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Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review: Great performance and support for 5G packed at an affordable price!!!

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

Realme Narzo 30 Pro combines great performance with 5G.

The Narzo series from Realme has been doing a very good job as it offers premium performance at a lower price compared to premium mid-range and other mid-range smartphones. The Realme Narzo 30 Pro is the latest smartphone that has all the right features and the most important of all it brings 5G in the budget segment.

With the Realme X7 series, Realme clearly shows that they have moved up the game and recently the Realme X7 (Review) was launched and came with some very impressive specifications that include a Mediatek Dimensity 800U chipset, capable set of cameras, and 50W fast charging. The Realme Narzo 30 Pro shares the same chipset but there are some differences.

It is priced lower compared to the Realme X7 but still has enough strength to compete with some of the rivals in the market. So is the Realme Narzo 30 Pro worth buying or should you spend some extra for the Realme X7? Let's find out in the full review. 

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Design:


Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

In terms of build and design, the Realme Narzo 30 Pro sports a polycarbonate back as found on the Realme X7 and the Realme 7 Pro. The back of the smartphone has a matte finish which does catch quite a bit of fingerprint. However, the design at the back has a slightly shiny pattern that shines when light strikes at different angles.

The back of the smartphone is slightly curved and weighs around 192 grams due to the massive 5000mAh battery. The Realme Narzo 30 Pro has a rectangular camera module that houses triple cameras with an LED flash and just to the below of the smartphone, the Narzo branding is present. The back looks quite good and feels solid in hand though.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

To the sides, the Narzo 30 Pro, there is a plastic frame running to keep costs low where on the right side, there are the volume buttons and to the left, is a power button which also has an in-built fingerprint scanner. At the bottom, there is a USB Type-C port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a primary microphone, and a loudspeaker grille.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

On the top, there is a secondary noise-canceling microphone and the smartphone does have a P2i coating at the back which makes it splash resistant against water. On the front, there is a punch-hole display on the top left with slightly thicker bezels on the top and bottom but to the sides, the bezels are minimum. 

Overall, the build quality may not be premium but still feels good.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Display:


Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

The Realme Narzo 30 Pro has a 6.5 inches Full HD+ (1080x2400 pixels) IPS LCD display with a screen-to-body ratio of 20:9. As it is an LCD panel, the color reproduction is good but the viewing angles are not as good as on some of the AMOLED displays like we found one on the Realme X7. Still, this is a brighter IPS LCD panel.

The highlight of this display is the presence of a 120Hz refresh rate which is absent on the Realme X7. So with a higher refresh rate, there is also a 180Hz touch sampling rate to ensure smooth scrolling through webpages or playing high-end games with ease. Coming to brightness, the brightness can go at 600nits which is not so higher, but under direct sunlight, it is easily visible.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

In low-light or dark, the brightness is not so good as if you look around the sides, the display is slightly reflective and the display does not go low in brightness as some of the AMOLED panels. However, considering the price, still this is one of the best LCD panels and the color temperature can be changed in the settings.

Since it is an LCD display, it does miss out on some key features like an Always-On Display, Super Night-Time Standby, and DC Dimming which is all present on the Realme X7. You do get HDR and Widevine L1 support which makes streaming videos from OTT platforms much easier. But at times, the display does feel jittery when many applications are being used.

There is a side-mounted fingerprint scanner that works quite faster compared to in-display ones and the face unlock also works well. The display does impress with a higher refresh rate and good touch response, but if you are more into consuming media, then the AMOLED display on the Realme X7 could be a better deal.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Performance:


Like the Realme X7, the Realme Narzo 30 Pro is also powered by the Mediatek Dimensity 800U chipset which is built on the efficient 7nm process. The strongest point of this chipset is the support for 5G. This chipset has an octa-core configuration that has 2x2.4 GHz Cortex A76 cores and 6x2.0 GHz Cortex A55 cores with a Mali-G57 MC3 GPU.

So as said in the Realme X7 review, all tasks like scrolling through webpages, multitasking between applications, and playing games felt much smoother on the smartphone. All heavy games like Call Of Duty, Asphalt 9 Legends, etc. played smoothly but at the highest graphics settings, there were some frame drops noticed and stutters also.

