Realme has officially launched the Realme 5i in the Philippines. It’s a budget-friendly smartphone with quad cameras, Snapdragon 665 chipset, and 5,000mAh battery.

This is essentially the same as the Realme 5 but with a different design that lessens smudges and fingerprints. It also has more built-in storage at 64GB but uses an 8MP selfie camera instead of 13MP.

 

Realme 5i Features

The Realme 5i in Aqua Blue color.

The Realme 5i in Aqua Blue color.

The Realme 5i smartphone has a 6.5-inch HD+ display with a small notch for its selfie camera and a quad-camera setup at the back. It’s composed of a 12MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera, 2MP macro camera, and 2MP portrait camera.

It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset with a 2GHz octa-core CPU, 3GB of RAM, and ColorOS version 6.1 software. There’s 64GB of expandable storage, a fingerprint scanner, and 4G LTE connectivity.

The device is powered by a massive 5,000mAh battery with an estimated battery life of 30 days on standby, more than 19 hours of watching YouTube videos, or 9 hours and 20 minutes of playing PUBG Mobile.

 

Realme 5i Price and Availability

The Realme 5i smartphone in Forest Green color.

The Realme 5i smartphone in Forest Green color.

The official price of the Realme 5i in the Philippines is ₱6,990.00. It will be available in two colors – Aqua Blue and Forest Green.

It goes on sale starting on January 30, 2019, with a 12% discount on the online shopping platform Shopee.


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Realme 5i specs:

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  • 6.5-inch HD+ IPS LCD Display (720 x 1600 Pixels), 269 ppi
  • Android 9.0 Pie Operating System
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 Chipset
  • 3 GB of RAM
  • Quad Cameras (12+8+2+2 MP) with LED Flash
  • 8 Megapixel Front Camera
  • Dual SIM (Nano-SIM)
  • 64GB Internal Storage
  • Expandable Up to 256 via microSD
  • 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, 2G EDGE & GPRS Networks
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Bluetooth 5.0
  • MicroUSB 2.0
  • 3.5mm Audio Jack
  • Fingerprint Sensor
  • 5000mAh Battery
  • 10W Charging
  • 164.4 x 75.0 x 9.0 mm @ 195 g
  • 6,990.00 Official Price in the Philippines