Realme’s cookie-cutter design components for its smartphones appear to be working in its favour, and kicking 2021 off are two new fashions referred to as the Realme X7 and the Realme X7 Professional. Each smartphones have been introduced final yr in China, although with totally different names, and are making their solution to our market now. Right now we’ll be trying out the Realme X7 Professional that is priced at Rs. 29,999, which by the seems to be of it, slots in between the Realme X7 and the Realme X50 Professional (Evaluate).
This is among the first smartphones in India to characteristic MediaTek’s Dimensity collection 5G SoCs. It additionally boasts of a high-refresh-rate show, super-fast charging and loads of cameras. So far as the competitors goes, it takes on telephones such because the OnePlus Nord (Evaluate) and the Oppo Reno 5 Professional 5G (Evaluate). So does the X7 Professional 5G provide higher worth than both of those? Let’s discover out.
Realme X7 Professional 5G value and variants
Realme has launched the X7 Professional 5G in India in a single configuration, with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. That is LPDDR4X RAM and UFS 2.1 storage, nevertheless there is not any assist for expandable storage within the type of a microSD card slot. There are two color choices — Mystic Black and Fantasy — of which the latter is the one I’ve. It has an iridescent glass rear panel and appears fairly funky, however I actually want Realme hadn’t embossed its slogan on the again. This might have been stored on the bundled case as a substitute. Fortunately, the black model would not have this writing.
Realme X7 Professional 5G design and specs
The Realme X7 Professional 5G seems to be fairly much like the Realme 7 Professional (Evaluate), particularly the design of the rear digital camera module. One-handed use is sort of snug due to the slim physique and comparatively low weight of 184g. The bodily buttons have tactile really feel and the polycarbonate body feels sturdy. The glass again and the pre-applied display protector do decide up a number of fingerprints, however these are straightforward to wipe off.
The Realme X7 Professional has a well-recognized design however with a brand new ‘Fantasy’ end for the glass again
The show is among the highlights of the Realme X7 Professional, and Realme hasn’t held again. It is a 6.55-inch full-HD+ Tremendous AMOLED panel with an in-display fingerprint sensor, 120Hz refresh charge, Gorilla Glass 5, and assist for HDR video playback. You get slim bezels across the show and a claimed peak brightness of 1,200nits. This show seems to be nice, contact response is correct, and content material may be very legible even beneath vibrant lights.
The Realme X7 Professional 5G is lacking a headphone socket, nevertheless it does include a Sort-C to three.5mm adapter within the field. The remainder of the field contents are a 65W adapter, USB Sort-C cable, case, and the SIM eject software.
One other characteristic price noting is the usage of MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000+ 5G SoC, which we not too long ago noticed in motion in Oppo’s Reno 5 Professional 5G. It is fairly a power-efficient SoC with robust CPU and GPU efficiency. There’s additionally dual-band Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5, NFC, assist for 5 satellite tv for pc navigation programs, and the same old suite of sensors.
Realme X7 Professional 5G efficiency and battery life
The Realme X7 Professional 5G ran easily within the quick time I needed to take a look at it. I did not discover any unwarranted heating, system lag, or slowdowns of any variety. The 120Hz show makes utilization really feel fluid, and the telephone will routinely change between 120Hz and 60Hz based mostly on the app getting used. Nonetheless, it isn’t adaptive like we not too long ago noticed on the Samsung Galaxy S21 Extremely 5G (Evaluate), so even when no contact enter is registered, the show will proceed to run at 120Hz. This wasn’t a really massive deal in my expertise because it did not appear to adversely have an effect on battery life an excessive amount of.
The Realme X7 Professional contains a vivid AMOLED show with slim bezels throughout
Realme claims that the in-display fingerprint sensor is thinner than one utilized in its earlier fashions, and in my expertise, it really works simply in addition to earlier than. A lightweight contact is all that is wanted for a profitable unlock. Face recognition is equally fast and works very nicely even in poor lighting, which has been a working theme on Realme smartphones.
The Realme X7 Professional 5G continues to be working Realme UI 1.zero, based mostly on Android 10. The following model based mostly on Android 11 continues to be a piece in progress, though Realme has began an early entry program for a few of its smartphones. There’s not a lot that we have not already seen. Realme UI is sort of polished at this level and is straightforward to get used to. It is nonetheless flooded with bloatware, though most of that may be eliminated. The Browser app specifically is infamous for sending spammy notifications, even for those who’ve by no means opened the app. You may must dive into its settings to disable this behaviour.
Gaming and media efficiency was wonderful. The Realme X7 Professional 5G posted robust benchmark numbers; higher than what the Oppo Reno 5 Professional 5G managed. Video games equivalent to Oceanhorn and Name of Responsibility Cellular ran effortlessly, with out inflicting any kind of heating situation. The telephone has a vapour chamber cooling system, which appears to be doing its job fairly successfully. The X7 Professional 5G has stereo audio system together with Dolby Atmos, which collectively, produce wealthy and pretty detailed audio.
