realme C53 128GB

Coming to the meat of the matter — Realme C53's 108MP primary camera. It outputs 12MP images by default. Of course, you can also click high-res 108MP images from the phone. The camera demonstrates swift focus and shutter speeds, especially in areas with adequate lighting conditions. However, the shots that you get may leave you wanting more. While the camera is good at picking up details in bright sunny conditions, it struggles to maintain a proper contrast ratio, resulting in oversaturated colours. Moreover, even with the HDR mode enabled, the images lack dynamic range. The indoors and lowlight shots from the camera look average. The details are often crushed by the level of noise introduced in the frame, and even the dedicated night mode can't seem to restrict it effectively. Moving on to the Realme C53's 8MP front-facing camera, it simply gets the job done. However, you won't be entirely happy with the selfies due to the lack of facial detail and natural skin tones. Portraits look good in daylight, but the device could have done better with edge detection.

On the performance front, the Realme C53 is equipped with an entry-level Unisoc T612 SoC paired with 4GB or 6GB RAM. Interestingly enough, the 6GB RAM variant has 64GB storage onboard, whereas the 4GB RAM option is available with 128GB storage. Both storage options are user-expandable via a micro SD card for which there is a dedicated slot in the phone.The device performs well for basic usage, including communication, social media browsing, and streaming. While it can handle multitasking and gaming to some extent, the overall experience is average. Unfortunately, when playing BGMI with its maximum HD graphics and high frame rate settings, noticeable lag and stutter issues arise. The Realme C53's benchmarking scores reinforce this observation. It achieved 2,50,983 points on AnTuTu, whereas on the Geekbench multi-core test, it returned a score of 1,490 points. On the CPU Throttle test, the handset did reasonably well with its peak performance dropping 81 percent while running 50 threads for half an hour. The Realme C53's connectivity options include dual SIMs, dual-band Wi-Fi, 4G LTE, GPS, and Bluetooth v5.0.As for the software, the Realme C53 comes with the Realme UI T edition atop Android 13 out of the box. The UI largely resembles the regular version of Realme UI, but there are some subtle changes under the hood. Notably, the app icons, quick settings panel, and settings menu have been redesigned to resemble stock Android. It also has the dynamic mini-capsule feature, which was introduced with Realme C55 earlier this year; however, its functionality is still limited to charging or battery information.Furthermore, Realme has taken the initiative to reduce the number of proprietary apps pre-installed on the device. That is not to say that there is no bloatware. The Realme C53 comes with its share of pre-installed apps; but the good news is that many of these can be removed, allowing users to customise their app selection according to their preferences.

The Realme C53 houses a 5,000mAh battery, which gets you more than a day's battery life on light usage. This is evident from the handset's PCMark 3.0 battery test where it landed a score of 18 hours and 30 minutes. However, navigation and some gaming might reduce the phone's battery life till the end of the day. As for the charging speeds, the handset can take approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes for a full charge from nothing with the 18W charger provided in the box.