Best Budget 5G Smartphone 2021 - Realme 8 5G Unboxing & Quick Review

So let's beat around the bush as they say here in the UK. The Realme 8 5G is a front runner for the best 5G smartphone under £250.. so let's get a look at this thing.

The backside of the Realme 8 5G is unique. Apparently, when shaken the Realme 8 5G reflects a dynamic speed light effect... You gamers out this inspired by final fantasy the movie... Realme is calling this supersonic blue.

The Realme 8 5G is also has a pretty slim waistline at just 8.5mm...and weighs in at 185Grams.

It has a side-mounted fingerprint reader...whether you're a lefty or a righty...and if you have no thumbs...it does have face unlock & a favorite feature of mine an analog headphone jack for lag-free hi Res audio via the wire.

When it comes to Rom & Ram the Realme 8 5G goes all the way to 128GB & 8GB of Ram....of course, there is are cheaper variants with less storage.... starting from 179 quid.

But you're gonna love this. When you eject the SIM tray. It can accommodate 2 sims & up to a terabyte of expandable memory...so there's plenty of room for aggressive expansion.

No, let's talk about the main attraction when it comes to most smartphones...the display. The Realme 8 5G has an FHD+ IPS display that supports a 90Hz refresh rate....for context the iPhone 12 screen is just 60Hz.

One of the advantages LED used to have over OLED is brightness...and this screen is adequately bright at 600 nits & Equal to an iPhone's brightness.

Now let's talk about the shooters. The Realme 8 5G has three smoking barrels... A primary 48MP, a Black and white 2mp portrait lens & a 2mp Macro shooter.

Flip it over and we have a bullet hole 16mp selfie snapper. Here are some camera samples.

Now, you know what the problem with any device that's smart...when out of power. They become pretty stupid....but not so fast here.

Because it comes with an 18watt fast charger & a massive 5000mAh cell that pumps power through its electrical veins....so to speak. Speed is important too, I believe in Speed & power are important in smartphones.

Inside the Realme 8, 5G is the new Mediatek Dimensity 700 which supports... I'm not sure if I mentioned it supports 5G.

It's a 7nm chipset... Simply put. It's powerful, it's fast and energy-efficient & it clocks in at 950MHz, the force behind the 90Hz display and it can even support dual 5G Sims simultaneously...of course, it does way more than that...but ain't nobody got time for that right now.

Hit me up in the comments if you want to know more.

When it comes to the UI. It is android, so navigating the device will be familiar to any Android user out there. If you're an Apple user and you're thinking about jumping ship. You'll be surprised at how similar you can make the interface to iPhones thanks to Realme's UI 2.0.