The Narzo 30A is the budget model in the 30-series. It focuses on the basics with an emphasis on long battery life – longer than even the Pro phone, thanks to the larger 6,000 mAh battery. For example, it can play YouTube videos for 27 hours on a single charge, up from 18. You can chat your fingers off on WhatsApp for 28 hours straight or spend 10 hours gaming. The battery is charged at 18W and can be used as a power bank thanks to reverse charging.
There are some trade-offs here. The 6.5”
display drops to 720p+ resolution and 60Hz refresh rate. Peak brightness is
almost the same as on the Pro, however, reaching 570 nits in Sunlight mode. The
30A is powered by what MediaTek calls a gaming chipset, the Helio G85. It has
two Cortex-A75 cores (2.0 GHz) and a Mali-G52 GPU and is only asked to render
graphics at 60fps. The chip is coupled with 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage as
standard and you can pay a bit extra to get a 4/64 GB unit. As with the Pro,
you can slot a microSD card instead of one of the SIM cards.
There are further concessions, e.g. this
is a 4G phone so you’ll get slower connectivity. You can still fit two SIM
cards in there though, in addition to a memory card. The camera is more basic
as well, the main module on the back has a 13MP sensor and is limited to
1080p@30fps videos. Also on the back are the black & white depth sensor and
the fingerprint reader. The selfie camera has an 8MP sensor.
Just like the Pro, the 30A will launch
with Android 10, but the Realme UI 2.0 update will be released soon after
launch. The Realme Narzo 30A will be available in Laser Black and Laser Blue.
It comes with either a 3/32 GB or a 4/64 GB memory combo, and the respective
prices are INR 8,999 (US$ 125/€ 100) or INR 9,999 (US$ 140/€ 115). The market launch is scheduled
for March 5, with availability on Realme.com, Flipkart, and some offline
stores.