The Realme Narzo 30 Pro ships in two variants that include 6GB RAM and 64GB storage and another 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The speeds are UFS 2.1 and RAM is LPDDR4X. Realme could have provided a 256GB storage variant but the base storage should be 128GB storage.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

The Mediatek Dimensity 800U chipset provides good performance almost equivalent to Snapdragon 750G/765G chipsets in mid-range smartphones. In benchmarks, like Geekbench 5.1, the smartphone scored 592 and 1746 in single and multi-core tests, and in Antutu v8, the smartphone scored 336204 which is almost close to the scores on the Snapdragon 750G/765G. 

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

Overall, the presence of a higher refresh rate makes animations smoother during the gameplay and controls feel easy to use as it has a very good touch response. The GameSpace further provides an enhanced gaming experience and the performance with 5G feels one of the best in the mid-range segment.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Software:



Like the Realme X7, the Realme Narzo 30 Pro runs on RealmeUI 1.0 based on Android 10. It will soon get the update for Android 11 with the newer RealmeUI 2.0. This is sort of disappointing as Android 12 will be coming soon to some smartphones in Q2 2021 and this smartphone is still stuck with Android 10. 

There are a couple of Android 10 features like system-wide dark mode, navigation gestures, and Digital Wellbeing and also there is some amount of bloatware present with some Realme specific applications like Community, Studio, Paysa, etc which do consume memory. There were some minor ads present here and there but a lot of notifications are present in the UI.

Some stock applications like contacts, dialler, messages, and calendar are present. Other features include a smart sidebar, a three-finger swipe that takes a screenshot, and also you can draw different gestures on the lock screen that opens certain applications. Overall, with RealmeUI, you are getting a good software experience.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Cameras:


Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

The Realme Narzo 30 Pro just like the Realme X7 has a triple camera setup that consists of a 48MP f/1.8 main camera, an 8MP f/2.2 ultrawide camera, and a 2MP macro camera. The 48MP camera does feel a bit outdated considering the competition which is offering a 64MP camera as the main camera. On the front, there is a 16MP f/2.1 camera for selfies.

The images from the main camera come out with good details and the dynamic range is also good. The colors do not look oversaturated and there is a lot of noise present in the background. The colors do boost up when you turn on the AI Scene Detection for example when you look at the sky, the blues are much more pronounced.


Using the 48MP mode, does result in a crop from the main camera to provide better details and prevent noise. The details are good but the dynamic range takes a hit here. When you zoom into the images, the noise is clearly present and the colors do not look so good.

At night, the images from the main camera have an average dynamic range and more amount of noise. The details are good though but it does crush the details in shadows. Long exposure shots are not so good but turning on the Night Mode, brings better highlights in shadows, reduces noise, and improves the dynamic range.


The images from the ultrawide camera have an average dynamic range and good details. It has a 119-degree field of view resulting in images with a wider aperture. The colors look oversaturated here with more amount of noise and good contrast. Zooming into the images, there is softness noticed in the images and the contrast is just average.


At night, the images from the ultrawide camera have an average dynamic range and the noise is quite prominent. The colors look washed out and turning on the Night Mode, helps in improve dynamic range and the noise is reduced. There are a couple of different filters that include Cyberpunk, Flamingo, and Modern Gold like all other Realme smartphones to play with the colors.


Cyberpunk

The 2MP macro camera has a fixed focus and the images from it come out with average details and the colors look washed out slightly. Using the main camera, you can do 10x digital zoom for a better close-up image resulting in better dynamic range and more vibrant colors. The close-up image does crop to help reduce the noise though.

The portraits come out with good details and the edge detection works well. The skin tones look natural though but when you zoom into the portraits, there is some amount of noise noticed and the dynamic range is just fine. The background blur can be adjusted and it does create a bokeh effect and perfect separation of human or any subject from the background.

