Realme 9i review. Smooth screen, huge battery and high-speed charging included for 20 thousand

Realme continues to develop a line of mid-budget smartphones, and gave a model for the test with the name Realme 9i. The smartphone was released in January 2022, so it continues to be “fresh” by the standards of its pricing fees.

Its main features:

◈ Screen 90 Hz

◈ Power supply 33 W for fast charging included
◈ Huge battery 5000 mAh

◈ Sleek and catchy appearance.

And all this for 21,990 rubles.

Of course, somewhere the manufacturer made concessions. The review below shows how it detects, tells about the work of the chips, how the view changes in different conditions and what is there according to the increased characteristics.

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Maximum design at the back

Unlike very cheap smartphones, Realme 9i closes premium notes.

The back panel is made with a multi-layered material that creates a three-dimensional effect. In the case of the blue model, at one angle of the smartphone it is blue-silver, under rich azure, but most often drops of turquoise waters on the shores of the Maldives.

It’s not just a gradient, there’s depth, even if he’s just standing next to it and moving his head slightly. The light paints graceful highlights on a matte surface, with a seat, for example, a dirty blue iPhone 13 Pro can’t compete. Especially when it comes to Ireland in childhood. Realme 9i almost sparkles in any situation.

The mirror block of the camera Depending on the lighting, it is either lighter or darker than the main surface. This all the time creates unexpected transitions and pleasant contrast.

There were more economical solutions that are familiar in the standard class: the back panel is made of plastic, the bottom frame of the screen is larger than the others and protrudes noticeably thicker from the case, although it is flush with the frame in size.

Protective film is already there

Realme 9i feels like a solid bar in the hands, and the build quality attracts its price. There are no backlashes, squeaks, all the details are aligned exactly, you won’t find fault at all.

The memory buttons and the SIM card tray are located on the left side of the smartphone case, and there is a fingerprint on the side panel of the smartphone. There is only one microphone hole on the top.

On the bottom edge there is a USB-C port, speakers and a microphone, a headphone jack, although they are not included in the kit.

Everything you need comes with your smartphone

With a thickness of 8.4 mm and a weight of 190 grams, it lies comfortably in the hand. A complete case appears quite a bit in terms of parameters, so there are no deviations from the probability.

Plus, right out of the box, a high-performance smartphone with a sticker film. In the end, you don’t need to buy anything at all, run around salons for affordable services. It still seems strange that this happens in the budget segment, and not expensive.

Charger included and running time results a day

Despite the comfortable thickness of the smartphone, it has a capacious battery. 5000 mAh. But do not think that you need to stick to the outlet all night to charge. Right in the kit is not just a power supply (which is already a joy for many), but a healthy adapter for 33 W. Fast charging speed according to Realme standard.

The feed rate is as follows:

■ 0% to 50% in 30 minutes.

■ 0% to 100% for 1 hour 15 minutes.

It will play into the hands of those who do not want to spend money on a block, buy cheap blocks with suspicion or weeks of optimal solutions.

Such a large number of drives is enough for a full day of use with loss until late at night, that is, 8 hours and 20 minutes of screen time. This is an excellent result, even more than modern flagships. Here Comes the game, and recording on the camera, and watching YouTube with TikTok, and social networks.

By the way, there are two nice settings. You can turn on optimized night charging so that the smartphone reaches 100% closer to the morning and does not spoil the health of the battery. And there is a standby setting that turns off maximum functions and does not eat up the charge during idle time.

50 MP camera and large screen

Camera block

On the back there three modulesbut most often you will use the top one, with aperture f/1.8 (this is good), a five-lens lens and a matrix 50 MP.

The second large ring houses the B/W sensor for photos in portrait mode.

A micro-camera is located in a small eye next to it, it catches at a distance 4 centimeters and requires a lot of light for a good result. Although it has a larger wide angle than the main one, its focus is fixed, and the shooting quality is worse. But in daylight there will be nice shots.

Macro main module (50 MP), black and white frequency sensor (2 MP) and camera (also 2 MP)

In addition, it was noticed that in the 50 MP mode, the shadows become less contrasting, and the gain in clarity is not particularly felt. With gray in the center of the frame at 50 MP, more “green” made at 12 MP:

Realme 9i does not shoot in 50 MP mode all the time, for this you need to enable a special mode. Ordinary shots are obtained at a resolution of 3072 x 4080 or 12 MP by “gluing” a wide phenomenon into one. This allows you to save space on your smartphone, because instead of the usual 2 MB, photos with 50 megapixels take up only 10 MB.

There is a selfie camera on the front. She had a light f/2.1.

Many modifications are supported programmatically, such as stroking the skin, correcting cheeks, eye size, chin, and applying makeup. The same applies to portraits on the main lens.

The front is cut into the exterior and gently folds into a corner without getting in the way of the contents.

Generally the quality in the daytime world is impressive on camera. The pictures come out bright, saturated, juicy.

See for yourself, they have zero processing colors, only size optimization (original photos here):

Digital zoom 2x

On the left is a regular photo, digital zoom 5x

macro mode

Left digital zoom 2x, right 5x

HDR mode for adults

Selfie without enhanced software

food photo

I did not expect much from the video, it is enough for static frames, creating videos in bright conditions. The manufacturer does not insist on the stock of the monetary industry, there is no HDR mode either. All in all, a smartphone costs twenty-two, not one hundred and twenty-two.

Recording video on any camera will be in quality 1080p and 30 fps Max.

Look at the samples of calibrated videos (they are compressed in size and bitrate, the originals are here):

The screen is made using LED technology, which is a standard option for the budget segment. Brightness, color reproduction and contrast were not stingy, I did not notice any problems with the maximum probability. That is, yes, there is no “real black” here, as in OLED, but there were no rejecting gaps in differences, coverage speeds.

Conversely, the refresh rate is 90 Hz with the ability to fix them or enable automatic adjustment between 90 Hz and 60 Hz, or generally leave only exceptional cases.

And this is enough to detect the smoothness of the animations. It is not necessary for everyone to reach 120 hertz for people who are eating.

The brightness is 480 nits, this is a comfortable indicator, including outdoors in the sun. The situation for the screen to be black did not happen.

PIR parameter 6.6 inches and resolution 2412 × 1080 responses images Including more than in compact flagships.

Performance without surprises, there are two SIM and SD

Quad-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 in the early middle segment. His forte is energy efficiencyresources are quickly thrown in for more uptime.

In games it gives 60 frames in Call of Duty on short happened and 26 frames in Gemahlin Impact with the same setting.

But the system can expand the RAM with 4 GB up to 7 GB if needed. This happens at the expense of normal swap, where normally SSD storage takes over the task of RAM.

Some say that with the smartphone function turned on, you can constantly use applications, but I have not seen such problems. Control mode can be activated.

In a full set of slots for SIM cards: space for two SIM cards and one micro-SD card up to 1 TB. This is in case there is not enough built-in storage for 128 GB.

Average level with probability

Priced at Rs.

It is only important to understand why you are taking it. Editing video, making professional shooting or watching a movie at the cinema level will not work. There is no waterproof wireless charging either.

This device is designed to hold a charge for a long time, communicate with relatives and friends, watch videos, movies and series on the big screen.. And all this in a good, strong case, which is also very beautiful.

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