Realme X review: Notchless AMOLED with pop-up camera at a budget price.
Realme grows up.
Realme X marked the brand's move upmarket — a notchless AMOLED, under-display fingerprint, pop-up selfie and the IMX586 sensor at $250. The collectible Onion & Garlic Master Editions by designer Naoto Fukasawa drew extra attention.
01Display
82/100At 82/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
74/100At 74/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 10 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
72/100At 72/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
74/10074/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.
05Build
74/10074/100 puts it above the 71-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.
- Notchless AMOLED via pop-up at $250
- Under-display fingerprint + IMX586
- VOOC fast charging
- No microSD
- Mono speaker
- Pop-up wear concerns
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 101-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .