Realme 5 review: The quad-camera, big-battery budget that took India by storm.
The budget quad-cam that built Realme.
Realme 5 brought the first quad-camera and a 5,000 mAh battery to $150 in 2019, a runaway India bestseller that established Realme as a budget powerhouse.
01Display
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2019 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
54/10054/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.
03Performance
50/10050/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 74-point average for budget phones of 2019.
05Build
60/10060/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.
06Value
70/10070/100 puts it above the 65-point average for budget phones of 2019.
- First quad-camera at $150.
- 5,000 mAh battery.
- Jack + microSD.
- Distinctive design.
- HD+ LCD, SD665.
- 10 W charging.
- Mono speaker.
- Support ended.
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 103-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .