Realme XT
Realme is here to fill the void left behind by Huawei.
With its surprise arrival in
Australia last year, Realme shook
up the local budget smartphone
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handsets at prices that seemed
too good to be true. Though it
originated as a subsidiary of
Chinese phone-maker Oppo, the
company has since gone (mostly)
independent, managing to garner
a reputation for exceptional value
in little-to-no time.
The Realme XT is currently the
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Australia, and it’s so good that it
may cause you to completely
rethink the importance of
premium handsets. For less than
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6.4-inch Super AMOLED display,
8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage
(with a dedicated microSDXC slot
allowing for further expansion), a
decent Snapdragon 710 chipset
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boasts a 64MP main sensor. It
wouldn’t be a stretch to say that
many of those specs are the kind
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$499, shop.realme.net.au
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sensor is capable of taking some
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it’s worth noting that the phone
will actually take four separate
16MP shots and then stitch them
together by default. However, that
main sensor is let down slightly
by the other cameras which
accompany it, with the device’s
8MP ultra-wide angle lens
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shots, particularly in low-light
situations. That said, the included
2MP macro lens does allow for
some decent close-up shots, while
its 2MP depth sensor lets you take
those blurry-background
bokeh-style portrait shots that
are all the rage these days. Video
recording up to 4K resolution is
also available.
The Realme XT doesn’t look
cheap, either – its bright and
vibrant all-screen display is
interrupted only by a tiny
teardrop notch to house its 16MP
front-facing camera, which
makes great use of the ColorOSplatform’s signature suite of
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under the display for added
biometric security.
In terms of its design, the
Realme XT is adorned with Gorilla
Glass 5 on both its front and back,
and is available in two arresting
colour-shifting gradient pearl
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device’s complete lack of water
and dust resistance.
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4,000mAh battery with fast
charging capability (allowing you
to fully charge the phone in just 30
minutes), the option to update to
Android 10 and a much-
appreciated 3.5mm headphone
jack, making it hard to fault the
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smartphone interface, and some
defence against water damage
would’ve been nice, but at this
price point the Realme XT is very
easy to recommend.
Stephen LambrechtsPhotography is
good overall,
especially for the
price, but some
features do
disappoint.TEST BENCH
ReviewsIt’s so good that it
may cause you to
completely rethink
the importance of
premium handsets.2020EDITOR
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