Realme Narzo 50 Quick Review: A Capable 4G phone under Rs 15,000? – Smartprix

Realme has made a new addition to its Narzo Series today with the launch of Realme Narzo 50 in India. The smartphone comes with a Helios G96 processor, up to 6GB RAM, and a 5000mAh battery. It has come in a race car-inspired design and color variants are thus named Speed Blue and Speed Black. It falls in highly competitive under Rs 20,000 segment. Can the Narzo 50 become a default recommendation for under Rs 20K buyers? Let’s find out in our review.

Specs

• Display- 6.6-inch FHD+ LCD
• Processor- Helios G96
• Battery- 5000mAh
• Fast Charging- 33W dart charging
• RAM- up to 6GB
• Storage- up to 128GB
• Rear Camera- 50MP+2MP+2MP
• Front Camera-16MP
• OS- Realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11
• Dimensions- 164.1×75.5×8.5mm
• Weight- 194 grams

Price & Availability

The Realme Narzo 50 smartphone comes in 2 colors- Speed Blue and Speed Black. It will have 2 storage variants in India-

• 4GB RAM+64GB storage- Rs. 12,999
• 6GB RAM+128GB storage- Rs. 15,499

Unboxing

The Realme Narzo 50 comes in a sky blue cardboard box. The box contains-

• Narzo 50 handset
• USB Cable
• SIM card tool
• Screen Protect Film
• Quick Guide
• Warranty card and other product info
• 11V3A/5V2A Adapter

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Design

Realme has been trying out different textures and patterns with their number and Narzo series phones. While the recently launched number series phone –  Realme 9 Pro+ comes with sparkly & shines back, the Realme Narzo 50 gets to flaunt a Kevlar Speed Texture Design.

While holding it in my hand, it reminded me of the OnePlus 6 Marvel limited edition phone. The texture pattern on the Realme Narzo 50 is quite similar to one OnePlus phone. Well, at that time OnePlus presented it as inspired by Marvel’s Avengers, while Realme is claiming its Narzo phone back is inspired by race cars. Nonetheless, the back panel of the phone does texture at the center with a smooth finish on its left and right sides.

The variant I received was Speed Blue in color and I loved the shade. The right edge of the phone has a power button while on the left side there’s a volume rocker and a SIM card tray. The back has a rectangular module housing a triple camera setup and an LED flash while the front has a selfie camera lens at the top left corner.

The bottom has a headphone jack, speaker grille, and charging port, while the top side is left clean. The smartphone weighs 194 grams and feels ok in hand though I still wish dimensions could have been kept a little more compact.

Display

The smartphone has a 6.6-inch Full HD LCD panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate. It comes with 480 nits peak brightness, 2412×1080 resolution, 90.8% screen-to-body ratio, and 401PPI. At first look, the display seemed bright and vibrant.

The touch was very responsive and switching between apps is ok as I haven’t tested any game on it till now. In my limited time with the phone, I have only managed to watch limited content on its screen. Among a handful of things, I also saw the trailer of Doctor Strange’s Multiverse of Madness and what I could see was a vibrant picture quality with lifelike colors.

Software and Hardware

The Realme Narzo series phones have always been pitched as performance-centric devices. Realme once again followed the same template by offering Mediatek Helios G96 octa-core processor which we witnessed in Realme 8i. The chipset is fabricated using a 12-nanometer node. It has two Cortex A76 cores performance cores clocked at 2.05Ghz and 6 Cortex A55 cores efficiency cores ticking at 2.00GHz.

Since we have experienced the Helio G96 SoC in the past, and whatever little experienced we had with this device, it will be safe to say that performance shouldn’t be an issue here. The phone comes with up to 11GB virtual RAM capability which can solve the problem of insufficient RAM on your device.

The 6GB RAM variant supports 2+3+5GB Virtual RAM whereas the 4GB RAM variant supports 1+2+3GB virtual RAM. The smartphone has a Gaming Mode too which allows you to choose styles and notification settings for your games.

Like most Realme smartphones, this one too comes running on the Realme UI 3.0 based on Android 12. The latest version of Realme custom skin has noticeable improvements all along. It is much more fluid with a handful of customization options. It has that privacy indication that Google introduced with Android 12.

The combination of Helio G96 and Realme UI 3.0 worked well in the limited testing time we got thus far. Therefore, we reserve our opinion for the detailed review.

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Camera Expectations

The Narzo 50 comes with a triple camera setup on the rear. It has a 50MP primary lens with a large area and an f/1.8 aperture along with 4x zoom. In addition, it has a 2MP macro as well as a B&W lens too for more photography options. There is a selfie camera too at the front. It can record videos of up to 1080p at 30fps. Here are some basic camera samples I took for starters. In the days to come, I will be posting more samples along with my views on the camera.

First Impression

The Realme Narzo 50 seems to have almost everything at first look. The design is decent, the feel in hand is ok, the processor is powerful and the battery is strong too. The camera specs make it seem a decent setup and high refresh gives hope to gamers too.  All in all, the phone makes a positive first impression. I will have a lot more to talk about the Realme Narzo 50’s performance and camera so stay tuned for our review!

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