realme C55 vs Tecno Spark 10C

Comparing the realme C55 vs Tecno Spark 10C across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both realme C55 and Tecno Spark 10C run at the same processing speed of 2.0 GHz.

Display: realme C55 offers a screen size of 6.72 inches, while Tecno Spark 10C offers 6.6 inches, making realme C55 the larger display of the two. Both realme C55 and Tecno Spark 10C feature the same IPS LCD display.

Rear Camera: realme C55 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 64 MP, while Tecno Spark 10C offers 16 MP, making realme C55 better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both realme C55 and Tecno Spark 10C feature a 8 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Tecno Spark 10C delivers longer battery life with None, while realme C55 delivers 10h 28m, making Tecno Spark 10C the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: realme C55 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Tecno Spark 10C offers 128 GB, making realme C55 the better option for storage.

User Rating: realme C55 receives a higher user rating of 4.4, while Tecno Spark 10C has a rating of 4.

realme C55

₹10,999

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Tecno Spark 10C

₹11,800

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

21 Mar, 2023

26 Apr, 2023

14 May, 2026

Performance


MediaTek Helio G88	N/A	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM

Display


6.72 inches (17.07 cm)	6.6 inches (16.76 cm)	6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
IPS LCD	IPS LCD	AMOLED
1080x2400 px (FHD+)	720x1612 px (HD+)	1440x3168 px (QHD+)
90 Hz Refresh Rate	90 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


64 MP Primary Camera	16 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	200 MP Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
2 MP Depth Camera	0.08 MP Depth Camera	200 MP Telephoto Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera


8 MP	8 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	5000 mAh	6600 mAh
33W Super VOOC Charging	18W Fast Charging	100W Flash Charging
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	128 GB	512 GB
eMMC 5.1	UFS 2.2	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

7.0/10

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N/A

8.7/10

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Pros

Attractive design
Good daylight photography
Decent battery life
Mini capsule looks promising

Device yet to be reviewed

Stellar and versatile three-lens camera system
Excellent performance
Bright and crisp 2K AMOLED display

Cons

Portrait mode could have been better
Finicky fingerprint scanner
Bloatware and ads

Device yet to be reviewed

Battery life could have been better
Very expensive with camera kit
No shortcut key

User Ratings

4.4/5

(115,343 ratings)

4/5

(326 ratings)

4.6/5

(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

10h 28m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A	15h 10m Battery Life (PC Mark)
N/A	N/A	3,977,648 AnTuTu Score

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₹10,999

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Video

1 Video

There are no videos available for the device.

1 Video

User Feedback

General

Launch Date

Mar 21, 2023

(Official)

Apr 26, 2023

(Official)

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v13

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

Realme UI

HiOS

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Best In Class

Chipset

MediaTek Helio G88

N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Octa core

2 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A75 1.8 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55

Octa core, 2 GHz

Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.62 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

N/A

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

12 nm

N/A

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-G52 MC2

N/A

Adreno 840

RAM

4 GB / 6 GB / 8 GB

8 GB

16 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A

3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

36.0 s

N/A

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

6,450

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

4.0 %

N/A

7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

34.3 %

N/A

21.7 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Avg

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.72 inches (17.07 cm)

6.6 inches (16.76 cm)

6.82 inches (17.32 cm)

Resolution

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

720x1612 px (HD+)

1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Brightness

680 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

480 nits

4500 nits

Refresh Rate

90 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.8:9

Pixel Density

392 ppi

267 ppi

510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

86.74 %

85.15 %

89.7 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

Yes with waterdrop notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

91.4 %

N/A

94.49 %

Design

Height

165.6 mm

163.8 mm

162.98 mm

Width

75.9 mm

75.4 mm

76.81 mm

Thickness

7.8 mm

8.5 mm

8.19 mm

Weight

189.5 grams

N/A

232 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Glass

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Best In Class

Resolution

64 MP
Primary Camera

16 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoom Wide Angle

200 MP
Primary Camera105x Digital Zoom 3.7x Optical Zoomf/1.8535 mm focal length LYT 901 0.7µm pixel size

2 MP
Depth Camera

0.08 MP
Depth Camera

200 MP
f/2.67 Telephoto Camera85 mm focal length 1/1.28" sensor size

N/A

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

Autofocus

Yes

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

9000 x 7000 Pixels

4616 x 3464 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Starry Mode

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

10 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps

Full HD @30 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60/120 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera

8 MP
Wide Angle Primary Camera

50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

Flash

N/A

Yes Dual LED

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

N/A

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

5000 mAh

6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

Quick Charging

Yes 33W Super VOOC Charging 100% in 63 minutes

Yes 18W Fast Charging

Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

10h 28m

N/A

15h 10m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

1h 0m 34s

N/A

0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB / 128 GB

128 GB

512 GB

Storage Type

eMMC 5.1

UFS 2.2

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 1 TB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.1

Yes

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Side

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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₹10,999

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Not Available in any store

₹159,999

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