuts like smart sidebar.
Google’s Digital Velbing feature is still not found. Apart from this, Reality has not yet accessed the battery graph of Android 9.
Reality 3I Performance and Battery Life
We used the 4 GB RAM variants of Reality 3I for several days. The apps were easily loaded. There was no problem in accessing the menu. The phone did not even heat up. The phone is definitely hot during gaming. But not so much that there is trouble.
Even in gaming, Reality 3I cannot be considered weak. You have to play powerful games like PUBG Mobile on lower settings. But the gameplay has no effect. We managed to win a 40 -minute pubji mobile round on this phone. But during this time there was no complaint about battery consumption and heating of the phone. ColorOS has a feature called Game Space that automatically locks the brightness of the screen and transfer the system’s resources to the game.
We had the same problem during gaming. The position of loudspeakers is such that it gets blocked easily. The same happens during watching videos. The speaker of Reality 3I comes loudly. But the quality of the audio is very average. If you use wired headset, you can control the voice through reality power sound customization.
Now talk about camera. There is not much difference from Reality 3 here too. Reality 3I has a 13 -megapixel primary camera with f/ 1.8 aperture and is equipped with a phase detection autofocus. It is accompanied by a 2 -megapixel sensor that works to assess depth for portrait.
Landscape shot taken from Reality 3I in Cromabust Mode. Tap to see a full-size picture.
Photo taken in portrait mode on Reality 3i. Tap to see full-size photo
Realme 3i’s camera sample tap to see in full-size
The camera focuses fast due to PDAF. But for this there should be enough light on the subject. Landscape shots come with fine details. But small leaves or distant trees do not have details captains. We also encountered chromatic abuse when photographed in opposite of lights.
Close-up shot usually came well. But some macros shots were quite flat. The 2 megapixel secondary sensor does a good job of assessing depth. But on some occasions, the phone did not define the edges properly while taking the portrait of humans.
Photo taken in Cromabust on Realme 3i. Tap to see full-size photo
Photo taken in nitescape mode on Reality 3i. Tap to see full-size photo
The phone also has creative modes like Croma Boost and Nightscape. Croma would suggest not to use the boost while shooting trees. Because the green tone becomes very exhausted. However, the landscape shot can benefit from the boost of color.
Nightscape works. But Reality X not so much. Probably this is caused by a sensor. Night scenes look more bright. But there is a complaint of grain and croma noise. The camera lags behind in focusing in a clause-up shot when the nitscape inbell remains and the lack of details in the landscape is clearly visible.
Tap to see Realme 3i’s camera sample in full size
Photo taken in portrait mode on Realme 3i. Tap to see full-size photo
The 13 -megapixel selfie camera is not very bad. If you have patience and the light is enough then you will be successful in taking the shots of work. There is also a portrait mode here. But Blur Effect is very aggressive and it looks artificial. You cannot even control it.
From Reality 3i, you will be able to record 1080 pixels videos. But there is no stabilization. 720 pixels are also not video stabilizing which is a disappointing thing. The image quality is very average. But the speed of focus is not bad. At least in adequate light.
The phone’s battery is 4,230 mAh. This lasted 16 hours 59 minutes in our HD video loop test. Which will be considered good. We were able to easily use the phone for about one and a half days.
There is no support for fast charging. The charger given in the retail box gets 48 per cent charge in 1 hour. It takes about 2 hours for 100 percent charge.
Our decision
Reality 3I has been launched in the market because Reality c2 ,Review) And Reality 3 ,Review) The difference of the difference can be made. Its initial variant of Rs 7,999 is a good option. Because this Redmi is cheaper by 7 to 1,000 rupees. Apart from this, there is no reason to buy the top-variant of Reality C2, because its price is equal to Reality 3i.
It is not easy to suggest purchasing 4 GB variants of Reality 3I. Even though its price is about 1,000 rupees less than Reality 3. But its clash Redmi Note 7S ,Review, Asus zenfone max pro m2 And Realme U1 ,Review) Like it is from handset. All these handsets come with high resolution displays, better cameras and more powerful processors.
If your budget is limited and you can compromise on the average camera, then it can be considered to buy 3 GB RAM variants of Reality 3I.