Realme 3 review: Steady performer with a glitzy back

Realme, Chinese phone-maker Oppo’s sub-brand, knows a thing or two about staying in the public eye. It recently created a world record for the largest sentence formed by mobile phones using its newly-launched Realme 3 in New Delhi. The company also opened its first exclusive service centre in New Delhi on Tuesday and claims to have sold over two lakh Realme 3 phones in the first sale. How did the Realme 3 fare on testing? Read on.

The smartphone sports the now-common ‘waterdrop’ notch, which I personally find unappealing and even borderline creepy (it looks like an eye focussed on you at all times you’re using the phone). But with design trends becoming a template for almost all manufacturers to ape, it isn’t confined to just Realme. It does have advantages, and it maximises screen space. Realme could have made the bottom bezel less narrow and made the phone look even better.