Realme 7i

$128.00
SKU: AT-PH1583
Brand: Realme
Category: Mobiles
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Display: IPS LCD, 90Hz
Camera: Quad, 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.73", 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.3, 119˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Storage: 64GB, 128GB
RAM: 4GB, 8GB
CPU: Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver)
OS: Android 10, upgradable to Android 11, Realme UI 2.0
Battery: Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

8.3

Design 9 / 10
Display 9 / 10
Camera 8 / 10
Features 8 / 10
Connectivity 8 / 10
Call Quality 8 / 10
Usability 8 / 10
Performance 8 / 10
Battery 9 / 10

The Realme 7i is a budget-friendly smartphone that offers a well-rounded set of features at an affordable price point. Designed for those seeking a reliable device without breaking the bank, the Realme 7i focuses on delivering a satisfying user experience in terms of camera capabilities, design, software optimization, performance, battery life, and charging capabilities. In this review, we will explore its price, availability, camera, design, software, performance, battery life, and charging capabilities.

Realme 7i Price and Accessibility Review

The Realme 7i is competitively priced, making it an attractive option for budget-conscious consumers. It provides good value for money considering its features and specifications. The availability of the Realme 7i may vary across regions, but it is generally accessible through both online and offline retail channels.

Realme 7i Camera Review

The Realme 7i boasts a quad-camera system on the rear, featuring a 64-megapixel primary lens, an ultra-wide-angle lens, a macro lens, and a depth sensor. The primary camera captures detailed and vibrant images, allowing you to preserve precious memories with good clarity. The ultra-wide-angle lens expands the field of view, enabling you to capture wider landscapes and group shots. The macro lens lets you get up close to small objects, revealing intricate details. The depth sensor aids in creating portrait shots with a pleasing bokeh effect, emphasizing the subject. Overall, the Realme 7i offers a commendable camera experience for its price range.

Realme 7i Design Review

Realme 7i features a sleek and modern design that is pleasing to the eye. It sports a large display with a hole-punch cutout for the front camera, providing an immersive visual experience. The device has a comfortable grip, and the placement of buttons and ports is well thought out for convenient access. The back panel has a matte finish that resists fingerprints, maintaining its clean look.

Realme 7i Software Review

The Realme 7i runs on Realme UI, which is based on Android. The user interface offers a clean and intuitive experience, with various customization options to personalize the device according to your preferences. Realme regularly provides software updates, ensuring that users receive new features, bug fixes, and security patches to enhance the overall user experience.

Realme 7i Performance Review

Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the Realme 7i delivers reliable performance for everyday tasks and multitasking. It handles web browsing, social media, and lightweight gaming without significant lag or slowdowns. While it may not be the most powerful device in terms of performance, it offers a smooth and responsive user experience for general usage.

Realme 7i Battery Life and Charging Review

The Realme 7i is equipped with a decent-sized battery that provides reliable all-day battery life. It can comfortably last through a full day of moderate usage, reducing the need for frequent recharging. The device supports fast charging, allowing you to quickly replenish the battery when needed. However, it is worth noting that the charging speed may not be as fast as higher-end devices.

In conclusion, the Realme 7i is a solid budget smartphone that offers good value for money. With its competitive pricing, capable camera system, attractive design, user-friendly software, decent performance, satisfactory battery life, and fast charging capabilities, it caters to the needs of budget-conscious consumers. If you are looking for a reliable and affordable device that ticks the essential boxes, the Realme 7i is worth considering.

