The pace at which new technologies and innovations are being introduced in the market, smartphone update cycles are shortening by the day. It hasn’t been long since Realme 3 Pro was the smartphone we compared to the budget king, Redmi Note 7 Pro. However, I now have its successor – Realme 5 Pro – in my hands and it’s packing upgrades that only make sense in the short run.
Snapdragon 712 vs Snapdragon 710
The first and foremost upgrade that won’t be visible right away is under the hood. You don’t need to worry as Realme isn’t giving us another Snapdragon 710-powered device with the Realme 5 Pro. Two Snapdragon 710-powered smartphones, i.e Realme X and Realme 3 Pro, are enough for us. Instead, Realme 5 Pro comes powered by the newer Snapdragon 712 chipset, which is a minor upgrade over the Snapdragon 710.
Quad-cameras vs Dual-cameras
The biggest and easily noticeable upgrade will have to be cameras. Realme stuck with a dual-camera setup to date, but it has now decided to upgrade its entire portfolio to give users four cameras to work with. Realme 3 Pro offered us a primary 16MP (f/1.7) sensor that’s paired with a 5MP depth sensor for better portraits.
USB Type-C vs microUSB
Splash Resistance
Since Realme and Redmi compete head-to-head in the budget segment, the former does not want to stay even a step behind the latter. Thus, Realme is adding splash resistant to the Realme 5 series to make it stand tall against the “hydrophobic P2i nano-coating” featured on almost all recently launched Redmi phones. It was missing on the Realme 3 Pro.
Realme says that its latest devices are splash-proof in daily use and not extreme cases. The “airtight waterproof sealing,” it says, protects all interior and exterior components, including the screen, back cover, and the buttons. So, you should be able to carry the Realme 5 Pro outside in monsoons without a fear.
So ultimately, you can see that Realme 5 Pro doesn’t feature a boatload of meaningful upgrades over its predecessor. It only has a minor change in terms of design, internals, and cameras. If you’re a Realme 3 Pro user right now, I wouldn’t recommend you to be clamoring for an upgrade to Realme 5 Pro.
