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Realme 5i Specifications and Price
Realme had launched the Realme 5 smartphone back in August 2019 and now the Chinese firm has today added another edition to the series dubbed the Realme 5i in Vietnam.
The Realme 5i features a 6.52-inch IPS LCD display with waterdrop notch. The 20:9 display produces 720 x 1600 pixels HD+ resolution. The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 665 coupled with a 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of native storage. There is a dedicated slot for expanding the storage on the phone.
As far as camera is concerned, the Realme 5i has a selfie shooter of 8 MP. The rear side of the phone has a vertical quad camera system which comprises of a 12 MP main lens, an 8 MP ultrawide shooter, a 2 MP macro lens and a 2 MP depth assist lens.
The Android 9 Pie OS along with ColorOS 6.1 UI comes preloaded on the Realme 5i. The device is backed with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 10W charging. The other features of the smartphone include 4G VoLTE, dual SIM support, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB, a 3.5mm audio jack and a fingerprint scanner is available on the Realme 5i.
So, in terms of specs and appearance, the Realme 5i resembles with the Realme 5 phone from last year. However, the Realme 5i has a downgraded selfie camera and it has a less attractive back panel. The Realme 5 has a front-facing camera of 13-megapixel and it has a diamond pattern on its rear shell.

Realme 5i Specifications
Network Properties
- 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
- 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
- 4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
- Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) 450/50 Mbps
Launch
- Announced: 2019, December
- Status: Available. Released 2020, January
Design
- Dimensions: mm
- Weight: g
- Colors: Blue, Green
- Build: Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
- SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- Splash resistant
Display
- Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 6.52 inches, 102.6 cm2
- Resolution: 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~269 ppi density)
- Protection: Unspecified
Operating System
- Android 9.0 (Pie), planned upgrade to Android 10.0; ColorOS 6
Hardware
- Chipset: Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 (11 nm)
- CPU: Octa-core (4×2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver)
- GPU: Adreno 610
- RAM: 4 GB
- Internal Storage: 64 GB
- Memory Card slot: microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Cameras
- Main Camera: Quad
- 12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.9″, 1.25µm, PDAF
- 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm
- 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5″, 1.75µm (dedicated macro camera)
- 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5″, 1.75µm, depth sensor
- Features: LED flash, HDR, panorama
- Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
- Selfie Camera: Single – 8 MP
- Features: HDR, panorama
- Video: 1080p@30fps
Multimedia
- Radio: FM Radio
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- Audio 3.5mm jack: Yes
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
- USB: microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Features
- Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery
- Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery
- Charging: Battery charging 10W

Realme 5i Price and Availability
- 3 GB RAM edition goes for 3,690,000 VND (about $160)
- 4 GB RAM edition goes for 4,290,000 VND (about $186)