On the front, the selfies from the 16MP camera come out with vibrant colors and the dynamic range is good. There is some skin smoothening going which can be turned off for a more natural look. The noise is present though. The portraits have good edge detection but the dynamic range is not so good. Similarly, at night, the selfies come out with average details and the noise is quite present.

In terms of videos, the Realme Narzo 30 Pro can shoot 4K videos at 30fps. The colors look punchier with the AI mode turned on and the dynamic range is above average. There is a lot of noise and since there is no OIS or EIS, the resulting videos have more distortion and the same is the case at the night. 

The videos from the main camera at 1080p resolution become more stabilized as EIS kicks in, resulting in lesser noise and also improves the dynamic range thus keeping the exposure in check. The Ultra Steady Mode is also present which does some crop in the videos to provide better stabilization and improved color saturation.

With the Night Mode turned on, the videos do result in lesser noise and distortion with slightly better details. The ultrawide camera can shoot up to 4K videos at 30fps and for a better result, you can switch to 1080p resolution which results in better details and a good dynamic range.

On the front, there is only 1080p at 30fps video mode present. The videos have good details with a lot of noise and average dynamic range. The skin tones look natural with the AI Beauty Mode turned off and you do get portrait video mode also which results in good portrait videos with average dynamic range and the edge detection works well here. 

Overall, the cameras feel good on the Realme Narzo 30 Pro considering the price segment at which is offered but the main camera could have been better but still does a good job.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Battery Life:


Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

The Realme Narzo 30 Pro sports a larger 5000mAh battery which is 700mAh more in capacity compared to the Realme X7 which has a 4300mAh battery. The battery can easily last for one single day with heavy usage that includes playing games like Call Of Duty for 4-5 hours, streaming videos from Netflix, Youtube, and scrolling between webpages.

With the display set to 120Hz and considering normal usage, the smartphone easily lasted for one and a half days with some charge left. The standard screen-on time was around 5-6 hours which is quite impressive but still considering the larger size of the battery, the screen on time could have been better.

RealmeUI 1.0 provides a lot of battery optimizations like we have power-saving and an ultra power saving mode to conserve battery. The Super Night-Time Standby helps reduce battery during night time thus reducing some power usage. The Realme X7 also gives the same standard screen-on time though having a smaller capacity battery compared to the Realme Narzo 30 Pro.

With the smartphone, there is a 30W fast charger included inside the box. This is a slight of a downgrade when you compare it with its predecessor, the Realme Narzo 20 Pro that supports 65W fast charging which charged the smartphone from 0 to 100 percent in 35 minutes.

The 30W SuperDart charger takes around 52 minutes for a full charge from 0 to 100 percent which is slower compared to 65W charging/50W charging on the Realme X7 and the Realme 7 Pro. Overall, the battery life is good with the fast charger included inside the box.

Realme Narzo 30 Pro Audio Quality:


Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review

The Realme Narzo 30 Pro packs in a single downward-firing speaker that is adequately loud and clear while it is not as good as the Realme X7 but still the loudness levels are good and you do get Dolby Atmos for enhanced sound effect.

Realme has thankfully kept the 3.5mm headphone which the Realme X7 lacks. The sound output is very loud and clear without any distortion.

Verdict:

The Realme Narzo 30 Pro is a good mid-range smartphone that packs quite a lot of good features like a 120Hz display, a powerful Mediatek Dimensity 800U chipset with support for 5G, a larger 5000mAh battery with fast charging, and RealmeUI provides a good software experience.

It does everything right but there are certain misses like the camera performance is not as good as some of its competitors and the downgrade from 65W to 30W charging from the Realme Narzo 20 Pro. The battery life is good and when it comes to gaming and daily performance, the smartphone handles everything well.

It also supports 5G making it the cheapest smartphone to have 5G. The design needs some improvement as there is a polycarbonate back and is priced slightly higher than the Realme Narzo 20 Pro. But if you want an AMOLED display and slightly better cameras, then go for the Realme X7.

Otherwise, the smartphone has a good display, good performance with battery life, and also provides good software experience and does almost all the things that the Realme X7 does. So as a complete package, it may not be as good as the Realme X7 but at a slightly lower price does fulfill most of the requirements.


























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