Redmi may have been the first one to adopt the recently announced Snapdragon 765G chipset to launch its first 5G smartphone – Redmi K30 5G – back in December. But, it doesn’t mean that Realme has been sitting ducks. The company started teasing its first 5G smartphone – Realme X50 5G – about a month ago and it has gone official today in China.
Realme X50 boasts a glass-sandwich design with a 3D curved back and Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top. The device features a 6.57-inch Full-HD+IPS LCD screen with a 1080 x 2400p resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 90.4 percent screen to body ratio. The display onboard is an LCD panel, therefore, Realme X50 also includes a side-mounted fingerprint sensor as opposed to an in-display sensor.
As you read on, you will realize that Realme X50 has some similarities to the Redmi K30 including the dual-camera punch-hole display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Both also come equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor because of the LCD display onboard. It also doesn’t come as a surprise that both the Redmi K30 and Realme X50 include a very similar camera setup.
Finally, the smartphone also comes equipped with a 4,200mAh battery pack with support for VOOC 4.0 fast-charging. It’s the same 30W fast-charging technology that’s supported by the Realme X2 in India. Realme X50 also supports a USB Type-C charging port, Dolby Atmos, and Hi-Res audio but there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack onboard. Could this be a deal-breaker for some users? Or is it Realme’s ploy, similar to Apple’s, to market its Buds Air truly wireless earbuds?
Realme X50 5G will be available in three RAM and storage configurations – 8GB+128GB, 6GB+256GB, and 12GB+256GB. The smartphone has been priced starting at 2499 yuan (around Rs. 25,800) for the 8GB variant. You will, however, have to shell out 2699 yuan (around Rs. 27,900) and 2999 yuan (around Rs. 31,000) for the 6GB and 12GB variants respectively.
