realme narzo 50 Unboxing and First Impressions


Today, realme launched the narzo 50 smartphone in India as the successor to last year’s narzo 30. This features a 6.6-inch FHD+ 120Hz LCD variable refresh rate screen, is powered by MediaTek Helio G96 SoC compared to Helio G95 in the predecessor. We got hold of the phone, and here is our unboxing.

Box Contents

  • realme narzo 50 smartphone 6GB + 128GB in Speed Blue color
  • 2-pin 33W charger
  • USB Type C Cable
  • SIM Ejector tool
  • Clear protective case
  • User Guide and Warranty information

The realme 9i has a 6.6-inch Full HD+ LCD punch-hole screen with a pixel resolution of 2412 × 1080 pixels 2.5D curved glass screen with gentle rounded corners. The display is bright, and the sunlight legibility is good as well, thanks to 480 nits peak brightness. It has 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, but the highlight is the adaptive refresh rate feature that can automatically switch between 7 different refresh rates -30Hz, 45Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz to save the battery life.

It has the punch-hole that houses a 16-megapixel camera, which has been in a standard in most realme mid-range phones. The earpiece is present on the top edge, but it doesn’t have stereo speakers. Powered by MediaTek Helio G96 SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, it also has Dynamic RAM Expansion (DRE) technology, which can add up to 5GB to the existing 6GB RAM. The 4GB RAM version has 3GB expansion.

Coming to the button placements, the power button which includes the fingerprint scanner is present on the right side. The dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots are on the left, along with the volume rockers. The 3.5 mm audio jack, primary microphone, USB Type-C port and the loudspeaker grill are present on the bottom. It doesn’t have a secondary microphone.

Coming to the camera, this features a 50-megapixel main camera with f/1.8 aperture and Samsung JN1 Sensor along with a 2-megapixel 4cm macro camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture, same as the realme 9i. It supports up to 1080p 30 fps video recording. Check out some camera samples below.

Coming to the design, the phone has a Kevlar Speed Texture Design, which the company says is inspired by racing cars. It is 8.5mm thin, and weighs 194 grams since it packs a 5000mAh battery that can charge up to 100% in 70 minutes.

Starting at an introductory price of Rs. 12999 for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version, the phone will be available from realme.com, Amazon.in and offline stores from March 3rd.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram