Realme 8
The price of Realme 8 starts at 390 USD / 450 EUR (8/128 GB), while the price of Realme 8 in Egypt is 7,989 EGP. The previous prices are for the (8/128 GB) model. It is available in two colors, silver and Black.
Here is a comprehensive coverage of the price and specifications of the Realme 8 mobile, with a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about the phone, with an explanation of the most important points of its advantages and disadvantages, and is it worth buying, or are there better alternative choices?
We also answer the common question: If you own the previous version of the same phone, is the new version worth upgrading? Does Realme 8 provide you with a good performance experience compared to its price? Follow this review with us on Review Plus to know the full answers to these questions, in addition to more details about the phone.
First, Realme did not need more than 6 months to launch the new generation of its main phone series, as it announced the previous series during September last year 2020, and the phone was announced along with its older brother. 8 Pro Officially at an event that was shown on the company's YouTube channels.
This time, the phone offers an AMOLED screen with a MediaTek Helio G95 processor in addition to a 5000 mAh battery that supports 30W fast charging, which makes it a strong competitor to the phone. Renault 5.
Realme 8 specifications
- The dimensions are 160.6 mm (length) x 73.9 mm (width) x 8 mm (thickness) and the phone weighs 177 grams, and these numbers are very suitable for using the phone with one hand and putting it in the pocket, and carrying it for long hours will not be cumbersome for the hand because of its light weight.
- The design of the phone is slightly similar to the C-series phones offered by the company, and this is evident in the square rear camera frame, but Realme added an aesthetic touch by placing the word “DARE TO LEAP” along the back of the phone and giving reflections in distinctive colors when the light falls on it. As for the manufacturing materials, they kept the plastic Or polycarbonate in the manufacture of the entire phone, but with a glass protection layer on the screen.
- The company has sacrificed the 90Hz refresh rate that was present in the previous version of Realme 7 to support the phone with a super AMOLED screen that works with a refresh rate of 60Hz only, the screen was placed in a size of 6.4 inches and a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, the screen provides a pixel density of 411 Pixels per square inch and occupies 83.3% of the front-end area and offers a maximum brightness of 1000nits with support for Always-on display for displaying notifications on the lock screen.
- The phone did not receive any development for the CPU, as the Chinese company used the same processor found in the previous generation, which is the MediaTek Helio G95 with eight cores with a frequency of up to 2.05 GHz and a manufacturing accuracy of 12 nm, as for the graphics and video processor for games, it will be of the type Mali-G76 MC4 quad core.
- It is worth noting that the phone's CPU is supported by liquid cooling technology via copper fibers, which improves the cooling efficiency by 14%. It is worth noting that Vivo presents its new phone Vivo V23e With the new braid from the same processor, which is Helio G96.
- The phone will be available in three versions that differ in RAM and match the internal storage space, where the size of the RAM will be 4, 6 or 8 GB of LDDR4x type, while the internal storage will be 128 GB of type UFS 2.1.
- Realme 8 and its older brother will be the first phones to ship with the new interface UI 2.0 with Android 11 operating system outside of China.
- The phone contains a non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery that will support 30W fast charging, where the phone will be able to reach half the battery capacity within 26 minutes, while it can complete a full charge cycle from 0% to 100% within 65 minutes.
- The phone has a USB Type-C 2.0 port that supports the OTG feature, and it has kept the 3.5 mm jack for headphones.
- The phone supports Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11 as well as GPS/A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS and FM radio.
- I moved the fingerprint sensor from the power switch to the bottom of the screen thanks to the AMOLED screen that allows this. On the other hand, the phone supports proximity, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass and ambient light sensors.
- The phone will be available in silver and Black colours.
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phone camera
Realme did not try to make any development in the cameras, and it remained similar to the previous generation. The phone packs a first quad rear camera with a resolution of 64 Megapixels f / 1.8 that supports PDAF autofocus and is used for basic photography, and the second camera is 8 Megapixels with an f / 2.3 lens slot and is used for wide photography at an angle of 119 degrees As for the third camera, it is used for micro or macro photography, with a resolution of 2 Megapixels, f/2.4.
Speaking of the fourth and final camera, we find that it is also a 2-Megapixel camera with the same lens slot and contributes to improving the isolation or portrait mode.
The phone will be able to shoot clips in 4K@30fps or 1080p@30/60 with panorama and HDR modes available.
The selfie camera was placed in the form of a hole in the top left of the phone, and it is 16 Megapixels, a narrow f/2.5 lens slot, and supports 1080p@30/120fps video shooting with an EIS electronic stabilizer.
Mobile Features
- Super AMOLED super clear screen.
