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Manila Bulletin devider Technews devider Narzo 50 plays like a pro; makes you a winner

Narzo 50 plays like a pro; makes you a winner

Published Sep 10, 2022 08:22 am

narzo 50

Hey, check it out, we've just found an affordable prizefighter in the narzo 50.

At just a tad under 10K, the narzo 50 from the surging brand realme is among our top picks in the best buys smartphone category -- with a balanced set of features and thumbs up, all-around performance.

The narzo 50 could take in all-comers and still be very competitive what with its impressive performance stats:

Smooth 120hz Display, long-lasting battery, above-par cameras and gaming-centric processor.

realme narzo 50 specs

  • Dimensions: 164.1mm x 75.5mm Depth ≈ 8.5mm
  • Weight ≈ 194g
  • Display: 6.6-inch Full HD+ 120hz refresh rate
  • Processor: Helio G96 processor
  • Memory: 6GB LPDDR4X RAM
  • Storage: 128GB internal storage
  • Cameras:
  • Rear Camera: 50-megapixel f/1.8 main camera with PDAF + 2-megapixel f/2.4 macro camera + 2-megapixel f/2.4 mono camera
  • Front Camera: 16-megapixel f/2.0 selfie camera
  • Battery: 5000mAh battery with 33w fast charging
  • Connectivity: 4G, LTE WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0,
  • Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner

We've sized up the narzo 50 and found the volume rocker on the left side just below the sim card tray, which can hold two sims, and a microSD card. The power button, which also doubles as a fingerprint scanner, sits on the right, easily reachable. At the bottom, there’s a USB-C port, a loudspeaker and a headphone jack.

On the back is the triple cameras neatly arranged in a rectangular module, with the fourth circle serving as the LED flash.

realme is not joking when it bragged about the narzo 50’s Kevlar Speed Texture Design -- is, in fact, inspired by the Kevlar design on racing cars. This resulted to a sleek gaming-inspired look and that Fast and Furious feel.

Even the two color options are rightfully tagged as Speed Black and Speed Blue

The narzo 50 has a good level of grip, thanks to the curved sides, or you can use the jelly case to be able to play long hours, sweaty hands and all.

narzo 50

The narzo 50 is a good gaming phone with its 6.6-inch screen with a Full HD+ resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 180Hz touch sampling rate. The narzo 50 has a 120Hz Ultra Smooth Display which means it supports higher FPS (frames per second) games and allows for buttery smooth scrolling between apps. It also has a touch sampling rate of 180Hz allowing faster reaction times and faster commands, or less lags.

The narzo 50 can reach up to 480 nits of brightness and 600 nits on auto under direct sunlight. Its large screen has a 90.8% body to screen ratio that also makes it a good entertainment device.

It's a decent shooter, with default camera modes that include Night, Video, Photo, portrait, 50MP. Plus more to access dual view video, slow-mo, timelapse, movie, Pro, Pano, text scanner, and ultra macro.

Our camera verdict: The narzo 50 captures quality images with its 50MP AI Triple Camera setup. The 50MP Primary Camera makes your pictures clearer and brighter, the B&W lens gives that special artistic effect for portraits.

Its 16MP Selfie Camera is selfie good, in its price point, and especially when using portrait mode. For videos, the narzo 50 can shoot up to 1080 on both back and front cameras, and both can take decent videos.

With a Helio G96 processor that’s paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage, the narzo 50 is no pushover in gaming department. It also carries with it realme UI’s Game Space app that allows mobile gamers to choose different performance modes -- from low power, to balanced and Pro Gamer Mode.

The narzo 50 comes with Dynamic Expansion RAM which means it can have RAM of up to 11GB with 6GB baked in plus 5GB allocated for DRE using the device’s internal storage, very good for multitasking and handling heavier workloads.

For battery, the narzo 50 has a 5000mAh battery, able to pull off more than 15 hours of drive. The narzo 50 also supports 33w fast charging, and fully juiced up in around an hour.

Guys, we have a winner in the narzo 50 from realme.

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