realme 2 Pro

Let me tell you right off the gate – the Realme 2 Pro takes incredible pictures, second only to Xiaomi's Mi A2 in its price segment. The smartphone ships with a 16MP selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture towards the front, and comes with a dual-camera setup at the back. Now, while the primary shooter at the back features a 16MP, f/1.7 aperture, Sony IMX 398 sensor, the brand hasn't disclosed any details about the assisting shooter. As per the company, the ‘'secondary camera serves as a highly sensitive detector that is not involved in imaging. It is mainly tasked with measuring the spatial distance of photographed objects in the portrait mode."That said, I was extremely pleased with the quality of photos from the Realme 2 Pro. Much like OPPO's offerings, the selfie camera on the Realme 2 Pro is a beast and the device captures excellent selfies with a ton of details. The colour reproduction is quite nice, provided you turn off the Beauty AI and the selfies I clicked with the device were evenly-exposed too. What's more, despite not shipping with a dual-camera setup on the front, the smartphone can still click portrait selfies by some software trickery. The end result isn't very flattering, as the blur effect creeps into the edges of the subject but it's still a nice tool to have in your arsenal. The dual rear-cameras on the Realme 2 Pro are fantastic shooters too, albeit fall behind Xiaomi's offering. Under ideal lighting conditions, I noticed that the Mi A2 handled dynamic range a lot better than the RealMe 2 Pro. While the Realme 2 Pro makes the scene appear more pleasing by boosting up the saturation, the Mi A2 clicked truer-to-life pictures. Furthermore, upon zooming in, the Mi A2 retained more details in the macros and it was quicker to focus on a subject too. Lastly, if you're a night owl with a penchant for photography, then you should know that the Mi A2 is a far better shooter under lowlight scenarios. Here are some images shot using the Realme 2 Pro.With that said, if you do end up buying the Realme 2 Pro, then you won't be disappointed with the handset's camera prowess. The portrait mode on the handset is really good as it has a controlled and convincing blur effect. Turn the page over to landscape shots and you'll be pleased with the details and the vibrancy of the image too. Moreover, unlike me, I'm sure your capture device is also going to be your display device. Therefore, so long as you're not looking at the images you shot with the smartphone at a 150-percent crop, you probably won't find many faults in the pictures.

Driving the performance on the smartphone is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 AIE octa-core processor which works alongside the Adreno 512 GPU. My review unit of the device shipped with a whopping 8GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage, though you can pick the device up in 4GB/64GB and 6GB/64GB configurations too.Unsurprisingly, the smartphone's powerful specs translate into excellent day-to-day performance and I didn't notice any hiccups during my time with the device. Apps opened swiftly, multi-tasking was fluid and navigating through the UI was buttery smooth too. I was pleased with the device's RAM management as well, which allowed me to jump in and out of applications quickly without having to wait for them to load again. The Realme 2 Pro impressed me with its gaming capabilities too, and I managed to run PUBG at medium settings comfortably. Casual games like PigeonPop, Clash Royale and Leo's Fortune were a walk in the park for the smartphone and everything considered, the Realme 2 Pro offers an excellent price to performance ratio. For software, the smartphone runs Android Oreo 8.1 based ColorOS v5.2 out of the box. The overall interface remains the same as you might've witnessed on the brand's previous offerings and therefore, I won't go into too much depth here. Some notable features of the custom skin include the addition of a Smart Sidebar, which gives you quick access to various apps as well as some system shortcuts like screen recording. Overall, the software feels minimal, clean and doesn't ship with a ton of bloatware, which makes it a win in my books. The Realme 2 Pro sips juice from a 3,500mAh battery which lasted me a full day on heavy usage. And by that, I mean constantly texting friends on WhatsApp, staying connected on other social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, listening to music for a good number of hours via Apple Music and watching some videos on YouTube. I threw in a couple sessions of Clash Royale too and yet, the smartphone still had around 20 percent of juice left by the time I hit the bed.