Realme Narzo 50i review: Ultra-cheap essentials phone with 5000 mAh.
Rock-bottom essentials.
Narzo 50i hit the absolute entry tier — a sub-$100 first phone with a 5000 mAh battery and Android Go, the kind of high-volume budget seller that anchors Realme's Narzo line in price-sensitive markets.
01Display
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2021 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
42/10042/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2021 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
36/10036/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2021 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
78/10078/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.
05Build
52/10052/100 is one of the weaker build results among budget phones of 2021 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- 5000 mAh battery at sub-$100
- microSD + 3.5 mm jack
- Android Go keeps it usable on 2 GB
- Unisoc SC9863A very slow
- 720p, single 8 MP cam
- No fast charging
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 9-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .