realme C25 review: A 6,000 mAh budget realme for the long-life-cheap crowd.
The 6,000 mAh budget pitch.
C25 sold one number — 6,000 mAh — on a $179 phone with a 48 MP main and the legacy ports. The HD+ panel and Helio G70 were the cost; for emerging-market budget buyers who valued endurance over everything, it landed well.
01Display
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2021 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
52/10052/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for budget phones of 2021.
03Performance
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2021 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
88/100At 88/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2021 — 9 points above the cohort average.
05Build
60/10060/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.
06Value
66/10066/100 puts it above the 64-point average for budget phones of 2021.
- 6,000 mAh at $179 — three-day endurance.
- 48 MP main, microSD + jack.
- Helio G70 is reliable.
- Watery finish was unique.
- HD+ 60 Hz panel.
- Two filler lenses, 8 MP selfie.
- 18 W charging, 4G only.
- 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 147-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .