The Realme X50 Pro has finally been unveiled and Realme continues to be the most affordable brand on the market.
The X50 Pro is mainly referring to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, which is the staple for practically all 5G flagships so far this year. This means the phone will connect to more 5G bands including Europe and India, where it will also launch to take full advantage of its 360-degree surround antenna.
The Realme X50 Pro has launched with the newest chipset from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 865 which should offer a significant performance boost over the Snapdragon 855+ you find on the Realme X2 Pro.
During the launch, Realme claimed the new phone scored over 600k on Antutu, and previous leaks have it scoring 574,989. The X2 Pro with 12GB RAM managed a score of 483,651 which puts the X50 Pro 19% higher than the X2 Pro.
The base configuration has also been upgraded, it is now 8GB/128GB vs 6GB/64GB and now the phone uses LPDDR5 RAM instead of the slower LPDDR4x.
The Realme X50 Pro brings all the benefits the SD865 has to offer including the X55 5G modem, it will also have the new super-fast Wi-Fi 6.
The display hasn’t changed too much, the new phone has a 6.44 inch AMOLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch-sensing. It can go up to 1200nits of brightness, and the selfie camera is now a double punch-hole design vs the notch of the older model.
Much like the X50, the X50 Pro has a set of quad cameras on the back and dual cameras for selfies, but with a slightly different set of sensors and optics. The rear group is led by a 64-megapixel Samsung GW1 chip with a f/1.8 aperture for super high-resolution shots, or for 4-in-1 pixel-binning to boost sensitivity in low-light scenarios. Below that is an 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, which also handles macro shots at down to 3cm. The top camera is a 12-megapixel telephoto shooter, which offers up to 5x optical hybrid zoom (or a gimmicky 20x hybrid zoom, if you’re really desperate). Last but not least, there is a 2-megapixel f/2.4 monochromatic camera at the bottom which assists the main camera’s portrait mode.
One of the main photography features that Realme is pitching for the X50 series is “Nightscape 3.0,” which comes with a “Tripod Mode” that does super long exposure of up to 50 seconds for some interesting night shots, so long as you can mount your phone onto a tripod. “Nightscape 3.0” also has an “Ultra Nightscape Mode,” which essentially boosts the camera’s sensitivity to take bright images even when illuminance is down to just 1 Lux. As for video, it’s just the usual 4K@30fps recording with two levels of video stabilization, and there’s also real-time bokeh effect video if you want to try something different.
The Realme X50 Pro runs on Android 10 with Realme UI essentially a near-stock Android experience with some goodies ported over from Oppo’s ColorOS, such as gesture navigation and smart assistant features. And of course, the software runs even smoother on the 90Hz display. One cool feature here is Dual Mode Music Share, which lets you play music through wired (USB) earphones and Bluetooth earphones simultaneously, and you can even pick up calls with the earphones you’re wearing while letting your friend continue listening to music with the other pair.
There’s no word on US availability just yet, as Realme is targeting Europe for now, with Spain being the launch market in April. The Realme X50 Pro will start from 599 euros (about $650) for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage version, and topping at 749 euros (about $810) with 12GB of RAM + 256GB storage. These are cheaper than even some of the recent 4G flagships, but apparently the China prices will be even lower when the phone launches there locally.
