Realme C17 detailed review: 90Hz screen, 5,000 battery, Snapdragon 460

Is the Realme C17 a phone worth buying?

Realme C17 is a familiar design but still beautiful in its own nature

In terms of appearance, the Realme C17 has a design similar to other devices in other segments. But the highlight in the design is the back with a beautiful color with an extremely attractive icy blue. Not only that, the back of the device will appear lines that refract light when leaning out the sunlight shining down on the sea surface.

I can say that I am quite satisfied with the design of the Realme C17. Although it is a machine in the mid-end segment, Realme C17 is cared a lot in terms of design as well as optimizing the perfection to give users the best product.

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The overall design of the Realme C17 stands out in an icy blue color.

The feel of the chin is also a factor to confirm how good the device is, the very thin and light device weighing only 188 g, even though it is equipped with a 5,000 mAh battery. Because the design lines with corners and two edges are rounded and slightly curved, the grip can be said to be very fond and firm. 

Although the back of the Realme C17 is roughened, when holding the phone in hand is still very slippery, I don't dare to hold it with one hand, but have to use it with two hands to increase confidence, you should buy a case right away. just in case. In addition, this back is very easy to get dirty, sweat and fingerprints. 

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The feeling of holding Realme C17 is very comfortable.

Realme C17 has a fingerprint sensor located behind the back, this makes it easy to touch and reach the sensor area. I am a left hand user, so using the side fingerprint sensor will be very inconvenient for me.

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The rear fingerprint sensor of the Realme C17 is easy to use.

The screen with a refresh rate of 90 Hz on the Realme C17 is impressive but not optimal

Our Realme C17 is equipped with a 6.5-inch screen, HD + resolution, IPS LCD panel, 20: 9 ratio, support 90 Hz refresh rate. The screen of Realme C17 gives me a very good experience, although the color of the device is not too bright, but still shows the authenticity of Nexflix movie content or playing colorful games.

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The screen on the Realme C17 displays very honestly, not too brilliant.

The Realme C17 is a rare machine in its price range equipped with a 90 Hz refresh rate display which is a very commendable thing. During the time I experienced, I did not realize at all that this was a screen on an intermediate device. Because every screen operation is smooth and smooth, the animation of gliding and transitions is very eye-pleasing unlike a 60 Hz display.

Besides, because the configuration of the machine is not really strong, the optimization of the Realme C17 screen is not stable. Sometimes the screen will have slight jerkiness, slowdown and a little delay. This doesn't happen very often so it won't affect my experience much.

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The Realme C17 is equipped with a 90 Hz refresh rate monitor.

The drawback on the Realme C17's screen is that the machine has a bit blue and the brightness is quite low, so when used outdoors or there is a glare phenomenon and cannot display content, this will be quite annoying for those you work or regularly work outdoors.

With a 5,000 mAh Realme C17 battery for up to 9 hours of use

Battery life is a bright spot for the Realme C17. With a 5,000 mAh battery Realme C17 gives me continuous use from the time I started unplugging the charger at 19 pm until the device ran out of battery and turned off at 3:20 a.m. the next morning, for a total of 9 hours 20 minutes. . So that you can imagine how long it will take to use, I would like to share the testing conditions as follows:

1. Experience 4 rotating tasks including: Play Lien Quan at the highest configuration level, watch YouTube, surf Facebook and use Chrome.
2. Each task uses 1 hour.
3. Screen brightness: 100%.
4. Plug in wired headphones throughout.
5. Turn on WiFi and social media notifications.
6. Do not turn on battery saver, screen adaptive, GPS and Bluetooth.
7. Dot from 100% to 0%.

Through the results obtained after using the reality as above, 9 hours and 20 minutes is a very long time of use, I think if you are a user with normal tasks, do not use the machine in conditions. Like me continuously, the device will probably give longer use time. 

In addition, I also measured the charging time of the Realme C17 through the supplied charger.

Realme C17 with Snpadragon 460 is fighting game okay?

To answer the above question, before starting to evaluate the performance of the processor equipped on Realme C17, I will go through a little bit about the parameters and configuration of the machine first:

1. CPU: Snapdragon 460 octa-core.
2. RAM: 6 GB.
3. Internal memory: 128 GB (with external memory card expansion).

First, I used popular scoring software like Geekbench 5 to measure single-core and multi-core performance parameters. Along with 3DMark to measure the 3D score of Snapdragon 460 equipped on Realme C17.

The first result comes from Geekbench 5. Realme C17 software with 250 single-core and 1,212 multi-core points. 

