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Realme 9i review: 90Hz Snapdragon 680 mid-budget with 33W charging.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2022·$200
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#2 of 14
Tier
Budget
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The verdict, up front

Efficient budget volume.

Realme 9i leaned on the efficient Snapdragon 680 for long battery life, pairing it with a 90Hz screen, stereo speakers and 33W charging at $200 — a dependable budget volume seller across India and Southeast Asia.

01Display

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2022 — 10 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz
Size6.6 inches
Resolution1080 x 2412 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2022.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
B&W2 MP
Macro2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2022 — 10 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 680 (6nm)
GPUAdreno 610

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging33W Dart

05Build

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 62-point average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • Efficient 6nm Snapdragon 680
  • 90Hz + stereo + 33W at $200
  • microSD + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • IPS not AMOLED
  • 2 MP filler lenses
  • 5G absent despite 2022 launch

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 14-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .