Realme X3 Superzoom

Key Specifications:

Display	6.6-inch (1080 x 2400) IPS LCD, 120 Hz Refresh Rate
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+
Rear Camera	64 MP + 8 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP
Front Camera	32 MP + 8MP
RAM	8 GB/12 GB LPDDR4X
Storage	128 GB/256 GB UFS 3.0
Battery Capacity	4200 mAh
OS	Realme UI based on Android 10

 

Technical Overview:

Realme has been in the smartphone industry for 2 years (from 2018) owned by BBK Electronics. After the success of the Realme x2 and the x2 pro launched last year. It has decided to enter the niche market capital ranging in the 28,000-price point where all the mid-budgeters are waiting for a flagship level performing beasts at an affordable price range with spectacular specifications and an overall good package. This time, Realme has played around with the camera department watching the Samsung’s Ultra zoom techniques it seems. The new Realme X3 and X3 Superzoom has been launched in the subtler price range where the X3 costs around Rs.25000 and the Realme X3 Superzoom ranges around Rs.28000 for the 8/128 variant and Rs. 32999 for 12/256 variant.

We are going to get around with the X3 zoom in the blog. The X3 superzoom comes with a 6.6-inch Full HD + IPS LCD display which has a massive 120 hertz refresh rate panel. It was expected to have an AMOLED panel from its predecessors wherein this has got on with the IPS panel only. For those who have been using an AMOLED panel, this won’t be a right choice as those have a vivid and vibrant colour texture in their panel. Also, the display has a pill shaped cutout in the top left corner of the display as they have included a dual camera setup in the front.

The Rear Camera is a quad-camera setup in the back with the primary camera as the 64 MP ultra high-resolution wide-angle camera with 26 mm 6 piece lens with a Field of View of 78.6° and it has the Samsung’s ISOCELL GW1 which is an ultra-high 64Mp resolution 1/1.72" image sensor designed to take brighter photographs with Tetra cell technology and sharp vivid colors with real-time HDR with an aperture size of f/1.8. The second camera is the 8 MP Ultra wide-angle 16mm 5-piece lens with a Field of View of about 119° with an aperture size of f/2.3. The third camera is an 8MP 124mm Periscope Lens which has 5x Optical zoom and it has an aperture size of f/2.3. The company claims that the periscope lens can be zoomed upto 60x digital zoom. The 60x digital zoom is the company’s marketing strategy, also they claim that the smartphone can be used to take pictures of the Star Gazing. The fourth camera is a 4 MP Macro Camera with a 4 cm focus distance with an aperture size of f/2.4.

The Front Camera which is embedded in the display has two cameras, the first one is the primary camera with a 32 MP Sony IMX616 sensor which is a 5-piece lens and it has an aperture size of f/2.5 and has a Field of View of around 80.4°. The Second lens is an 8 MP ultra-wide 5-piece lens with an aperture size of f/2.2 and a Field of View of 105°.

Realme has included an Optical Image Stabilization Camera for the First time. The rear camera has a video recording quality of 4K,1080P,720P with 60/30 FPS respectively. The front camera has a video recording quality of 1080P or 720P with 30 FPS frame rate respectively.

Underneath the hood, the beast is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ Processor which is a 7nm octa-core processor with a clock speed of upto 2.96 Ghz. It has Adreno 640 as the graphic processor. They claim the AnTuTu Benchmark score to be around 5,17,000 which is really a great score which is more than enough for any application to handle.

The phone comes in 2 Ram and Storage variants which is 8GB/128GB variant with the highest end variant as 12GB/256GB respectively. It has a 4200 mAh battery with 30 Watts Dart charger included in the box. The fingerprint sensor has been embedded into the power button with a blazing unlock speed of 0.4 seconds. Type-C port is present at the bottom of the smartphone and no 3.5mm jack is present. A mono speaker and a nano-sim tray is present at the bottom which has no micro SD card slot expansion. The phone has a front and back glass protection by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. UFS 3.0 and liquid cooling is also great. The phone is a bit on the heavier side with 202 grams but the weight distribution is done really well. Overall, this is a great package for the price point, but if you are a Realme X2 Pro user, then the upgrade won’t make a big difference.