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point, and Realme’s own wired buds will only set you
back €19.99 9 (around £17).
Hardware and performance
Having mid-range hardware on a budget handset
is great to see, and it means performance on the
Realme 5 is excellent. The Snapdragon 665 is still a
very capable chipset, particularly when combined
with an Adreno 610 GPU.
It might sound like a cliché, but the Realme 5 was
able to handle everything we could throw at it with
ease. This included rapid switching between apps,
multitasking and productivity on-the-go. Interestingly,
4GB of RAM seems plenty here, perhaps due in part
to the software optimizations Realme has made.
This stellar performance even extends to mobile
gaming, where the phone was surprisingly capable.
We’re delighted that the 3.5
headphone jack is still here
