realme P3x

The Realme P3x comes with a 50MP rear camera, a 2MP depth sensor, and an 8MP front camera. In bright conditions, the rear camera captures good-looking images with slightly boosted colours and contrast. It also offers decent dynamic range and sharpness. However, fine details are lacking across the camera system, making textures appear softer than expected.Daylight selfies look appealing, with natural skin tones, though facial details are smoothed out. Low-light performance is a mixed bag - while images have good colours and high contrast, they often appear fuzzy, even with Night Mode enabled, limiting overall clarity in darker scenes. 

The smartphone is powered by the new MediaTek Dimensity 6400 SoC, paired with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of storage which is expandable up to 1TB with a microSD card. It succeeds the Dimensity 6300, a chipset that was widely used in phones under Rs 15,000.For everyday tasks, the Dimensity 6400 holds up well. You won't run into much lag or stutter when browsing social media, streaming videos, playing casual games, or handling light multitasking. That said, it's not built for heavy workloads.If you're planning to run demanding games like BGMI or Genshin Impact, don't expect smooth performance, as the chipset lacks the raw power for extreme multitasking or high-intensity gaming.When it comes to gaming, the phone seems optimised for stable performance in moderately demanding titles. In COD: Mobile, it maintains a steady 50 fps at medium graphical settings, ensuring smooth gameplay.In BGMI, however, the frame rate is capped at 30 fps on medium settings. If you're looking for better gaming performance, the Vivo T4x (review) is a more capable alternative for handling demanding titles.On the software side, the device runs Realme UI 6 based on Android 15 out-of-the-box. The overall experience feels smooth and well optimised, with Realme's usual set of smart features. You get AI Smart Loop, which makes transferring text files between apps quicker, a handy sidebar for quick access functions, and more.My biggest complaint is the number of pre-installed apps. There's quite a lot of them, and some app folders, like the Hot Apps and Hot Games sections, need to be manually disabled through the app store. As for software updates, the support policy is fairly standard for this price range, but it's still good to have.SmartphonePre-installed appsSoftware support Realme P3x632 OS upgrades + 3 years securityVivo T4x552 OS upgrades + 3 years securityPOCO M7 Pro712 OS upgrades + 4 years security

The Realme P3x packs a sizeable 6,000mAh battery with support for 45W fast charging. The growing trend of bigger 6000mAh batteries in 2025 is definitely a welcome move, as it helps improve overall battery life. However, in our battery benchmark test, the device recorded an average score of 14 hours, which doesn't quite reflect its real-world performance. In day-to-day use, you can comfortably get a full day of battery life, even with heavy usage.I managed to get a screen-on time (SOT) of around 8-9 hours, which is great. As a heavy user, I'm quite satisfied with the battery backup, though keeping 5G enabled at all times does bring the SOT down by about 2 hours, which is not a bad trade-off. In our lab tests, the phone's battery dropped 24 percent in 2 hours of heavy usage, which is decent but slightly on the lower side for this segment.Charging times are also pretty good, with the device taking just over an hour to fully charge from 20 to 100 percent, a great result for a battery this size.SmartphoneBattery Charging timeRealme P3x6,000mAh74 minutes (45W)Vivo T4x6,500mAh67 minutes (44W)POCO M7 Pro5,110mAh53 minutes (33W)