- Large capacity battery with convenient fast charging.
- Good performance for the rear camera.
- A powerful processor that is capable of running most of the heavy-duty tasks efficiently, but it suffers from high power consumption.
Disadvantages and disadvantages
- Fully plastic manufacturing materials, just like Samsung mobiles that come in the middle class and even the leading class.
- The presence of a protrusion for the rear camera, which may expose it to scratches or breakage.
- The screen works at a normal refresh rate of 60Hz.
- The phone does not support 5G networks.
- There is no NFC feature.
- It does not offer a tangible drastic change from the previous generation version, but it still offers an excellent performance experience and good specifications compared to its price.
Realme 8 price
The price of Realme 8 in Egypt is EGP 7,989 for the first model, 8/128 GB, available in Cyber Silver and Cyber Black. While the price of the mobile phone in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes at about 1,130 SAR, for the 8/128 GB version, and in the UAE it comes at 1,110 AED for the same model.
Alert: Above prices are updated on December 4, 2022
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review summary
In the end, we must answer the questions we asked, is the phone worth buying? Is it worth the upgrade?
In fact, the phone was priced appropriately in Egypt at prices close to its official price, and we think that it will be a very profitable deal if you do not have the previous version, but if you already own that version, there is no need at all to upgrade, but on the contrary, Realme 7 offers advantages that are not found in Realme 8 Like the 65W charger and 90Hz refresh rate.
Learn about the mobile specifications in detail from the following tables:-
Realme 8 - Mobile price, specifications and features
PHONE BODY
| Dimensions | 160.6 x 73.9 x 8 mm (6.32 x 2.91 x 0.31 in) |
| Weight | 177 g (6.24 oz) |
| Colors |
Silver Black |
DISPLAY
| Display size | 6.4 inches, the screen occupies 83.3% of the phone's body |
| Type | Super AMOLED |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels, aspect ratio 20:9 |
| Pixels at every point | 411 pixels per inch |
| Display Protection A layer of protection over the screen that protects it from breakage and scratching | Corning Gorilla Glass |
| Multi-touch | |
| Other features |
- Always-on display Brightness rate of 1000 nits |
SPECIFICATIONS
| Sensors | Fingerprint (bottom screen, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Chipset | Mediatek Helio G95 - (12 nm) |
| Processor (CPU) |
Octa-core (2 x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6 x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Mali-G76 MC4 |
| RAM | 4/6/8 GB |
| Internal memory The space that you can use to store your files such as photos, videos, games, etc.,. | 128 GB, UFS 2.1 |
| Card slot | Yes, Micro SDXC (dedicated slot) |
Camera
| Main Camera |
Quad camera:- - 64 MP, 26mm (Wide), 1/1.73", 0.8µm, PDAF, f/1.8 - 8 MP, 119˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm, f/2.3 lens - 2 Megapixels, (Macro), lens aperture f/2.4 - 2 MP, (depth sensor), f/2.4 |
| Other features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video |
4K video recording, at 30 frames per second - 1080p, 30/60/120 fps Electronic stabilizer, gyro-EIS |
| Front Camera | 16 MP, (Wide), f/2.5, supports HDR, panorama, 1080p video recording |
Battery
| Battery capacity | 5000 mAh, Li-Polymer, non-removable |
| Fast charging | |
| Other features |
- Fast battery charging of 30W Up to 50% in 26 minutes Up to 100% in 65 minutes |
Telecommunications
| Networks | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| SIM | Nano Sim |
| Second SIM Second SIM | Yes |
| WIFI | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | Yes, 5.1, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| NFC | |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go |
| Internet | HTML5 |
| FM radio |
SOUND
| Alert types | MP3 - WAV - Vibration |
| 3.5 mm jack | |
| M. Noise canceling | |
| Speaker | |
| Other features |
24-bit/192kHz audio |
GENERAL
| Brand | Realme |
| Model | Realme 8 |
| OS | Android 11 Realme UI 2.0 |
| Announced date | March 24, 2021 |
| Availability The date on which the device was put on the market | almost. In March, 2021 |
| Materials | Glass front (Corning Gorilla Glass), plastic back, plastic frame |
MOBILE PRICE
| Global Price | 390 USD / 450 EUR (8/128 GB) |
| Price in Egypt | 7,989 EGP (8/128 GB) |
| Price in Saudi Arabia | SAR 1,130 (8/128 GB) |
| Price in Jordan | 155 JD (8/128 GB) |
| Price in Iraq | 350,000 IQD (8/128 GB) |
| Price in UAE | 1,110 AED (8/128 GB) |
| Price update date The last date these prices were updated | 4, December, 2022 |
