realme C30 review: A sub-$100 entry phone with a textured back and a big battery.
The floor of the realme range.
C30 covered the absolute entry — a 5,000 mAh battery, a jack, a microSD slot, a textured back — at around $95, with the slow Unisoc T612 and HD+ panel that price always buys. For a true first phone in price-sensitive markets it filled the slot.
01Display
48/10048/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for entry phones of 2022.
02Camera
38/10038/100 is one of the weaker camera results among entry phones of 2022 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
38/10038/100 trails the 41-point cohort average for entry phones of 2022.
04Battery
78/10078/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2022.
05Build
54/10054/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for entry phones of 2022.
06Value
56/10056/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for entry phones of 2022.
- 5,000 mAh battery and jack at ~$95.
- Textured Bamboo Green finish.
- microSD support.
- About as cheap as it gets.
- Unisoc T612 + 2 GB are very slow.
- HD+ 60 Hz panel.
- 8 MP camera, 5 MP selfie.
- 10 W charging, minimal updates.
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 2-phone cohort of entry devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .