The first of Realme’s 10-series phones is here and it places a focus on performance and efficiency. Called simply the Realme 10, this phone drops the Snapdragon 680 of its predecessor in favor of a MediaTek Helio G99. Realme boasts about the 400K score in AnTuTu, which his 40% higher than the Realme 9 managed. The new chipset has 25% faster CPU performance and uses 20% less power.
There are configurations with 4GB, 6GB and
8GB of RAM, which can be expanded with up to 8GB of virtual RAM. Realme used
UFS 2.2 for storage (64-256GB) and advertises 50% faster cold launches (and 40%
faster hot launches) than the Realme 9. That one also used UFS 2.2 so some
other optimizations must be at play. The G99 chipset and its Mali-G57 MC2 GPU
promise to deliver 40fps gameplay on PUBG. Also note that Realme retained the
microSD slot so you can add up to 1TB of additional storage.
While PUBG can’t hit 90fps, some lighter
games might. The Realme 10 is equipped with a 6.4” Super AMOLED display (1,080
x 2,400px) with 90Hz refresh rate and 360Hz touch sampling rate. With a peak
brightness of 1,000 nits and Gorilla Glass 5 protection, this sounds exactly
the same as the Realme 9 display.
The camera, however, does not – the Realme
10 has suffered a major downgrade in this department compared to its
predecessor. It comes with a basic 50MP main camera (1/2.76” JN1 sensor) and a
2MP depth sensor (no ultra wide). For comparison, the Realme 9 had a 108MP main
(1/1.67”) and 8MP ultra wide cameras.
The battery is as before – 5,000mAh
capacity with 33W fast charging support. However, Realme has managed to trim a
few minutes off the charge cycle. The Realme 10 needs 28 minutes to hit 50% and
70 minutes for a full charge (compared to 31 min to 50% and 75 min to 100%).
