Friends+Design
- Inherits the beautiful, striking, diamond-back design of the Realme C2 - making it easily one of the best looking budget phones
- The body is polycarbonate, so the design is essentially smudge free (which is a problem that a lot of glass phones face these days)
- The front is sharp and modern too, with a dew-drop notch design
- Great build quality
- Quick and accurate fingerprint sensor, at the back
- Super fast face unlock
Display
- Nice, modern dewdrop notch display with good colours and wide viewing angles
- Sunlight legibility could be better
Software
- ColorOS is now leaner, and more streamlined compared to before and has some useful add-on features like Clone Apps, Call Recording, Game Space, Quiet Time, Night Shield screen, etc
- It's of course not as simple and clean as stock Android though - very few custom skins are
Performance
- Very good performance for the price bracket with a relatively powerful MediaTek Helio P60 (similar to Snapdragon 653) - day-to-day use, as well as high-end games in low/medium graphics settings, are smooth
Camera
- Reasonably ok camera setup for the price
- The dual rear camera setup is capable of taking good pictures in bright outdoors with accurate colours reproduction
- The 13MP front camera also does decently well - in good lighting conditions
- Portrait mode on the front camera is pretty good too
- Overall detail levels, exposure, and dynamic range though are just average though
- Indoor shots under artificial lighting carry a lot of noise and low light shots are not that good
Audio
- The speaker on Realme 3i is very loud (though of course, as expected, it lacks depth)
Battery
- Excellent battery life - you will get about 1.5 days of use, with moderate usage
Verdict
- Realme 3i is another welcome addition to the Realme 3 series and it caters to the users who want something between the Realme C2 and Realme 3, both in terms of performance and price - it's a good option at this price point
