Realme C1 Review - One of the Best Budget Smart Phone with a Notch

 Finally, my wait for a budget phone is over, and I couldn’t wait to lay my hands on the new Realme C1. Realme is one of the best entry level budget smartphones with a notch under 8k. This smartphone is rich with exciting features that it is hard for anyone to believe its price tag it carries. If you have been looking for a budget smartphone that could rock your world then here is the Realme C1 only for you. Now let’s take a look at the features and specifications of this phone.

Specifications:

1. The Realme C1 features a 6.2 inch of full-view (1520 x 720 pixels) display with 18:9 aspect ratio along with a 2.5D curved glass.
2. The smartphone is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm processor clocked at 1.8 GHz which is paired with Adreno 506 GPU.
3. The smartphone includes 2GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card slot.
4. The Realme C1 is a dual sim (nano+nano+microSD) smartphone.
5. The smartphone sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture and LED flash. The secondary camera is 2 megapixels with f/2.4 aperture.
6. The smartphone comes with a 5-megapixel front camera with f/2.2 aperture.
7. The battery of Realme C1 is 4230mAh.
8. The phone has USB OTG support along with 3.5 mm audio jack.
9. Realme C1 comes with both Bluetooth 4.2 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n connectivity.
10. Other specifications include 4G VoLTE, GPS + GLONASS and face unlock.

Features:
After having a glance over the specifications, let’s us dig out the features that it has that I encountered after using the phone for a few hours

1.    Bezel-Less Experience:

The Realme C1 gives you a nearly bezel-less performance. This has been made possible with a giant 6.2-inch HD+ LCD panel. The smartphone is unbelievably slim with 2.05mm side bezels which help to achieve it a screen-to-body ratio of 88.8%. Additionally, a wide 19:9 aspect ratio provides you with a more immersive experience for both video and gaming content on your phone. They have added a notch on the top of the display which is by far the best feature of all.

2.    Performance:
The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SoC. The phone also comes with an energy efficient chipset that provides you with an octa-core with clock speeds of up to 1.8 GHz. You also get 2 GB of RAM along with 16 GB of internal memory which is expandable up to 256 GB via microSD card for smooth operations. To top it all, the smartphone is loaded with a 4230mAh battery.

3.    Good-Quality Camera:

The smartphone is equipped with the dual camera set up of 13MP + 2MP to provide the users with an excellent photo-shoot experience with their smartphone. The smartphone comes with a 5MP front camera.

Both the front and the rear cameras make sure of software and hardware tricks to provide DSLR like bokeh effect. Other than that, the smartphone also has various AI enhancements such as beauty mode and scene detection. The phone has been developed with such advanced AI algorithms that it can use 296 recognition points to detect age, gender, skin tone and even skin type of a person. All this information is used to provide personalized beauty schemes to the users.

Price:

This fantastic smartphone is only priced at Rs. 6999 during the Flipkart Big Bonanza sale.

Under the Flipkart mobile bonanza sale, the Realme C1 is available with the exchange offer. Here you can exchange your old smartphone and get a discount of Rs. 1000 which will bring down the cost of the phone to Rs. 6999.

You can also avail complete mobile protection worth Rs. 399 at just Rs. 99. You also get an offer from Reliance Jio according to which, buyers are entitled to the benefit of worth Rs. 4450 along with 1.1 Tb of high-speed data on prepaid recharge packs of Rs. 198 and Rs. 299.

The Good :

Realme C1 is one of the most budget-friendly smartphones available in the country at present. The smartphone has its strengths in all almost all the areas. Starting from good looks to solid build quality to a powerful battery, and an iPhone like notch. 

The Bad : 

Despite all the great power packed features, there are a couple of features longing. A fingerprint sensor is missing, so you have to use the face unlock feature instead. Realme C1 runs on the ColorOS 5.1, which does not get updates on a regular basis.

Final Verdict:  Should you buy it?

If you have been looking for a Budget smartphone that provides you with top-notch features, then Realme c1 is the best option to buy.