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Realme C17's single-core and multi-core score results were obtained from Geekbench 5 software.

And the score comes from 3DMark software, which achieved 188,566 3D graphics points and 2D graphics reached 165,152 points.

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The graphics score of Realme C17 is measured in 3DMark.

Measuring the score is done, but that has not shown the full potential of the Realme C17. Now I will conduct the practical experience of the Snapdragon 460 equipped on this Realme C17 with familiar games on the market like Lien Quan Mobile, Call Of Duty Mobile and PUBG Mobile to see if this Realme C17 can good battle game?

All the data obtained from the Prefdog software as well as the game configuration settings can be viewed  here .

First with the game Lien Quan Mobile, I have set up the game at a configuration level that the machine can play as the highest configuration, high FPS. The result is still stable at 60 FPS and lagging phenomenon will take place and FPS fluctuates from 59.7 FPS to 35 FPS when fighting occurs.

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Average FPS: 59.7, Var FPS: 82.28.

Next is Call Of Duty Mobile, I have also set up the machine in the highest configuration that the machine allows me to set at a very high image quality level, the maximum number of frames per second. Realme C17 has no longer kept the stability of the League when the frame stuttering phenomenon occurs regularly and the FPS is only at 30. To be able to play stably, you should reduce the graphics quality to game may be more stable.

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Average FPS: 30, Var FPS: 35.18.

Finally, PUBG Mobile. Perhaps this is the weakness of the Realme C17 as well as other low-cost machines, although the machine has the processor at the almost lowest configuration level, but the lag phenomenon is always happening. Machine FPS ranges continuously from 30 to 18 FPS.

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Average FPS: 25, Var FPS: 27.55.

The temperature issue is always a factor that more or less affects the experience of the machine. Like I have used the device to test the battery life continuously with different powerful tasks. During the experience, the machine heats up quite quickly but also quickly cools down.

I would like to share a little bit! If the device heats up, it will decrease performance, you should remove the case to play games or do heavy tasks so that the machine does not get stuck and overheat affects the experience and longevity of the device.

Realme C17's camera gives very impressive image quality

The configuration is not the strong point of the Realme C17, but in return the camera gives very impressive quality and before starting the camera review, I would like to talk a little bit about the camera parameters: 

1. The main camera (also the wide-angle camera) has 13 MP resolution, f / 2.2 aperture, and supports PDAF phase-detection focus.
2. Super wide angle camera, 8 MP resolution, f / 2.2 aperture.
3. Macro camera 2 MP resolution, f / 2.4 aperture.
4. Depth Camera supports 2 MP resolution, f / 2.4 aperture.

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Cluster of 4 cameras on the Realme C17.

In the coming Christmas, the cold air is gradually pouring in, mixed with the golden sunlight that is warming City, which is crowded, bustling and always busy. The image quality of Realme C17 is like sun streaks so brilliant and warm (the same temperature of the machine during long gaming sessions).

I used Realme C17 to walk around my city, make a black iced coffee, a little music and a little emotion to see the scenery of  city in the early morning. Under the lens of the Realme C17. The photos come up, beautifully and vividly.

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Photo taken by automatic mode.

I went to a market to buy some stuff and took some pictures handy, with the photo below in impressive detail, almost everything is very sharp and there is no blurring. The colors of the flowers and fruits have been reproduced brilliantly, and the fur color of the outstretched dog is also more prominent.

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Photo taken by automatic mode.

Realme C17 reproduces the color of the tower and the sky is a bit too vibrant when the golden brown color as well as the darker sky in real life.

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Photo taken by automatic mode.

In backlit conditions, the machine handles very well when colors and contrast are still very bright and vivid, and details in both highlights and shadows are very sharp.

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Photo taken in backlit conditions.

For cases in a cafe with complex lighting, our machine still retains the true color that is just the bright part, and the dark part on both sides will be somewhat noisy and costly. save a lot.

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Selfies taken in complex lighting environments.

The selfie camera of Realme C17 gives very good image quality, colors are very prominent with very vibrant lipstick, my girlfriend's skin color is very smooth and overall details are very sharp.

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Photo taken with Selfie camera of Realme C17.

Conclude

After a week of using and experiencing the Realme C17 as a companion, I can make the statement that:

If you are a user who is not too important in terms of configuration or do not need to use tasks or heavy games, the Realme C17 is a phone that stands out more in design with youthful colors, a smooth screen. but with 90 Hz refresh rate and 5,000 battery for more than 9 hours of use.

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The Realme C17 is a worthy phone in its price range. What do you think about this Realme C17? 

Isabella Humphrey

Update 15 December 2020