Specs

LAUNCH

Announced	2020, September 17
Released	2020, September 18
Status	Available

DEVICE

Device Type	Smartphone
Model	Realme 7i
Versions	RMX2103

NETWORK

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network	1, 3, 5, 8, 38, 40, 41
Speed	HSPA, LTE-A

BODY

Dimensions	164.1 x 75.5 x 8.9 mm (6.46 x 2.97 x 0.35 in)
Weight	188 g (6.63 oz)
SIM <strong>SIM</strong> (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

Display Type <strong>Display Technology => </strong> A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)	IPS LCD, 90Hz
Size	6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~82.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~270 ppi density)
Aspect Ratio	4:3
Touch Screen	Yes
Display Protection <strong>Display Protection => </strong> Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.	Corning Gorilla Glass

PHONE MEMORY

RAM (Memory) <strong>RAM</strong> (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.	4GB, 8GB
Internal Storage <strong>Internal Storage</strong> is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.	64GB, 128GB
Card Slot <strong>Memory Card Slot</strong> is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.	microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Phonebook Memory	Yes
Call Record Memory	Yes

MAIN CAMERA

Camera Type	Quad
Camera Dimension	64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.73", 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.3, 119˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Camera Features	LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video Resolution	1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

SELFIE CAMERA

Camera Type	Single
Camera Dimension	16 MP, f/2.1, 26mm (wide), 1/3", 1.0µm
Camera Features	HDR
Video Resolution	1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

HARDWARE PLATFORM

Chipset <strong>Chipset</strong> is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.	Qualcomm SM6115 Snapdragon 662 (11 nm)
CPU <strong>CPU</strong> (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.	Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver)
GPU <strong>GPU</strong> (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.	Adreno 610

SOFTWARE PLATFORM

Operating System <strong>OS => </strong> Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.	Android 10, upgradable to Android 11, Realme UI 2.0
Java Support <strong>Java</strong> for Mobile Devices is a set of technologies that let developers deliver applications and services to all types of mobile handsets, ranging from price efficient feature-phones to the latest smartphones. Java is currently running on over 3 billion phones worldwide, and growing. It offers unrivaled potential for the distribution and monetization of mobile applications.
Facebook <strong>Facebook</strong> is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. The site is available in 37 different languages.
Youtube <strong>Youtube</strong> is a popular free video-sharing website, Youtube is the largest video sharing site in the world, Millions of users around the world have created accounts on the site that allow them to upload videos that anyone can watch.

CONNECTIVITY

Bluetooth <strong>Bluetooth</strong> is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.	5.0, A2DP, LE
Infrared <strong>Infrared</strong> connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range.
Wi-fi <strong>Wi-Fi</strong> is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot
FM Radio	No
GPS <strong>GPS</strong> The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.	GPS, GLONASS, BDS
USB	USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
NFC <strong>NFC</strong> (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
HDMI <strong>HDMI</strong> (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device.

SOUND

Loudspeaker	Yes
Speaker Location	Bottom
Audio Jack Type	3.5mm
Audio Recording

MESSAGING

SMS <strong>SMS</strong> (Short Messaging Service) is a text messaging service component of phone, Web, or mobile communication systems. It uses standardized communications protocols to allow mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages over the networks.	Yes
MMS <strong>MMS</strong> (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content (audio clips, video clips and images) to and from mobile phones over wireless networks using the WAP protocol.
Email <strong>Email</strong> (Electronic Mail) is a system for receiving, sending, and storing electronic messages, Similar to a letter, email is text messages that may contain files, images, or other attachments sent via the internet to a recipient by using applications and software prograps. An email address is required to receive email, and that address is unique to the user.	Yes
IM <strong>IM</strong> (Instant Messaging) is an exchange of text messages through a software application, it enable you to create a kind of private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet.	Yes

BATTERY

Battery Type <strong>Battery Type => </strong> Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.	Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
Capacity <strong>Battery Capacity</strong> is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions.	5000 mAh
Placement	Non-removable

OTHER FEATURES

Sensors <strong>Sensors</strong> are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Colors	Aurora Green, Polar Blue
Games Support	Yes
Box Contents	- Realme 7i - 2-pin charger (5V-2A) - Micro USB cable - SIM ejector tool - Screen protector - Silicon back case - User manual and warranty information.