Realme 5

The Realme 5 succeeds the Realme 3 that was launched in early 2019 in India.

The Realme 5 has grown in size over its predecessor and now comes with a larger 6.53-inch display. This is considerably larger than the 6.2-inch panel that the Realme 3 came with. The display resolution remains the same as earlier 720x 1520 pixels in the 19.5:9 aspect ratio.
Like its more expensive sibling, the Realme 5 also getas a quad camera setup at the rear that includes a 12MP primary camera, an 8MP secondary ultrawide camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. The front facing camera on the handset uses a 16MP sensor mated to a fixed focus lens. Both the front and rear cameras boast of AI based image recognition capabilities as well.

While the Realme 3 came powered by a MediaTek chip, the Realme 5 has chosen to go the Qualcomm path this time around. The handset gets the new Qualcomm 665 chipset which is an updated version of the Snapdragon 660 chipset from last year. The phone will be offered in three versions, a base 3GB RAM variant with 32GB of storage, a mid-tier version with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage and a top end version that gets 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The phone also gets a triple slot that can accept two SIM cards and one microSD card at the same time. The phone runs Color OS 6 which is based on an Android 9 Pie core.

The Realme 5 gets a large 5,000 mAh battery with support for VOOC 3.0 fast charging. Unlike the Realme 5 Pro that gets a 20W fast charger, the Realme 5 gets an 18W charger. The Realme 5 also gets an old school USB Type-C port for connectivity as opposed to the USB Type-C port on the Pro version. The phone supports VoLTE networks and also gets a rear mounted fingerprint scanner.