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Realme 9i 5G review: Affordable 5G with Dimensity 810 and 90Hz.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2022·$210
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#51 of 188
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Affordable budget 5G.

Realme 9i 5G brought Dimensity 810 5G performance and a 90Hz screen to $210 — a no-frills budget volume seller for buyers stepping up to 5G for the first time.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2022 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz
Size6.6 inches
Resolution1080 x 2412 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 57-point average for budget phones of 2022.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Macro2 MP
B&W2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2022 — 11 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetDimensity 810 5G (6nm)
GPUMali-G57 MC2

04Battery

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • Dimensity 810 5G at $210
  • 90Hz + 5000 mAh + microSD
  • 3.5 mm jack retained
What doesn't
  • Only 18W charging
  • 2 MP filler lenses
  • Mono speaker
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 10 5G
$199 · score 70/100

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