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Realme X review: Notchless AMOLED with pop-up camera at a budget price.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2019·$250
Overall
72/100
Class rank
#1 of 5
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Realme grows up.

Realme X marked the brand's move upmarket — a notchless AMOLED, under-display fingerprint, pop-up selfie and the IMX586 sensor at $250. The collectible Onion & Garlic Master Editions by designer Naoto Fukasawa drew extra attention.

01Display

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED, notchless
Size6.53 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px
FingerprintUnder-display

02Camera

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 6 points above the cohort average.

Main48 MP Sony IMX586, f/1.7
Depth5 MP
Selfie16 MP pop-up

03Performance

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

ChipsetSnapdragon 710 (10nm)
GPUAdreno 616

04Battery

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Capacity3765 mAh
ChargingVOOC 3.0 20W

05Build

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 8 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Notchless AMOLED via pop-up at $250
  • Under-display fingerprint + IMX586
  • VOOC fast charging
What doesn't
  • No microSD
  • Mono speaker
  • Pop-up wear concerns

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 5-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .