realme just launched the C85 5G, the company’s latest budget 5G smartphone in the C series in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.8-inch HD+ 144Hz LCD screen with up to 1200 nits peak brightness, is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC with 5300+ mm² VC cooling, 8GB of RAM + up to 10GB Dynamic RAM with RAM expansion.
The phone runs realme UI 6.0 based on Android 15. It has a 50MP rear camera and features AI edit genie. The C85 5G has IP69 Pro dust and water resistance, has been tested for 6 meters of Maximum Submersion Depth (30 Minutes), comes with protection against 36 types of liquids, and the phone can withstand up to 85° C, military-grade durability (MIL-STD 810H certification) so it can survive 2m drops.
It packs a 7000mAh battery that promises up to 2 days of use, has 45W fast charging, and 6.5W reverse wired charging. The phone has a single bottom-ported speaker, but has 400% ultra volume.
realme C85 5G specifications
- 6.8-inch (1570×720) pixels HD+ IPS LCD screen with 144Hz refresh rate, up to 180Hz touch sampling rate, up to 1200 nits peak brightness
- Octa Core MediaTek Dimensity 6300 6nm processor (2x Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 2GHz) with Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU
- 4GB / 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB / 256GB (UFS 2.2) storage, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- Android 15 with realme UI 6.0
- 50MP rear camera with 1/1.95″ Sony IMX852 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, LED flash, up to 1080p 30fps video recording
- 8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture, up to 1080p 30fps video recording
- Side-mounted Fingerprint sensor
- 1115 Ultra-Linear bottom-ported speaker, 400% Ultra Volume audio
- Dimensions:166.07×77.93×8.38mm; Weight: 215g
- Dust and water resistant (IP66 + IP68 + IP69 + IP69K)
- Military-grade durability (MIL-STD 810H certification)
- 5G SA / NSA (n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n26/n28/n38/n40/n41/n66/n77/n78 bands), Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, USB Type-C
- 7000mAh battery with 45W fast charging
Pricing and availability
The realme C85 5G comes in Parrot Purple and Peacock Green colours and is priced at Rs. 14,999 for the 4GB + 128GB model and the 6GB + 128GB model costs Rs. 16,499.
The phone is now available from realme.com, Flipkart and offline stores.