SpecEagle review · Realme

Realme C33 review: Entry-level Realme with metallic finish and dual-camera.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2022·$129
Overall
51/100
Class rank
#131 of 188
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Why pick the Realme C33?

Realme stuck a metal-look back panel on the C33 and called it a flex — at $129 it's one of the few entry-level phones that doesn't look like cheap plastic, and the 50 MP main does enough in daylight to be your kid's first phone camera.

01Display

54/100

54/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2022 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD, 60Hz
Size6.5 inches
Resolution720 x 1600 px

02Camera

52/100

52/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
B&W0.3 MP, f/2.8
Selfie5 MP, f/2.2

03Performance

48/100

48/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

ChipsetUnisoc Tiger T612 (12nm)
CPU2x A75 @ 1.8 + 6x A55
GPUMali-G57

04Battery

72/100

72/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2022 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging10W wired

05Build

60/100

60/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • Metallic finish unusual at this price
  • Solid 50 MP daylight photos
  • Stock-feeling Realme UI R Edition
What doesn't
  • Unisoc T612 weaker than Helio G85 in games
  • B&W "camera" is filler
  • eMMC storage
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? .