Realme Narzo 30A: review

Narzo 30A- a budget oriented smartphone which was launched with the Narzo 30 Pro which I had reviewed it earlier- https://msjtalks.blogspot.com/2021/02/narzo-30-pro-review.html

So let's have a look at this as it competes the newly launched Motorola E7 power, the Poco M3 and the Redmi 9 power, so let's see how does it match up with it's competition. So let's begin:

BOX CONTENTS

There’s a big Narzo logo on the box. Sliding the box, first up is the case of the phone, the device itself, 10Watt normal charger with type-C cable, SIM ejector pin and some papers & warranty.

DESIGN & BUILT

This time there’s a change in the design. Yes it’s polycarbonate back but it has stripe design with dual shade and a small narzo logo. Also, it has curved edges. The phone weighs at around 212 grams with 9.9mm of thickness. Physical overview- On the top is nothing, On the left is the dedicated micro SD card slot,. However on the right are the volume rockers with a normal power button. Towards the bottom are the ports for the 3.5mm headphone jack, a mic, type-C port and speaker. There is a Dual camera setup for the rear with a rear fingerprint scanner and for the front is the punch hole notch.

RAM & STORAGE  

RAM	LPDDR4X
STORAGE	eMMC 5.1

 SOFTWARE

The phone runs a custom OS that is Realme UI 1.0 with Android 10, they should have given Android  11, but the good is that they don't have any banned apps or system ads. So, the software experience turn out to be very good. And we should not expect Android 11 now at this price segment.

CONNECTIVITY

v  Bluetooth v5.0

v  Dual band Wi-fi

v  GPS Glonass

v  Dual 4G VOLTE

Additional features- Widewine L1, Camera 2 api and supports all the necessary sensors.

AUDIO 

Audio quality is pretty decent. Loudness & Music quality are on point. Even the 3.5mm headphone jack works decent as tested by some popular tech reviewers.

SECURITY & BIOMETRICS

Has a rear fingerprint sensor and a Face Unlock, both are work pretty fast.

DISPLAY

The display is 6.5inch HD+ water drop notch 60Hz display. Screen to body ratio 88.7% ratio. The display is bright enough, viewing angles are decent enough. Multimedia experience will be satisfactory. Overall display used is acceptable at this price point.

PERFORMANCE

The processor used is the Mediatek Helio G85. We all know how good this chipset is at 10-12k price range.

On brief :

CLOCK SPEED	2.0GHz
NANOMETER	12nm
CPU	Arm Mali-G52
GPU	Mali G52

  Processor is very good for day-to-day usage and can also do heavy gaming with medium to high graphics easily.

BATTERY

It has 6000mah massive battery with only 10W charger in the box (no support for fast charging), which charges the phone from 0-100 in 120-140 minutes. Yes, charging the phone takes a lot of time but it gives good battery backup. The battery is improved from its predecessor by 1000mah, so the battery easily lasts longer.

CAMERA

PRIMARY	13mp
APERTURE	F/2.2
SENSOR	NOT MENTIONED
VIDEO	1080p (max)
FEATURES	Slow motion video, portrait, Night mode, AI beauty, chroma boost etc
SECOND CAMERA	2mp black & white
FRONT CAMERA	8mp
APERTURE	f/2.0
VIDEO	720p

Camera is sharp enough but yes dynamic range is not that good, it’s acceptable at this price. The camera overall is a good one. If we compare with its rivals not the best but one of the best in it’s segment.

PRICE & OPINION

PRICE
3/32gb	Rs 8,999
4/64gb	Rs 9,999

 All in all the phone is a very competitive, simply because of it’s price to features. You surely don’t get a Helio G85 at the price tag of Rs 10k or below. So if you are more into gaming and want an affordable phone, do check this out.