Realme 11X evaluation: A pocket-friendly powerhouse

Realme 11X evaluation: Realme launched Realme 11X and Realme 11 on August 23 in India. These newly launched smartphones are a brand new addition to Realme’s 11 sequence in India, which additionally contains Realme 11 Professional 5G and Realme 11 Professional+ 5G. Realme 11 sequence presents smartphones within the mid-budget in addition to price range section. Realme 11X is a mid-budget smartphone, which is the successor to Realme 10 that was launched in January this yr. It’s a clear improve over the Realme 10 as it’s a 5G smartphone whereas the Realme 10 was a 4G smartphone. Along with this, the Realme 11X options an up to date rear and entrance digicam, chipset, and a bigger show with the next refresh fee, in addition to a special digicam positioning from the Realme 10. However do these options make it price shopping for? I’ll reply this query right here. Nonetheless, earlier than we dive into the detailed evaluation, let’s have a fast overview of its specs, options and value.

Realme 11X evaluation: Design and show

First coming to what you get within the retail field: the handset, a silicon case, a charger, a USB information cable, a SIM ejector software and a few guides. Realme presents a display screen protector with the handset, which is a pleasant addition as a result of you aren’t spending extra cash on guaranteeing the safety of your cellphone. Realme additionally doesn’t provide any earphones within the field with this smartphone, which, though barely inconvenient, is a normal apply now.

A take a look at the Realme 11X and you’ll discover that it’s got a boxy form. The perimeters are usually not easy or curved, which makes it really feel like a flat slab in your hand. That will set it aside from different telephones however will not be a really snug design for extended utilization. I started feeling minor inconvenience after holding the cellphone for about an hour, particularly whereas watching movies or enjoying video games. Its speaker is loud however lacks bass. Additionally, its place on the cellphone’s backside results in the muffling of sound when holding the cellphone horizontally. The quantity buttons are simply reachable when holding the cellphone in the best hand. The facility button, which embeds the fingerprint sensor, is properly inside my thumb’s attain, whereas the sensor works tremendous. The opposite aspect has solely a slot for 2 SIM playing cards.

Coming to the show, it’s vibrant and clear, and it really works properly each indoors and outside. The auto-brightness adjusts properly to the lighting situations. The display screen can change between six totally different refresh charges, however I set it at 120Hz for a easy efficiency because it felt a bit laggy at 60Hz. Meaning you’ll be able to have a easy show expertise, however solely on the expense of upper battery consumption. That mentioned, I discovered the show ok for watching motion pictures and reveals.

Realme 11X evaluation: Digital camera

The digicam app of the Realme 11X presents a number of capabilities corresponding to 64MP Mode, Evening Mode, Avenue Mode, {Photograph} mode, Portrait Mode, Skilled Mode, Panorama Mode, Textual content Scanner and Tilt Shift.

On the value level, Realme 11X presents a very good digicam efficiency. The primary 64MP digicam provides vibrant pure colors, though it makes use of pixel-binning to offer the common photograph decision output of 12MP. If you wish to reap the benefits of the total digicam decision, 64MP mode helps and allows you to click on photographs with much more particulars.

In case you are involved in macro images, this smartphone provides you with pure depth of subject and detailed photographs. However the outcomes are common. With HDR, the digicam provides a pleasant {photograph} with an in depth background in vibrant daylight. Nonetheless, in low gentle situations, the digicam has some noise however that smoothens out with Evening Mode. It takes respectable photographs in Portrait Mode however misses out on edges at a number of factors. There’s additionally a 2X zoom possibility, which takes zoomed photographs with out dropping many particulars.

In case you are somebody who likes to click on spotless footage of your self or your family members, this smartphone comes with a variety of filters and retouch choices to smoothen the picture and take away spots. These filters additionally prevent time on enhancing and do all this whereas retaining the unique colors.

It’s price mentioning that I felt a substantial delay within the photograph processing. In low gentle situations or vibrant daylight, you want a preserve this cellphone secure for a very good 2-3 seconds to get a very good shot.

Now coming to video high quality, Realme 11X provides easy, clear and secure movies at 1080p however struggles a bit in smoothness in 720p. I didn’t discover its slow-motion movies respectable sufficient as they lose particulars and degrade colors even in daylight and the identical goes with the time-lapse movies too. It provides three orientation choices in twin video mode, however I discover twin movies jerky and lagging. There’s additionally a Movie Mode, which is sort of good although because it lets you take cinematic photographs with on-screen controls corresponding to ISO, shutter velocity, focus and extra.

Now coming to the entrance digicam, it will get an 8MP entrance digicam, which captures good photos in both- daylight and low gentle and performs properly in portrait mode however fails at capturing particulars. It additionally works simply tremendous for video calls.

Listed here are a number of Realme 11X digicam pattern for reference:

Realme 11X evaluation: Efficiency and battery

Over my time with the Realme 11X, it carried out easily when dealing with many duties concurrently. Contemplating its value level, it was fast in downloading, putting in and opening apps, and has a recreation mode, which boosts efficiency whereas enjoying video games. I didn’t discover it overheating or lagging whereas enjoying video games in HD high quality.

Realme 11X comes with a variety of bloatware and duplicate apps for example, it has two functions for Information- one from Google and the opposite from Realme, equally, it has two message functions. You’ll be able to uninstall a few of them when you can force-stop the remaining.  Nonetheless, the smartphone has nothing new to supply on the UI entrance. Its side-mounted fingerprint sensor and face unlock function are additionally fast sufficient and reply properly.

The battery, which does add to the cellphone’s weight, lasts for a day with regular to heavy utilization and comes with a 33W quick charger that takes round an hour to totally cost the battery. So, the battery backup will not be that large of a priority with this smartphone – though the dimensions of the ability adapter could also be.

Realme 11X evaluation: Verdict

Realme 11X performs properly on many fronts. It has a vibrant show and cameras that carry out properly in low gentle and daylight. It has a chipset that’s quick and performs properly at dealing with many duties concurrently and also you don’t want to fret about battery backup with its 33W quick charger. Nevertheless it has some cons, as properly, corresponding to its design will not be snug for extended use and entrance digicam efficiency is simply common, nevertheless it appears to be like spectacular and different options of this smartphone compensate for these shortcomings. At Rs 15,999, this smartphone is a value-for-money.