realme Narzo 70 Pro

The Realme Narzo 70 Pro camera setup includes a 50MP Sony IMX890 OIS primary sensor, assisted by an 8MP ultrawide lens and a 2MP macro unit. For selfies and video calling, the handset relies on a 16MP shooter in the punch-hole setup. Though a bit oversaturated, the picture quality appears acceptable for the price, at least in daylight. The dynamic range is slightly underwhelming, but the images still exhibit appealing with lively colours and respectable details.The phone also gets skin tones pretty accurately, while the facial details appear good too. In low light, the handset tends to struggle with details. Additionally, the images look a bit grainy even with night mode.

The Realme Narzo 70 Pro's performance is handled by the MediaTek Dimensity 7050 SoC, coupled with vapour chamber cooling tech, 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of onboard storage. This chipset ensures smooth performance for everyday use, similar to what we saw on the Realme 12+ (review). Regarding benchmark scores, the handset scored a respectable 611,860 on AnTuTu, while achieving 945 on the single-core test and 2,356 on the multi-core test on Geekbench. Additionally, the smartphone performs admirably on the CPU Throttle test, throttling to just 92 percent of its peak performance while running 50 threads for 30 minutes.The Realme Narzo 70 Pro also performs well for casual gaming. We tested the smartphone with graphically demanding games such as Call of Duty, BGMI, and Real Racing. After playing each game for half an hour, we observed a steady increase in the phone's thermal levels, while the battery level decreased by an average of 7-8 percent.Software-wise, the Realme Narzo 70 Pro runs on Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 out of the box. The handset comes with some useful third-party apps installed, including Snapchat and Facebook, which can be removed if desired. These are in addition to Google and the proprietary apps, including App Market, Community, and Game Centre. This might make the UI a bit cluttered to those accustomed to a cleaner software experience.Air GestureThe key highlight of the Narzo 70 Pro's software is the Air Gesture feature, which, as the name suggests, allows you to control the device using hand gestures. The feature is disabled by default, but can be turned on from the settings menu. It comes with 10 different gesture types. From launching apps to navigation, typing, and phone locking, the Air Gesture tracking that utilises the front camera to detect your hand movement can handle it all. However, it is a bit iffy at the moment and needs improvement for a more seamless experience.

The Realme Narzo 70 Pro houses a 5,000mAh battery, which scored a commendable 16 hours and 24 minutes on the PC Mark battery test. In our 30-minute YouTube 4K video playback test with 50 percent volume and brightness levels, the handset consumed just 4 percent battery life. This suggests that the smartphone should comfortably last over a day with regular usage between charges. Speaking of which, the Narzo 60 Pro can be fully charged from 0 to 100 percent within 45 minutes using the 67W power adaptor provided in the box.