Realme C55 India launch officially teased, likely to debut later this month

Highlights
  • Realme has started teasing the launch of a new smartphone in India.
  • The device, in all likelihood, will be the Realme C55.
  • The entry-level Realme C55 will likely launch later this month in the country.

Realme is gearing up to launch a new C-series smartphone in India, dubbed the Realme C55. The brand has been teasing the arrival of the device in the country for a while now and now, a new event page for the upcoming smartphone has been made live on the company’s official website. The Realme C55 is going to offer an iPhone 14 Pro series-like Dynamic Island, called the Mini Capsule. It expands to display notifications like charging, full battery and low battery prompts, data consumptions, music playback notifications, and more.

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The Realme C55 has already launched in Indonesia, so its specifications and features are more or less known.

Realme C55 India launch imminent

Realme C55 landing page

As seen in the event page screenshot above, the Realme C55 is likely to launch soon in India. We can expect the device to arrive in the country later this month. The event has the caption “Entertainment Ka Champion” and suggests that the device is coming soon. The Realme C-series of smartphones are usually marketed with such tag lines, leading us to believe that the event page is made for the Realme C55 device.

Realme C55 specifications

If the same device which launched in Indonesia launches in India as well, we can expect the Realme C55 to feature a 6.52-inch 90Hz refresh rate IPS LCD panel. Under the hood, the Realme C55 will be powered by a MediaTek Helio G88 processor, which will be paired with up to 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB internal storage.

In terms of cameras, the Realme C55 will feature a 64MP main camera with PDAF and a 2MP depth sensor. At the front, the device will make room for an 8MP selfie shooter. Coming to the battery of the device, the Realme C55 will have a 5,000mAh battery with support for 33W SuperVOOC fast charging over a USB Type-C charging port. Lastly, the Realme C55 will boot Android 13-based Realme UI 4.0 skin out of the box.

Key Specs

realme C55
MediaTek Helio G88 | 4 GBProcessor
6.72 inches (17.07 cm) Display
64 MP + 2 MPRear camera
8 MPSelfie camera
5000 mAh Battery
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realme C55 Price
Rs. 12,499
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Review Summary

Expert Rating
7.0/10

Design
★  
7.5
/10
Display
★  
7.0
/10
Software
★  
7.0
/10
Camera
★  
7.0
/10
Performance
★  
7.0
/10
Battery
★  
7.0
/10

Pros

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

Cons

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