Realme is kicking-off 2020 with the launch of its newest budget-centric offering – the Realme 5i smartphone in India. It expands the existing Realme 5-series from last year, which includes the Realme 5, Realme 5s, and Realme 5 Pro. It was first launched in Vietnam earlier this week and is the spiritual successor to Realme 3i from last year. It comes equipped with a Snapdragon chipset, quad-cameras, a large battery pack, and more.
Let me preface this by saying that Realme 5i is essentially the same as Realme 5 with minimal changes on the hardware front. You still get a plastic build but the company is offering a new sunrise gradient design (with a mirror-polished finish), along with two new colors on the Realme 5i. It boasts a quad-camera setup and physical fingerprint sensor on the rear.
Realme 5i runs Android 9 Pie-based ColorOS 6.1 and that’s disappointing, to say the least, in 2020. I expected Realme 5i to be the first smartphone to launch with Realme UI in tow but it looks like the 5G-enabled Realme X50 (or the Youth Edition) will be the first – when they arrive in India.
Realme 5i has been priced starting at Rs. 8,999 for the single 4GB+64GB variant. It will be available in two attractive color variants namely Aqua Blue and Forest Green. It will go on sale starting from 15th January on Realme’s online store and Flipkart.
