Some tech-savvy folk once said: “Great power comes with a hefty price tag.” Makes sense, really, especially when it comes to electronic devices. But an emerging smartphone manufacturer intends to challenge this fact with a range of products that combines features and price accessibility.
Despite being a young mobile phone brand, as it was only officially established in May 2018 in China, realme has successfully penetrated the budget smartphone market in the Philippines. In a mere 10 months here in the country, the brand’s products are already present in 4,500 stores nationwide, 200 kiosks, and 20 concept stores.
According to realme Philippines officials, it is currently the fastest growing brand in the Philippines, owing the achievement to innovative products and competitive pricing.
To further cement its position, the Chinese smartphone brand has recently launched its entries to the quad camera market—the realme 5 Pro and realme 5 both come with exciting features but not one costs more than P15,000, yes, that’s not a typo.
Those who wonder what one can do with a quad camera smartphone at this price point, realme offers this list:
Game on
“Form a band of heroes with your squad and get ready to launch attacks in high-definition graphics with zero lags,” says realme. The realme 5 sports a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 AIE while the realme 5 Pro is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 AIE processor to deliver good gaming experience with a smooth frame rate, rapid operation, surround sound, and HD true image.
The realme 5 Pro also packs Hyper Boost 2.0, which supports two powerful engines: Frame Boost and Touch Boost that improve the performance and stability of the mobile phone during game.
‘PROtography’
Harnessing the power of their four lenses, both smartphones boast clear and refined images. The devices have four lenses: an ultra-wide angle lens, a main camera, a portrait lens, and an ultra-macro lens, which, together, allow users to capture beauty from afar or up close. The realme 5 Pro even packs a 48MP main camera optimized with a Sony IMX 586 sensor.
The newly launched devices also come with the Chroma Boost, a favorite feature from the smartphone brand, which enables the device to optimally use its AI engine in recognizing scene information, restoring real details, and enhancing brightness and colors.
Night photo shoots
Going on a pub crawl with the gang? Or just want to capture bright night lights? The Nightscape mode in realme 5 harnesses the power of night scene algorithm combined with AI technology with multi-frame engine to optimize camera performance in extremely low-lit scenarios. Handheld stabilization, highlight suppression, and improved dynamic range further make night photography even more fun.
Stream your heart out
Movie and TV series marathons are immersive as both phones pack a display with 89 percent and 90.8 percent screen ratio, respectively. Juice is not a problem, the brand claims. realme 5 is packed with 5,000mAh battery, while realme 5 Pro features a 20W VOOC 3.0 Flash Charge Technology, which complements its 4,030mAh battery.
Vlog it
Aspiring YouTube stars can start building their careers using the new devices as realme 5 series record up to 4K videos. The devices’ front and rear cameras both feature Electric Image Stabilization to prevent unnecessary shakes.
realme 5’s video function supports recording slow-motion videos in 240fps and 720p while the 5 Pro enables slow-motion video recordings in 960fps and 720p, allowing users to smoothly capture moments frame by frame. Both support video editing so users can add and adjust video speed, add filters, texts, and soundtrack effects or render edited videos through the theme function.
The realme 5 Pro 4GB+128GB and 8GB+128GB are priced at P11,990 and P13,990, respectively, while the realme 5 is available in 3GB+32GB, 4GB+64GB, and 6GB+128GB variants for P6,990, P7,990, and P9,900, respectively.
