Realme C25s Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Realme C25s - a smartphone that could be better

It seems that the Chinese company Realmi began to pursue not quality, but quantity. Truly interesting phones like the X2 Pro or C3 have not come out from under its conveyor for a long time, and the gadgets released today are striking both in monotony and lagging behind opponents in a number of parameters. For example, the hero of today's review is aimed at the border of the lower and middle price segments, but cannot boast of the corresponding functionality.

The appearance of the novelty is not bad, but it has already become somewhat outdated. So, we are dealing with a lackluster design of a triple camera, a rear rather than a side fingerprint scanner and a form factor of an 8 megapixel selfie camera in the form of a "droplet". The case is plastic, collects chips and scratches quickly without a cover. The 6.5-inch OGS-screen is upset with a resolution of 1600x720 pixels, at which individual pixels are visible and the smallest fonts become blurry. At the same time, the IPS-panel has a good margin of brightness and excellent contrast. Thus, the overall impression of the OGS display is no longer so negative.

The technical characteristics are the balanced Mediatek Helio G85 processor, 4GB of RAM and the MaliG52MC2 video chip. The combination remains relevant for not particularly resource-intensive tasks. The interface of Android 11 is not devoid of fluidity, most applications launch without noticeable delay. With games, the situation is more complicated. PUBG and Call Of Duty function without lags at low-medium graphics settings, but Genshin Impact will disappoint with a ragged frequency rate even with minimal graphics presets. For other advantages of the chipset, we would like to highlight insignificant heating and satisfactory energy efficiency. That is why the already huge 6000mAh battery provides almost 12-15 hours of active screen time. Autonomy is definitely the strong point of the device. Internal storage is allocated 128GB , thanks to the microSD card slot, there is hardly a lack of memory.

The main 48-megapixel sensor is combined with virtually useless 2-megapixel auxiliary photomodules, but this fact does not spoil its photographic abilities. The camera succeeds in daytime shooting with minimums of noise and preservation of detail; in low light, both blur and inaccurate operation of the noise reduction system are noticeable. It is easy to forgive the gadget for the lack of stereo sound, but without NFC (contactless payments), huge sales can not be expected. As a result, we have before us not the most remarkable device for its money with many interesting alternatives on the market.