Even with heavy use, the four,500mAh battery simply managed to get me by means of one full day. The 65W SuperDart quick charging implies that this telephone might be charged as much as 91 p.c in half an hour, which may be very fast. The Realme X7 Professional 5G lasted for 16 hours, 42 minutes in our HD video loop take a look at, which once more, is sweet.
The Realme X7 Professional has a four,500mAh battery and helps 65W quick charging
Realme X7 Professional 5G cameras
The Realme X7 Professional 5G has a well-recognized digital camera configuration which we have seen on a few of its earlier smartphones. You get a 32-megapixel selfie digital camera on the entrance, and on the again, there are 4 sensors which embody a 64-megapixel essential digital camera, an Eight-megapixel ultra-wide angle digital camera, a 2-megapixel monochrome digital camera, and a 2-megapixel macro digital camera. You may shoot as much as 4K 60fps video however solely with the principle rear digital camera. The selfie digital camera is restricted to capturing 1080p video. Different video options embody Nightscape for video, AI Color Portrait, and real-time video bokeh results — all of which we have seen in earlier Realme smartphones.
The Realme X7 Professional has 4 rear cameras and a 32-megapixel selfie digital camera
The Realme X7 Professional 5G captures good particulars and publicity in panorama pictures. HDR is dealt with nicely and there is not any shutter lag when capturing through the day. I had the ‘AI scene’ toggle switched off since I choose a extra pure tone, however for those who like punchy colors then you possibly can allow it. The 16-megapixel pixel-binned images that this telephone captures by default provide superb particulars, even for close-up pictures, though you possibly can shoot on the full 64-megapixel decision if wanted. The ultra-wide angle digital camera has its makes use of however take into account that particulars are weaker. The monochrome digital camera is barely used when you choose the ’06’ filter in Portrait mode, whereas the macro digital camera produces predictably satisfactory outcomes if there’s ample gentle.
Realme X7 Professional essential digital camera pattern (faucet to see bigger picture)
Realme X7 Professional 5G close-up digital camera pattern
Realme X7 Professional 5G Nightscape ultra-wide digital camera pattern (faucet to see bigger picture)
Realme X7 Professional 5G indoors selfie Portrait digital camera pattern (faucet to see bigger picture)
Whereas the rear cameras are pretty dependable through the day, they have an inclination to essentially battle in low gentle. Common low-light pictures do not pack in a number of element however Nightscape helps in getting higher exposures. Even so, I seen a number of undesirable noise which made very darkish areas look patchy. That is much more pronounced when utilizing Nightscape with the ultra-wide angle digital camera. The X7 Professional 5G additionally struggles to concentrate on close-up topics in very darkish situations. Nonetheless, give the sensors sufficient synthetic gentle and you will get some very usable pictures.
Video high quality is first rate at 4K with good stabilisation, and the autofocus adjusted rapidly after I modified my body. The outcomes have been grainy after I was capturing at evening, and whereas the Extremely Night time video mode does enhance the ISO to make the output brighter, I misplaced out on texture high quality in consequence.
The selfie digital camera manages to seize first rate photographs beneath good gentle, nevertheless regardless of turning off the sweetness filter, pores and skin tones nonetheless ended up wanting smoothened. The Realme X7 Professional 5G captures usable selfies indoors however for those who’re capturing open air at evening, you will want the display flash.
Total, the cameras on the Realme X7 Professional 5G do a good job for those who’re capturing through the day, however battle to ship passable leads to low gentle.
The Realme X7 Professional 5G is sweet worth for what it presents
Verdict
The Realme X7 Professional 5G checks most of the containers for a stable mid-range “flagship killer”, and in some ways, seems like a worthy successor to the Realme X2 Professional (Evaluate). It presents a vivid show, clean efficiency, nice battery life, very quick charging, and first rate cameras for daylight capturing. The addition of stereo audio system and assist for 5G makes it potential different to the OnePlus Nord, despite the fact that the storage is restricted to simply 128GB.
Nonetheless, I feel Realme may have achieved much more to make this a memorable smartphone and actually set it other than its mainstream quantity collection. The design, as an example, is much like that of the corporate’s 7 collection, and most of the X7 Professional’s options are additionally obtainable in Realme’s extra reasonably priced fashions. The cameras aren’t very spectacular in low gentle both; an space wherein Oppo’s Reno 5 Professional 5G pulls forward. After which there’s the software program, which continues to be Android 10 when most different producers are launching telephones based mostly on Android 11.
The Realme X7 Professional 5G presents good worth at Rs. 29,999, however in comparison with the OnePlus Nord and Oppo Reno 5 Professional 5G, it merely is not as thrilling accurately.
