Realme 5s Specs and Price

The Realme 5s improves on the camera hardware the Realme 5 featured. It is a smartphone designed for enthusiasts in need of camera hardware better than what the Realme 5 offered. It does a good job of being a better Mid-range smartphone. In this article, we explore the Realme 5s specs and price.

Realme 5s Key Specs & Features

• 6.5-inch, IPS LCD Display, 720 X 1600 pixels (269 ppi)
• Android 9.0 (Pie), ColorOS 6
• 4GB RAM
• Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
• 64GB / 128GB built-in storage and supports memory card up to 256GB
• 48MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP Quad Rear Camera
• 10MP Front Camera
• 4G LTE
• Fingerprint Sensor (Rear-Mounted)
• Fast Wireless Charging
• 5000 mAh Non-removable Li-ion Battery

The Design and Display

The Realme 5s features a design and build that is a replica of what we have on the standard realme 5. It has Corning Gorilla Glass 3+ upfront and plastic covering on the rear. The Realme 5s also bring back the diamond cut design the Realme 5 introduced.

On the rear of this device, you will find a setup that is pretty much the same with what we had on the Realme 5. The rear of the Realme 5s is home to a quad-camera system, a camera flash, and a capacitive fingerprint sensor.

Upfront on the smartphone is a very familiar setup, that is not just only a replica of the Realme 5, but a very familiar setup on most smartphones that fall in this price range category.

The front of this Mobile Phone is home to a 6.5 inch IPS LCD display with a dewdrop notch. This display has a screen resolution of 720 x 1600 and a screen density of 269 PPI. The chine beneath this display on this device appears to feature a chunkier bezel when compared to the bezel on the forehead.

In terms of color variants, the Realme 5s has three color variants. You have the option of selecting either Crystal Purple, Crystal Blue, Crystal Red.

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The Cameras

Realme 5s improves on the primary camera sensor of the realme 5. Instead of a 12MP primary camera, it features a whopping 48MP primary sensor, Placing it with in the same category with the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8

The quad-camera system on the rear of the Realme 5s is home to a 48MP primary camera with an aperture of f/1.8, an 8MP ultrawide camera with an aperture of f/2.2, a 2MP dedicated macro camera with an aperture of f/2.4 and a 2MO depth camera with an aperture of f/2.4.

With the rear camera setup, the smartphone lets users shoot photos in HDR and panorama. For videos, the Realme5s lets users shoot 4k videos at 30fps, 1080p videos at frame rates capped at 30fps.

For selfies, the selfies the cell phone is equipped with a 13MP front-facing camera with an aperture of f/2.0. Again this camera lets you shoot photos in HDR and panorama. Videos shot with this camera are capped at 1080p 30fps.

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Hardware and Software

The hardware specs of the Realme 5s and the Realme 5 are pretty much the same. There isn’t any difference here. You still have the same mid-range specs. Although the base RAM configuration has stepped up a notch. It’s now 4GB base RAM, instead of 3GB.

The handset features an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor. This processor has an 11nm architecture and processing speeds of 2.0GHz and 1.8GHz.

The Realme 5s also features 4GB of RAM, 64GB, and 128GB of internal storage, with up to 256GB for Micro-SD memory expansion.

It is home to a Non-Removable 5000mAh Li-Po battery. 10W fast charging is also supported on this device.

Connectivity

The Realme 5s features a 3.5mm headphone jack, a Micro USB 2.0 port, dual-band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0.

Internet connectivity is capped at 4G LTE. The Realme 5s has support for LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500).

Realme 5s Price and Availability

The Realme 5s price is around $139.94, which is about 50,728 Naira.

The Realme 5s is currently available for purchase and can be purchased from retail stores and also from Online retail stores that ship to your region.