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Realme 8s 5G review: First phone with the Dimensity 810 5G.

Item: Realme 8s 5G
Rating: 66
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2021·$240

Overall

66/100

Class rank

#48 of 105

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Dimensity 810 launch device.

Realme 8s 5G was the launch device for MediaTek's Dimensity 810 — a mid-tier 5G chip that became ubiquitous across budget phones for the next two years.

01Display

72/100

72/100 trails the 76-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2021.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz

Size6.5 inches

Resolution1080 x 2400 px

02Camera

64/100

64/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2021.

Main64 MP, f/1.8

Macro2 MP

B&W2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2021.

ChipsetDimensity 810 5G (6nm)

GPUMali-G57 MC2

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 77-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging33W Dart

05Build

66/100

66/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2021 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works

First Dimensity 810 5G phone
5G + 33W + 5000 mAh at $240
microSD + 3.5 mm

What doesn't

IPS not AMOLED
2 MP filler lenses
Mono speaker

Cross-shop it against

Honor 80

$420 · score 80/100

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