Currently, the price of Realme C55 at stores is cheaper than the listed price. Along with impressive equipment, the device is bringing users a great choice in the 5 million VND segment. The Realme C55 review article below will help you understand better.

1. Latest Realme C55 phone price today

Sold on the Vietnamese market for nearly a year, up to now the price of Realme C55 phone has decreased significantly compared to the official listed price, specifically:

Realme C55 8GB/128GB: current price 3.69 million VND (listed at 4.99 million VND)

Realme C55 8GB/256GB: current price 5.19 million VND (listed at 5.99 million VND)

Thus, compared to the launch time, the current price of Realme C55 has decreased by about 800,000 VND to 1.3 million VND depending on the version. With less than 4 million VND, you can buy Realme C55, but the device still has to compete with a series of “big” phones in the price segment such as Xiaomi Redmi Note 12, Vivo Y22S, …

So with what is equipped, is the Realme C55 phone a good choice for users in early 2024? To answer this question, let’s review the Realme C55 in detail to analyze the advantages and disadvantages compared to competitors.

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Realme C55 retail box with full accessories (Photo: Mobgsm).

2. Realme C55 phone design review

In the price segment, the Realme C55 phone has an unremarkable appearance, and uses cheap materials such as Panda tempered glass, plastic frame and back – typical of most phones in the price segment.

However, compared to its competitors, the Realme C55 is finished with an impressively sophisticated and youthful appearance while maintaining a body that is only 7.9mm thin, combined with a weight of 189.5 grams to bring a comfortable grip. Maintaining soft edges and curved corners also helps users to use the device for a long time without feeling tired or sore.

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Premium back finish (Photo: Business Insider India).

The plus point in the design of Realme C55 is the finishing of the back with nebula patterns, which not only brings an impressive appearance but also helps to feel firm in the hand, less fingerprints. In Vietnam, C55 has 2 color options for users: gold and black.

Besides, although the device is very thin, the Realme C55 phone still maintains a 3.5mm headphone jack, along with a 2 nano SIM tray (can insert a microSD card), a fingerprint lock with a convenient power button.

In addition, it is necessary to mention the screen design with the front camera neatly arranged in the screen, this design clearly brings a comfortable user space and looks much more modern than the “water drop” on the Vivo Y22S.

Overall, in terms of design, there is probably nothing to criticize about the Realme C55.

3. Realme C55 phone screen review

OPPO equips Realme C55 with a 6.72-inch IPS LCD screen. Compared to AMOLED or TFT screens of phones in the same price segment, Realme C55’s screen is somewhat less vivid in terms of color and screen brightness.

In return, with FullHD+ resolution (1080 x 2400 pixels), the C55 screen still ensures image detail. With a maximum screen brightness of 680 nits, it still ensures good display even when used under sunlight. However, if the light intensity is strong, users should increase the screen brightness to the maximum to ensure the quality of the displayed image.

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The display is still pretty good (Business Insider India).

In addition, the screen of the Realme C55 phone is also integrated with a screen refresh rate of 90Hz, the best in the price segment. And it is impossible not to mention the Mini Capsule interface around the main camera cluster, simulated from Dynamic Island of the iPhone 15 series, helping users to grasp notifications better depending on the application.

4. Evaluate the performance configuration of Realme C55 phone

OPPO equips Realme C55 with Mediatek MT6769H Helio G88 processor along with Mali-G52 MC2 graphics chip. The device also has 8GB RAM with memory options of 128GB or 256GB. In terms of software, the device also comes pre-installed with the latest Android 13 with Realme UI 4.0.

With quite impressive configuration equipment, Realme C55 also achieved quite good performance scores on popular benchmarks:

On Antutu 9: Realme C55 scored 257,956 points, lower than Redmi Note 12 with 326,095 points, and Vivo Y22s with 284,519 points.

On Geekbench 6: Realme C55 scored 433 points in single-core and 1413 points in multi-core. Slightly lower than Redmi Note 12 with single-core and multi-core scores of 455 points and 1,456 points respectively

On 3D Mark Wife Life test The device scored 752 points and had an average frame rate of 4.5 fps, while the Redmi Note 12 scored 649 points and 3.89 fps, respectively.

Thus, compared to competitors in the same price segment, it is clear that in terms of performance, Realme C55 is slightly inferior to its competitors. However, in actual use, the device still has the ability to play popular mobile games quite well such as PUBG Mobile (with an average of about 30 – 35 fps), Lien Quan Mobile (with an average of about 50 fps) …

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Users rate Realme C55 as having quite good processing performance in its price segment (Photo: Pricebaba).

Realme C55 phone is also equipped with a 5000 mAh battery that provides up to 123 hours of standby time, along with up to 35 hours of continuous 3G talk time. Users also rate Realme C55 quite highly for its ability to ensure battery life for comfortable long days of use.

In addition, the device is also equipped with 33W fast charging technology, taking only about 29 minutes to charge from 0 – 50%, and fully charging the battery in 69 minutes – quite fast in the price segment.

5. Realme C55 phone camera review

The manufacturer equipped the Realme C55 with a main camera of up to 64MP – this is also the best camera in the price segment, which contributes to the impressive photography capabilities of the device.

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Camera is the strong point of Realme C55 (Photo: Yuga Tech).

The strength of photos taken by Realme C55 phone is the ability to capture very good details, analyze light and dark areas to help the image have impressive vividness, and the colors have high accuracy. Let’s take a look at some photos taken by Realme C55 phone below:

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Daytime photos have good detail and color (Photo: GSMArena).
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Portrait photos are processed quite well (Photo: GSMArena).
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Night photo with Night Mode but still lacks detail (Photo: GSMArena).

However, the weak point of the device is that night photos still lack detail, and the light and dark processing is not too impressive – however, for a phone in the 4 million VND price range, being able to take such photos is already very good.

The 8MP front camera on the Realme C55 phone also gives users a quality selfie tool in the price segment. Along with many shooting modes and natural beauty capabilities, users will definitely be satisfied.

CONCLUDE

From the Realme C55 reviews above, along with the cheaper selling price, it can be seen that this phone model has the following advantages and disadvantages compared to competitors in the same price segment:

  • Pros: Stylish design, large screen, great camera and great battery life.
  • Disadvantages: The screen quality is worse and the configuration is also weaker than phones in the same price segment.

Therefore, for users who need to buy a phone for photography and entertainment purposes, the Realme C55 is definitely a great choice. However, for those who like to play mobile games, they should consider choosing another phone in the segment.