REALME 5S VS REDMI NOTE 8

Realme 5s vs Redmi Note 8: At Rs 9,999 which one should you buy?

Realme 5s vs Redmi Note 8: Which one should you buy?

Let's take a quick look at how the Realme 5s and the Redmi Note 8 compare in terms of specs.

--As far as the design is concerned both the phones look good but the Redmi Note 8 has a slightly upper edge because of the glass body design. The Redmi Note 8 comes with Gorilla Glass 5 protection on both front and back. The Realme 5s includes Corning Gorilla Glass 3+ protection on the front. The back panel of the phone offers plastic made diamond cut design. Overall, the Redmi Note 8 looks more premium.

--Coming to the screen, in this department too the Redmi Note 8 is a notch above. The Realme 5s comes with 6.5-inch LCD multi-Touch display that offers 1600x720-pixel resolution at 269 PPI. The Realme 5s includes Mini-Drop on top of the screen that includes the selfie camera. In comparison, the Redmi Note 8 comes with a 6.3-inch FHD+ display. The Xiaomi phone also comes with dot drop notch that includes the selfie camera.

--Hardware is one area where both the phones go hand in hand. Both the Realme 5s and the Redmi Note 8 are powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 665 processor. The Redmi Note 8 comes paired with up to 6GB RAM and up to 128GB storage. This one comes with an expandable storage option of up to 512GB storage. In comparison, the Realme X2 Pro comes paired with up 4GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage. This phone also comes with an expandable storage option of up to 256GB.

--Both the phones include four cameras on the back. The Redmi Note 8 includes a primary 48MP image sensor, 8MP secondary ultra-wide sensor, 2MP depth sensor and 2MP macro lens. In comparison the Realme 5s comes with 48MP main sensor, 8MP wide angle camera, 2MP depth sensor and 2MP macro lens. Both phones come with lots of AI camera features. For selfies both the phones include 13MP camera.

--In the battery department the Realme phone is a notch above the Redmi phone. The Realme 5s comes with 5000mAh battery with 10W charging support. In comparison, the Redmi Note 8 comes with a 4000mAh battery. The interesting bit is the Xiaomi phone comes with 18W fast charging support in the box. The Realme phone comes with micro USB while the Redmi Note 8 comes with Type C support.

--On the software front the Realme 5s and the Redmi Note 8 come with Android 9 Pie based on ColorOS and MIUI 10, respectively. Xiaomi has confirmed that all Redmi Note 8 users will get MIUI 11 update before the end of this year.

--Both the phones include a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. There's also AI-based face unlock support. The phones also include 3.5mm headphone jack.

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Overall the Realme 5s appears to be a decent phone at the price of Rs 9,999. The Redmi Note 8 is more than just decent. In the full review of the Note 8, we called it the "best smartphone under Rs 10,000". Both the Realme and Redmi phone come with same price tag.

At the same price of Rs 9,999 the Redmi Note 8 appears to be a better phone with FHD+ screen, premium design, more RAM, more storage, 18W fast charging in the box and Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Overall, the Redmi Note 8 -- in almost all aspects -- appears to be a better option when compared to the Realme 5s.