OPPO Realme 1 Launched In India Starting Rs 8990
Launched
Realme
Realme 1
May 15th
Rs 8990 (3GB RAM)
Rs 10990 (4GB RAM)
Rs 13990 (6GB RAM)
Aluminium Unibody
Diamond Black Design
Blue
Solar Red
6 inch
IPS LCD
2160 x 1080 px
18:9
403 ppi
MediaTek MT6771 Helio P60
Octa-core
4 x ARM Cortex-A73 up 2.0 GHz
4 x ARM Cortex-A53 up to 2.0GHz
Mali-G72 MP3
32GB
64GB
128GB
3GB
4GB
6GB
Up to 256GB
MicroSD Card
Hybrid Slot
Android 8.1 Oreo
ColorOS 5
13MP
PDAF
Geo-Tagging
Depth Effect
1080P
8MP
Portrait Mode
1080P
3410 mAh
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2
FM Radio
Face Unlock
OPPO has unveiled its new sub-brand for India, Realme. Under the new brand, the company has launched the Realme 1 in India at a starting price of Rs 8990. The smartphone will be available in three variants, one with 3GB RAM/32GB storage, second with 4GB RAM/64GB storage and the third with 6GB RAM/128GB storage. It is an Amazon-exclusive device and the first sale will be on the 25th of May and commence at 12 noon.
The OPPO Realme 1 is an interesting device with a few peculiar decisions taken by the company. Two of the most popular features of a budget smartphone, dual-camera setup and fingerprint sensor are both missing from the smartphone. This can be a deal breaker for many as a fingerprint sensor has become a norm for any smartphone these days.
The Realme 1 has a 6 inch display with a 2160 x 1080 px resolution. This translates into an 18:9 aspect ratio which has become increasingly common these days.
The smartphone runs on the MediaTek MT6771 Helio P60 chipset coupled with 3GB/4GB/6GB RAM and 32GB/64GB/128GB storage. The onboard storage is expandable via a microSD card in case you run out of the onboard storage provided. Powering the smartphone is 3410 mAh battery which charges via a micro USB slot.
The Realme 1 runs Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box with ColorOS 5.0 on top. The custom skin is very similar to skins by Chinese smartphone makers, there is no app drawer and you’ll barely notice the version of Android because of the heavy customisation. There OPPO Cloud for people to store their data on the internet instead of their devices. Clone Apps will let consumers use two separate accounts of the same app, which can come in handy for a lot of people.
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The smartphone also misses out on a dual-camera setup, again, a feature that has become the norm. It has a 13MP camera on the back along with an 8MP front-facing camera.
At a starting price of Rs 8990, the Realme 1 is a great competitor for the Redmi Note 5. However, you do miss out on a fingerprint sensor on the Realme 1. The sale of the smartphone begins on May 25th via Amazon.
