realme, the fastest growing smartphone brand, today unveiled the newest member of the realme 6 series quad camera family in Singapore– the realme 6i.

As the successor to realme 5i, realme 6i brings with it a huge upgrade in camera, performance, and design. The first in its segment, the realme 6i also features the MediaTek Helio G80 processor ensuring a powerful and speedy performance for both mainstream users and gamers alike.

Supporting the processor is an octa-core CPU with a frequency of up to 2.0GHz, allowing the phone to deliver a 35% and 17% improvement on single-core and multi-core performance respectively compared to the previous generation of phones.

Meanwhile, the phone’s Mali G52 1000MHz GPU delivers 25% better performance for greater image quality and a more stable frame rate, something that will ensure the realme 6i stands out in the gaming world.

In terms of camera, the realme 6i sees an upgrade to a 48MP AI Quad Camera set up, featuring a 48MP main camera, 119° ultra-wide-angle lens (8MP), portrait lens (2MP) and 4cm ultra macro lens (2MP). Combined, this creates a striking photo experience with clearer and beautiful images.

To ensure the phone can keep up with the power it houses, realme has equipped the realme 6i with the largest battery yet. Packing 5000mAh of power, with triple safety protection the realme 6i boasts the longest, safest battery life. The phone also supports 18W(9V2A) quick charge to reduce charging time.

Masterminding the realme 6i’s classic design is established designer Naoto Fukasawa, who has integrated his design ethos of “sublime beauty of form imbued with power of silence”. This sees the phone undergo a rare spray coating process and polish, resulting in the advanced matte visual effect with a delicate and comfortable finish.

The colours of Green Tea and White Milk further bring this ethos to life, and injects the phone with a youthful tone, in-line with realme’s global brand.

For the best screen experience possible, the realme 6i features a 6.5″ HD+ mini drop fullscreen with a dewdrop 30.9% smaller than average. This allows for a screen to body ratio as 89.8% delivering a more immersive experience when watching videos or playing games. Moreover, the 20:9 screen ratio makes the phone slimmer and allows for more content

The classic 3-card slot design in realme 6i simultaneously supports two SIM cards and one Micro-SD card, allowing users to expand storage while enjoying dual-card connectivity.

realme 6i runs on the Android 10-based realme UI known for its’ enhanced experience true to the stock Android experience.

Concept of Real Design, realme UI resonates is inspired by real life – realme UI is designed with a focus on 4 elements – system colours, icons, wallpapers, and animations. In terms of colours, realme UI uses high-saturation and high-brightness to construct an authentic colour scheme, bringing a sense of vitality and freshness.

Customisable icons – realme UI has also introduced the icon customisation function allowing users to not only change the shape and size of the icons but have full control over internal graphic sizes of each icon.

realme UI with Quantum Animation Engine – In terms of system animation, realme UI is equipped with the latest quantum animation engine, which improves the screen fluency.  

To enhance the user experience realme UI features 4 customised trendy functions:

Focus Mode – Turning on the “Focus Mode” can help users isolate themselves from the outside world and comes with a preset soothing playlist featuring four built-in tunes that turns on automatically. The phone’s DND (Do Not Disturb), will also be activated preventing new notifications from swarming in.

Dual Mode Music Share – This feature is extremely useful if two users are trying to enjoy the same video or song at the same time from the same device. realme 6i can connect a pair of wireless earbuds and a wired earphone simultaneously, so two people can listen to the same song played from the same realme smartphone.

Three-finger screenshot gesture – Just use 3 fingers to take a screenshot, press and hold on screen, then swipe to capture the selected part of the screen. No more cropping is needed, and taking a partial screenshot is done with just one step.

Personal Information Protection – realme UI also aims to further protect the privacy of users, changing the way apps can access personal information. Turning on “Personal Information Protection” in realme UI enables the system to provide empty information pages when apps request access to a user’s personal information.

Light, fast and power-saving features & trendy functions – realme UI follows the latest Android 10, a system with light, fast, and power saving features. This has been further optimised in terms of fluency, power consumption and performance.

Sales information

  • The realme 6i will be available in two colours; Green Tea and Milk White (4+128GB) and will be priced at $269. The phone will be on sale from 5 June 2020 at all official authorised retailers island wide as well as realme’s Lazada and Shopee flagship stores.
  • Launch promotion includes free realme 10,000mAH Powerbank worth S$69 with every realme 6i purchased on realme’s flagship stores on Lazada and Shopee between 5th June to 12th June
ProcessorMediaTek Helio G80CPU:  Octa-core, Up to 2.0GHzGPU:  ARM G52
Storage & RAM RAM: 4GB LPDDR4xROM: 128GB
Display 16.5cm (6.5’’) Mini-Drop FullScreenResolution: 1600×720 HD+Screen-to-body ratio: 89.8%2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass
Charging & Battery 18W Quick charge5000mAh(typ)Includes an 9V/2A charger & cableUSB Type-C port
Camera 48MP AI Quad Camera Rear Camera48MP Ultra high-resolution wide-angle camera26mm, FOV 79°, f/1.8, 6P lens 8MP Ultra wide-angle LensFOV 119°, f/2.25, 5P lens 2MP B&W Portrait Cameraf/2.4, 3P lens 2MP Macro lens4cm focus, f/2.4, 3P lens Video recording:Support 1080P/30fps video recordingSupport 720P/30fps video recordingSelfie Camera16MP Primary cameraFOV 80°, f/2.0, 5P lens
Cellular & Wireless 3-Card Slot2 SIM Slot + 1 MicroSD Slot Frequency bandGSM850/900/1800/1900WCDMA B1/5/8FDD-LTE:  Bands 1/3/5/7/8/20/28TD-LTE:  Bands 38/40/41(2535-2655MHz) Wireless network2.4802.11 b/g/n/Bluetooth 5.0
NavigationGPS / AGPS/ Glonass / Beidou
Size & Weight Height:  164.4mmWidth:  75.4mmDepth:  9.0mmWeight ≈ 199g
SensorsMagnetic Induction Sensor / Light Sensor / Proximity Sensor / Gyro-meter / Acceleration Sensor
Operating Systemrealme UIBased on Android 10
Packing Listrealme 6i18W Quick chargerUSB Type-C CableProtect CaseProtect FilmSIM Card ToolImportant Info Booklet with Warranty Card

By Harry