Realme 3 has been launched in three colour variants: Classic ..
In the past, I’ve described Realme phones as the Pocophones of the lower price bracket: basic devices with nothing to shout about, until you consider the price. For around $100, Realme has historically offered pretty much everything you really need from a 2019 phone without serious compromises.
Positives Negatives
✔Good value for money 👎 Still uses Micro-USB
✔Design is slightly improved 👎Uses a dated chipset
✔Battery life is excellent 👎Very average camera
✔Great face unlocking 👎No noticeable improvements over previous models
✔Design is slightly improved 👎Uses a dated chipset
✔Battery life is excellent 👎Very average camera
✔Great face unlocking 👎No noticeable improvements over previous models
Previous Realme products have offered decent performance, facial recognition, NPUs, great screen-to-body ratios, dual lens cameras, AI tricks, and more. This is quite the laundry list for a $100 phone.
But they haven’t been perfect. In particular, the Realme 2 was unique in that it actually marked a step down from the Realme 1: it had a better camera and battery, but it came at the expense of a slower chipset. The Realme 2 Pro came along and fixed that to an extent by keeping the new camera, upgrading the chipset, and adding a new glossy design. Then it countered those benefits by downgrading the battery.
| Realme 3 | |
|---|---|
| Display | 6.22-inch HD+ (1520 x 720) 19:9 aspect ratio Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| SoC | MediaTek Helio P70 (India variant) Up to 2.1Ghz (4 x Cortex-A53 + 4 x Cortex-A73) 12nm FinFET process MediaTek Helio P60 (Global variant) |
| GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 |
| RAM | 3GB/4GB |
| Storage | 32GB/64GB; expandable up to 256GB with microSD card |
| Cameras | 13MP front camera 1.12μm pixel size f/2.0 aperture 13MP + 2MP rear dual camera f/1.8 Aperture 5P Lens PDAF 1.12μm pixel size 720p/1080p video recording at 30fps Slo-Mo (90fps/720p) |
| Battery | 4230mAh |
| Sensors | E-Compass, Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Gravity Sensor, Accelerometer, Fingerprint Sensor |
| Software | ColorOS 6.0, based on Android 9.0 Pie |
| Dimensions and weight | 75.6mm x 156.1mm x 8.3mm 175g |
| Colors | Dynamic Black, Radiant Blue, Black |
I feel like I’m being a little unfair to the Realme 3. I’ve used other sub-$200 phones, and they can be really rough going. The Realme 3 is not that; in fact, it’s not even bad. Realme really is the Pocophone of this price bracket. But at the same time, the Realme 3 is a weird successor because it fails to upgrade on most of what’s come before.
The global chipset is the same as the Realme 1 and less impressive than the Realme 2 Pro, the camera setup is identical to the Realme 2 Pro, the design is a step backward from that as well. There’s actually nothing entirely new here. Even if we entirely dismiss the Pro for a moment, seeing as that is a different product line, there are precious few reasons to buy the Realme 3 over one of its predecessors.
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