Realme unveiled three new smartphones yesterday, the Narzo 20A, Narzo 20, and Narzo 20 Professional. This household ranges in worth from Rs. 8,499 to Rs. 16,999, and immediately we will be wanting on the center of the pack. The brand new Realme Narzo 20 is priced beginning at Rs. 10,499 which is more likely to imply it’ll get a variety of consideration. Its essential promoting factors are a 6000mAh battery and comparatively highly effective processor. Realme says that its Narzo collection prioritises efficiency, particularly for individuals who love gaming, and so this cellphone may stand out agains competiton from Xiaomi, Motorola, and others.
Nonetheless, Realme continues its complicated technique of bombarding the Indian market with a number of related telephones in every worth section. Though the Realme C collection, quantity collection, and Narzo sub-brand are all presupposed to serve completely different audiences, many of those telephones have a variety of overlapping options and specs, and in addition largely look the identical. That would find yourself complicated consumers.
I’ve the Realme Narzo 20 with me already, and it is time to take a fast first take a look at its options and specs.
Realme Narzo 20 design and options
To begin with, the Realme Narzo 20 seems similar to the Realme C12 and C15, which have been launched barely over a month in the past. It has the identical physique, with precisely the identical dimensions and weight as its cousins. The squarish digital camera module design is nearly an identical, aside from the position of the lenses and flash. All of the buttons and ports are in the identical locations, and so are the SIM trays and fingerprint sensors. Even the color choices are the identical – blue and silver.
What’s completely different is the truth that the Narzo 20 has a USB Kind-C port on the underside slightly than Micro-USB. There’s additionally a brand new sample on the rear; a ribbed V-shape that is truly fairly delicate and helps with grip. The Victory Blue and Victory Silver choices are pretty delicate; not the standard vivid, attention-grabbing finishes we have seen all over the place of late. The color shifts barely as you tilt the cellphone, and the matte texture is unlikely to select up fingerprints or smudges.
The Narzo 20 is barely cumbersome and unwieldy, at 208g and 9.8mm thick. That is largely due to its 6000mAh battery, and we predict lots of people shall be okay with that tradeoff. Realme consists of an 18W Kind-C charger and reverse charging is supported.
There is a 6.5-inch HD+ (720×1600-pixel) display screen with a waterdrop notch on the prime for the 8-megapixel entrance digital camera. Whereas you may want a full-HD+ display screen, and also you can get one at this price level, that is one other tradeoff that Realme has made. In on a regular basis use, the display screen is sufficiently sharp, and greater than adequate for studying textual content, watching movies, and taking part in video games.
The place the Narzo 20 stands out most in comparison with the Realme C12 and C15 is its processor. You get bumped up from the MediaTek Helio G35 to the newer Helio G85 which ought to undoubtedly make this cellphone snappier and higher suited to gaming. I will have detailed check outcomes and a efficiency overview in my full evaluation, arising quickly. For now although, I’ve no complaints with how this cellphone handles fundamental Android apps.
There’s 4GB of RAM and your selection of 64GB or 128GB of storage for Rs. 10,499 or Rs. 11,499 respectively. The devoted microSD card slot will allow you to add one other 256GB of storage in the event you want it.
You get three rear cameras, not the “quad cameras” that almost all telephones boast of – additional cameras are usually not often very helpful however they do make for good promoting. There is a 48-megapixel f/1.Eight essential digital camera together with an 8-megapixel f/2.three wide-angle digital camera and a 2-megapixel f/2.four macro digital camera. It is going to be fascinating to see whether or not the dearth of a devoted depth sensor makes an enormous distinction to portrait pictures. After all we’ll have a radical rundown of digital camera high quality within the full evaluation.
Realme Narzo 20 worth
Plainly the Realme Narzo 20, priced beginning at Rs. 10,499, will bump up in opposition to the Narzo 10 (Review). The marginally older mannequin sells for Rs. 11,999 with 128GB of storage, a greater entrance digital camera, and a fourth monochrome digital camera, however a smaller battery and barely lower-powered processor. There’s additionally some worth overlap with the Realme C15, which has completely different cameras and a weaker processor, however little or no else that is completely different.
The brand new Narzo 20 appears to have good capabilities for the worth, however it dangers being drowned in a sea of very related fashions. In the event you’re confused about Realme’s lineup, you are not alone. Nonetheless, our full evaluation will assist you to type via the varied choices obtainable, so do keep tuned to Devices 360.