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Realme 5, 5 Pro Offline Availability to Begin Mid September in India, Reveals CEO Madhav Sheth

Realme 5, 5 Pro Offline Availability to Begin Mid-September in India, Reveals CEO Madhav Sheth

Realme Buds 2 will also finally be up for grabs in the first week of September.

By Nadeem Sarwar | Updated: 27 August 2019 14:40 IST

Realme 5, 5 Pro Offline Availability to Begin Mid-September in India, Reveals CEO Madhav Sheth

Realme and Realme 5 Pro both feature a dedicated macro camera

Highlights

Realme 5 and its Pro variant will get screen-on time feature in October
Both phones will get the bootloader unlock and camera2API soon
The Realme Buds 2 will go on sale for the first time next week

Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro were launched earlier this month, but so far, both the phones have only been available online. That is set to change soon, as the Realme 5 duo will be sold from brick and mortar stores next month. Realme CEO Madhav Sheth revealed in a video that the Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro will be up for grabs from authorised retail stores in mid-September. Moreover, he also disclosed that the Realme Buds 2 will also go up for sale in the first week of September.

The quad camera-equipped Realme 5 and the Realme 5 Pro's availability has so far been limited to two online sales platforms – Flipkart and the official Realme website. But it is not always easy to purchase one of these phones, as they are yet to go on open sale. But thankfully, they will be available from retail stores in mid-September.

In the ninth episode of #AskMadhav series on YouTube, Realme chief Madhav Sheth revealed that Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro's offline availability begins in mid-September. He further added that the company's second-generation wired headphones, the Realme Buds 2, will finally go on sale in the first week of September. Aside from answering general product queries, he also revealed a few other important facts that might prove to be useful.

For example, Sheth mentioned Camera2API will be available for both the Realme 5 and the Realme 5 Pro out of the box, and bootloader unlock will come within a month. Additionally, he pointed out that the screen-on time feature will arrive on Realme 5 duo via an OTA update in October.

Realme 5

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Good build quality, striking looks
Very good battery life
Useful additional cameras
Efficient processor

Bad
No fast charging
Weak low-light camera performance
Slightly heavy

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Display 6.50-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 665

Front Camera 13-megapixel

Rear Camera 12-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 2-megapixel + 2-megapixel

RAM 4GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 5000mAh

OS Android 9 Pie

Resolution 720x1600 pixels

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Realme 5 Pro

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Looks good, easy to handle
Strong overall performance
Impressive photo quality in daylight
Very fast charging

Bad
Average battery life
Camera app UI needs improvement

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Display 6.30-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 712

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 48-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 2-megapixel + 2-megapixel

RAM 4GB

Storage 64GB

Battery Capacity 4035mAh

OS Android 9 Pie

Resolution 1080x2340 pixels

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