Web User - UK (2020-02-05)

24 5 - 18 February 2020

Product Test Realme X2

TheRealmeX2can’tmatch

theperformanceofa

flagshipAndroidphone,

butit happilytakeson

all-comersin itsownprice

bracket.Thescreenquality

is asgoodasscreensget

anditsprocessoris fast

enoughtokeepit aheadof

thecurrentcropofsimilarly

pricedrivals.Thecamerais

greatforthepricebutyou

needtokeepaneyeonits

settings.For£250,though,

youwon’tgetsmartphone

perfection,buttheX2is

excellentconsideringhow

littleit costs.

PRODUCTINFO

RealmeX2

Price:€299(around

£255)

BuyfromRealme:

bit.ly/realme494

SPECIFICATIONS

QOcta-core2.2GHzQualcomm

Snapdragon730Gprocessor

Q8GBofmemory

Q128GBofstorage

Q6.47inAMOLEDscreen

Q2,340x 1,080pixelsresolution

Q64-megapixelsrearcamera

Q8-megapixelswide-anglecamera

QMacrolens

Q3.5mmheadphonejack

QUSBType-Cport

QAndroid 9

Q 158 x 74x 8.6mm

Q182g

FOR

SuperbAMOLEDscreen

64-megapixelscamera

Surprisinggraphicsperformance

AGAINST

Screenisn’tflushwithcase

SomechangestoAndroidsoftware

OURVERDICT ++++++++

FEATURES + + + +++++++

PERFORMANCE + + + +++++++

EASEOFUSE + + + + ++++++

VALUEFORMONEY + + + ++++++

An affordable Android smartphon

with features beyond its price

a fully charged phone with a

screen brightness of 170cd/m^2

until the battery gives up. This,

too, is a step above its rivals.

The phone’s array of

cameras consists of the

aformentioned 64-megapixels

model (though shots are

taken at 16 megapixels as

standard); an 8-megapixel

119-degree wide-angle lens,

sit slightly raised, which makes

the phone a little unstable

when placed on a flat surface,

while round the front there’s a

small droplet-style notch to

house the front-facing camera.

The 6.4in AMOLED screen still

covers 91.9% of the phone’s

front area, though, and when

you tap the blank screen, a

glowing fingerprint shows you

where to place your finger

when you want to wake it.

As with every AMOLED

screen we’ve put through our

suite of tests, the Realme X2’s

results were excellent. In our

colour tests, it recreated 100%

of the sRGB colour pallette,

and we recorded a maximum

brightness of 431cd/m^2 , which

is much brighter than similarly

priced rivals. This type of

screen achieves perfect

blackness, too, so its contrast

is perfect.

It didn’t set our

performance tests alight in

the same way, though its

generous 8GB of memory

(and 128GB of storage, further

expandable with a microSD

card) helped it outperform

similarly priced models in our

Geekbench 4 tests. If you’re a

games enthusiast, we’d

recommend spending more

on a phone with a faster

processor but, for the price,

the X2 beat its rivals here, too.

Its GFXBench results of 40fps

in the off-screen Manhattan 3

test are almost twice as good

as the same test performed

on phones from Huawei,

Motorola and Samsung in the

same price range.

Battery and cameras

The X2’s 4,000mAh battery

lasted for 21hrs 55mins in our

standard battery rundown

test, in which a video plays on

a portrait camera for blurring

backgrounds and a macro

lens for close-ups. Outside, in

bright light, the main camera

manages to capture a lot of

detail. However, to take

advantage of the maximum

64-megapixel resolution, you

have to enable it in the camera

settings, or photos will be

shot at 4,608 x 3,456 pixels.

F

lagship phones from

manufacturers such as

Samsung and Apple

carry price tags of over

£1,000, so you might think an

Android phone costing a

quarter of that is bound to

lack some key features.

However, the Realme X2

boasts an impressive list of

specifications, including a

64-megapixel main camera,

6.4in AMOLED screen,

in-display fingerprint reader

and large 4,000mAh battery.

Screen and performance

The phone’s four rear cameras

The phone’s screen quality is as good as

screens get

ne