With Realme launching Realme 5s, the company surely wants to take on Redmi Note 8, and both the phones come with a price tag of Rs. 9,999. Now since the price for both the phones is the same, which one should you buy? Let’s see.
Overall, both phones have a decent phone price and excellent specifications but let us examine with a full review and examine which one would be advised to pick between the two.
KEY SPECS REALME 5S and REDMI NOTE 8
- Launched 21st November 2019 29th August 2019
- Display 6.50 Inch (720 X 1600) ,6.30 Inch (1080 X 2280)
- Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 665, Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
- Front Camera 13MP, 13MP
- Rear Camera 48MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP, 48MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP
- Battery Capacity 5000mAh, 4000mAh
- Operating System Android 9 Pie, Android 9 Pie
- RAM 4GB, 3GB
- Storage 64GB, 32GB
- Processor 2GHz Octa-core, 2GHz Octa-core
- Face Unlock Yes, Yes
- Fingerprint sensor Yes, Yes
- Compass Yes, Yes
- Proximity sensor Yes, Yes
- Accelerometer Yes, Yes
- Ambient light sensor Yes, Yes
- Gyroscope Yes, Yes
- SIM type Nano-SIM, Nano-SIM
- Supports 4G in India Yes, Yes
- Weight 198.0 grams, 188.0 grams
REALME 5S PROS AND CONS
PROS
- Excellent build quality and striking looks
- Perfect battery life
- Useful additional cameras
CONS
- No fast charging
- Weak low-light camera performance
- Slightly heavy
REDMI NOTE 8 PROS AND CONS
PROS
- Good battery life
- Full-HD Screen
CONS
- Not great for gaming
- Bloatware and spammy notifications in MIUI
As far as the specifications are concerned, the Realme 5S has the upper edge as it has the upper hand in some key features many users look to such as; battery capacity, RAM, and storage even though it weighs much more than the Redmi Note 8. In the software, design, camera, and phone sensors, both phones are decent. We might not be able to give you your final decision about choosing between but consider the specification and the purpose of purchasing any of the devices to pick what suits your agenda. From our end, we will be going for Realme 5S just because we are particular about the battery and not how fast it charges, the phone storage, and its RAM to ensure the phone never hangs during processing.
