5 best features of the realme 8i

The realme 8i is the company's newest smartphone in the Philippines that starts under PHP 10K. Here are 5 of its best features. Read on!

Top 5 features of the realme 8i

Update: We updated this article as realme officially made the realme 8i official in the Philippines.

Top 5 highlights of the realme 8i

Beautiful back design

1. Beautiful design - The realme 8i has a shiny finish with two colors in Space Purple and Space Black. It is a different look compared to the realme 8s 5G that has a more matte look. It also has a square camera bump housing the triple-camera setup and LED flash. It also has a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera.

120Hz FHD+ screen

2. 120Hz FHD+ screen - It has a 6.6-inch LCD screen with 2412 x 180 FHD+ resolution. It also highlights a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate with a 180Hz touch sampling rate. The adaptive refresh rate can switch between 30Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz, 90Hz, and 120Hz. This is ideal for different uses like 30Hz when the screen is not in use, 48Hz for movies, and 90 to 120Hz when gaming. It can extend battery life as well.

AnTuTu score with Helio G96 processor

3. Helio G96 processor - The realme 8i has the 2.05GHz 12nm MediaTek Helio G96 octa-core processor, Mali-G57 MC2 GPU, up to 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM, and 128GB UFS 2.1 storage. It also has 5GB virtual RAM for a total of 11GB extended RAM. The realme 8i is touted to have 65 percent more performance compared to the realme 7i. This means smoother gaming and overall performance.

4. 5,000mAh with 18W fast charging - The battery is also big on the realme 8i with a 5,000mAh capacity. With the adaptive refresh rate, you can expect to have an optimized battery performance. It will be more than enough to last you a full day of working, gaming, and entertainment. For charging, it has an18W fast charging technology.

50MP triple camera setup

5. 50MP triple camera - The realme 8i has a triple camera setup with 50MP f/1.8 Samsung JN1 main sensor + 2MP monochrome portrait sensor + 2MP f/2.4 4cm macro sensor w/ LED flash. It also has a 16MP f/2.45 selfie sensor. With realme's software optimization and camera app features, we can expect superb photography performance.

realme 8i Specs

Display: 6.6-inch 2.5D curved LCD w/ 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, FHD+ 2412 x 1080 resolution at 400 ppi

CPU: 2.05GHz 12nm MediaTek Helio G96 octa-core processor

GPU: Mali-G57 MC2

RAM: 4GB/6GB LPDDR4X

ROM: 64GB/128GB UFS 2.1 expandable via microSD card slot up to 1TB (dedicated)

Back Camera: 50MP f/1.8 Samsung JN1 w/ PDAF + 2MP f/2.4 4cm macro + 2MP f/2.4 B&W + LED flash

Selfie Camera: 16MP f/2.45

Battery: 5,000mAh w/ 18W fast charging

OS: Android 11 w/ realme UI 2.0

Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), dual VoLTE 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, OTG, FM Radio, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, dual SIM

Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic

Others: Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, face unlock, dual-mic, USB-C, Colors: Space Black, Stellar Purple

Dimensions: 164.1 x 75.5 mm x 8.5 mm

Weight 194 g

Price: PHP 9,990 (4GB/64GB), PHP 11,990 (6GB/128GB)

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