SpecEagle review · Realme

Realme X7 review: A Dimensity 800U 5G phone with a 120 Hz AMOLED at $250.

Item: Realme X7
Rating: 60
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2020·$250

Overall

60/100

Class rank

#71 of 104

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

A 5G AMOLED 65 W value.

Realme X7 wrapped 5G, AMOLED 120 Hz and 65 W charging into a $250 phone — Dimensity 800U making 5G affordable.

01Display

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED, 120 Hz

Size6.4 inches

Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

64/100

64/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2020.

Main64 MP, f/1.8

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Depth2 MP

Selfie32 MP

03Performance

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2020.

ChipsetDimensity 800U 5G (7 nm)

RAM6 / 8 GB

Storage128 GB

04Battery

70/100

70/100 trails the 74-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2020.

Capacity4,300 mAh

Wired65 W SuperDart

05Build

68/100

68/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2020.

06Value

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 6 points above the cohort average.

What works

65 W SuperDart at $250.
AMOLED 120 Hz + 5G.
Light 176 g.
microSD + jack.

What doesn't

Mono speaker.
2 MP filler lenses.
Dimensity 800U mid-tier.
Plastic build.

Cross-shop it against

Reno 7 Pro 5G

$549 · score 78/100

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