Realme Q5 and Realme Q5 Pro make their debut in China

As planned, Realme Q5 and Realme Q5 Pro smartphones debuted in China today. What are the official specifications and prices?

Although Realme Q5 and Realme Q5 Pro belong to one series, it is difficult to say that they are related constructions. There are many differences: ranging from sizes, through processors, ending with charging speed or cameras. In fact, we can only talk about common styling, although we will also notice differences in details and colours here. Both models use Android 12 with Realme UI 3.0.

Realme Q5

The base model, the Realme Q5, has a 6.59-inch IPS screen with Full HD+ resolution and a 120 Hz refresh rate and 240 Hz touch. The screen has a hole for a 16-megapixel selfie camera, while the rear camera has three matrices: 50+2+2 Mpx. You can see immediately that the additional modules are responsible for the macro and blurring the background. The heart of the smartphone is Snapdragon 695, supported by LPDDR4x operating memory with a capacity of 6 or 8 GB RAM with the option of virtual expansion by 5 GB. The internal UFS 2.2 memory can have 128 or 256 gB, and the power supply is provided by a 5000 mAh battery with 60-watt charging. The price list is as follows:

6+128 GB - 1399 yuan, 219 USD
8+128 GB - 1599 yuan, 250 USD
8+256 GB - 1799 yuan, 280 USD

Starting prices are 100 yuan or $ 16 lower.

Realme Q5
photo: Realme

Realme Q5 Pro

Realme Q5 Pro, the more powerful model, already has an AMOLED screen, but still Full HD+ with 120 Hz refresh. However, it is larger, 6.62-inch - nevertheless in the screen hole we will still see a 16 Mpx selfie camera. The rear camera has been improved by changing the main matrix to 64 Mpx and replacing one of the 2-megapixel cameras with the more useful 8 Mpx wide-angle camera. The battery has a constant capacity of 5000 mAh, but recharges faster, with a power of 80 W. The Pro model is based on the Snapdragon 870 chip. The memory fan remains the same, but the flash memory has been changed to the faster UFS 3.1. In this model, we will also see stereo speakers, and the fingerprint reader has been moved to the side of the housing under the display. Of course, the price list is also different: