Realme 6i review: cheapest smartphone with 90Hz refresh rate display, camera feature is strong

Realme 6i review: cheapest smartphone with 90Hz refresh rate display, camera feature is strong 

Global smartphone brand Realme launched its mid-budget range Realme 6 Series in the Indian market at the beginning of the year. The special feature of this series was that it was launched with a display feature with a 90Hz refresh rate. Not only this, it also had a better camera feature. The company has launched another new model Realme 6i in its series recently. The company has introduced this new model at a lower price than Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro. The company has launched this smartphone to fill this new model at a price exchange priced below Rs 15,000.

In April, the Government of India had given cars of both models launched before the Realme 6 series due to increasing GST sales and problems in the supply chain due to Coronavirus. Due to this, the calculator segment priced below Rs 15,000 was empty. Given this, the company has launched its new smartphone. It is believed that it has been introduced in India as a rebranded version of Realme 6S. Today we have brought a review for you.

Talking about the design of Realme 6i, its design has been given like other smartphones of Realme. We have seen a change in its back panel. The quad camera bump in the back panel has been reduced. Also, the color texture of its back panel has been kept smooth. Shining plastic body has been used in its back panel. The side corner of the rear panel of the phone is not flat, the curved design can be seen in it. Also, the splash resistant design has been given in the rear panel. Also, the company has packed all its knots with titleily silicone proofing. Because of which even if the water splashes accidentally on the phone, it cannot be damaged. Better finishing is seen in the back panel of the phone. These two color options are bright moonlight and

The quad rear camera and LED light are vertically aligned with the upper left corner in the back panel. The USB Type C charging jack, 3.5mm audio jack and speaker grills are available in the center on the underside of the phone. The power button is given in the right side of the phone. Along with this, the side mounted physical fingerprint has been integrated. Volume rockers are placed on the left side of the phone and triple SIM card slot just above it. In this, you can insert two 4G VoLTE SIM cards and MicroSD card.

The display

Talking about the front panel of the phone, it has a left allied punch-hole display panel. Also, speakers are provided in the center above it. Extremely thin bezels have been given in all four sides of the phone, due to which the users get full viewing experience. A smooth full screen experience is found especially during gaming and video browsing. The weight of the phone is just 196 grams. Also, its gripping is good. You can use the phone through single hand.

The smartphone has an ultra smooth display with a 90Hz refresh rate. Its display offers a sampling rate of 120Hz. It has the ability to produce seconds at 90 frames. Its display size is 6.5 inches and it uses FHD + display with a screen resolution of 2,400 x 1,080 pixels. The screen-to-body ratio of the phone's display is given 90.5 percent. The brightness of its display is given up to 480 nits. Its display supports punch-hole light effect, eye protection feature and OSIE ie Super Clear Visual Effect. It optimizes the display during video browsing and gaming. So that the user can get the picture with better clarity. Corning Gorilla Glass has also been provided for the protection of the display.

Performance

Realme 6i comes with two storage options 4GB RAM + 64GB and 6GB RAM + 64GB. The phone uses the MediaTek Helio G90T octacore processor. The processing speed of this gaming processor is 2.05 GHz. ARM G76 Architecture graphical processing unit has been used for graphical enhancement. The phone has a UFS 2.1 storage transferring feature. LPDDR 4x dual channel feature has been provided for RAM in the phone.

The phone comes with a 4,300mAh battery. It has 30W fast charging support. However, the company has packed only a 20W charger with its box. If you want a fast charger, you can purchase it from outside. This can be the marketing strategy of the company. The phone's side mounted fingerprint sensor is quite fast. Unlock the device in just 0.29 seconds. Realme 6i is one of the few smartphones launched in India that comes with a side mounted fingerprint sensor. Earlier, the company also launched Realme X3 series with the same fingerprint sensor.

Talking about overall performance, Helio G90T, one of MediaTek's best mid-range processors, has been used in it. The phone performs better in multi-tasking. Also, you get a better experience in gaming. Due to the 90Hz display in the phone, you can enjoy high graphics games. However, the heating in its rear panel is also experienced after playing the game for a long time. The reason for this is that there is no liquid cooling system in it.

Operating System

Talking about the operating system of Realme 6i, it comes with the latest Android 10. It uses Realme UI customized screen, which gives near stock Android experience. The size and design of the phone's icon have improved in a much better way. Due to Android 10 operating system, you get additional security features, system wide dark mode, digital wellbeing. In order to take a screen shot, the screen just needs to be tapped with triple finger, which is a very good feature.

The camera

Talking about the camera features of the phone, it comes with AI quad rear camera set-up. The phone has a primary sensor of 48MP. It offers maximum output resolution of up to 8,000 x 6,000. Because of this, better detailing is seen in the picture. Its primary sensor has a 6P lens of f / 1.8 aperture. The primary camera of the device offers a 79 degree field of view. Additionally, it also gets ultra high resolution.

Apart from this, the phone has an 8MP ultra wide angle camera, which has a field of view of 119 degrees. This is a 5P lens with an aperture f / 2.3. This lens can be switched from the phone's camera to wide angle mode. At the same time, talking about the other camera of the phone, it has a 2MP macro lens. Macro photography can be done from this distance of 4cm through this lens. The phone also has a 2MP B&W Protector lens. Through this color filter lens you can change the contrast of the image after clicking the picture.

The rear camera of the phone includes Ultra 48MP Mode, Super Nightscape, Panoramic view, Expert mode, Time-lapse, Portrait mode, HDR, Ultra-wide mode, Ultra macro mode, AI scene recognition, AI Beauty, Filter, Chroma Boost, Slow Motion , Bokeh Effect Control Modes are given. At the same time, it comes with features like UIS Video Stabilization, 4K / 30fps, 1080P / 30fps, 60fps, 720P / 30fps, 60fps video recording.

Talking about selfie camera, it has an in-display 16MP punch-hole camera. Its camera has an aperture of f / 2.0 and a 5P lens whose field of view is 79.3 degrees. Its selfie camera supports photography features like Portrait Mode, Time-lapse, Panoramic view, AI Beauty, HDR, Face-Recognition, Filter, Bokeh Effect Control. At the same time, talking about the front camera video feature, it supports 1080P / 30fps, 720P / 30fps and 120fps Slo-mo video recording.

Our decision

The starting price of Realme 6i is Rs. 12,999. It is possibly the cheapest smartphone to come with a 90Hz refresh rate in India. Apart from this, its camera capability is also better. The best thing about the phone is that despite being a budget range device, it is equipped with many premium features. The phone can give full numbers in this price range in terms of display and camera features. The same, we can call processor and multi tasking as average. The company has given a 20W charger instead of 30W with the box, which is disappointing.