When it comes to smartphones, brands who sell their variants in the budget and mid-range segment, have now developed a tried and tested winning formula. The competition is now all about how well a company now executes this formula. One of the newer brands on the block, Realme, has been excelling at this game since its first device. It has come to a point where they just can’t do anything wrong when it comes to budget smartphones. In this review, we are going to take a look at the new Realme 7 and find out whether or not Realme has kept its budget smartphone winning streak if you recall we reviewed Realme 6 was a fantastic budget-friendly smartphone
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Design
Realme has built a reputation for bringing something new to the table in terms of design. The brand understands that there there is not much they can do on the front, so they go all out on the back panel. In the Realme 7 as well, Realme has come up with yet another style that they have nicknamed ‘The Split AG Finish‘. Here, the back panel is split into different shades of the base colour of the phone. For example, if you have opted for the white variant, the back panel features two shades of white, which is clearer under the light. We did find this style a bit odd at first, but after a few days with the device, we can conclude that this style is growing on us.
A neat little touch here is the Anti Glare coating that Realme has applied on the back panel. This makes the device look classy and also prevents fingerprints. This is a great improvement as earlier Realme smartphones were known as fingerprint magnets. Staying on the back panel, we have a redesigned camera housing. The Realme smartphones are among those that feature a quad-camera setup, and this time around, rather than going for the usual slim strip block that you find on past models, the company has slightly changed the design and we now have a more fleshed out rectangle and that really adds to the overall aesthetic of the design. Coming to the build, the whole device is made out of polycarbonate, which is something you would not call premium, so that’s a bit of a compromise, which seems unreasonable, as you have many budget smartphones made out of metal unibodies these days. We have the usual button placement of volume rockers on the left, a power button on the right, and a rare 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB Type C charging port, and a speaker grille on the button.
