Realme Narzo 50A Prime announced: Check features and price
What's the story
Realme has announced another entry-level handset, called the Narzo 50A Prime, in Indonesia. The newly-introduced device follows the attributes of the Narzo 50 line-up. Though the handset looks similar to Realme C35 which was launched in India earlier this month, it gets a different chipset in the form of UNISOC T612 SoC. The Narzo 50A Prime is currently on sale in Indonesia.
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Why does this story matter?
With the introduction of Narzo 50A Prime, Realme is putting efforts to expand its presence in the budget smartphone segment in growing markets like Indonesia. The handset is unlikely to arrive in India as it appears to be a slightly tweaked version of the C35 that was announced here recently. The Narzo 50A Prime takes on budget smartphones from Samsung, Vivo, and Xiaomi.
Design and display
The device offers 600-nits of peak brightness
The Narzo 50A Prime has a waterdrop notch design with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, a plastic body, noticeable bezels, and flat rails. The rear panel gets a rectangular camera module. The device has a 6.6-inch Full-HD+ (1080x2408 pixels) LCD screen with a 180Hz touch sampling rate and a 20:9 aspect ratio. It supports up to 600-nits of peak brightness.
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It has a triple camera setup on the rear
The Narzo 50A Prime has a 50MP (f/1.8) main camera, a 2MP (f/2.4) macro camera, and a monochrome sensor. Up front, it has an 8MP (f/2.0) shooter for selfies and video calls.
Internals
The handset is powered by a UNISOC T612 SoC processor
The Narzo 50A Prime is fueled by an octa-core UNISOC T612 SoC processor and boots Android 11 with Realme UI R Edition. The phone packs 4GB of RAM and comes in 64GB and 128GB storage variants. The storage is expandable up to 1TB. Under the hood, it has a 5,000mAh battery which supports 18W charging via the USB Type-C port.
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Realme Narzo 50A Prime: Pricing and availability
The Realme Narzo 50A Prime is priced at IDR 19,99,000 (nearly Rs. 10,700) for the 4GB/64GB model and IDR 21,99,000 (roughly Rs. 11,700) for the 4GB/128GB model. The phone is already on sale in Indonesia in Flash Black and Flash Blue color variants.