Realme Narzo 30 Pro Review: Most Affordable 5G Phone in India, With 120Hz Display and Massive Battery

 Budget 5g smartphones seem to be all the 

rage in india right now even though 5g 

networks aren't really live yet over here. 

Now  narzo 30 pro 5g

happens to be the least

expensive 5g smartphone in india with

starting price of just 16

999 rupees .now other than that it also

boasts

some pretty interesting features such as

a 120 hertz display

a large battery with fast charging and

of course a powerful 5g

soc however it's time to find out if

it's worth your money and if it's a

decent upgrade

over the real mean rs or 20 pro hi i'm

royden you're watching gadgets 360 and

this is my review of the real me narso

30 pro 5g

like always let's price the smartphone

for 16 999 rupees you get the base

variant of the narzo 30 pro 5g

with 6 gigs of ram and 64 gigs of

storage

for about 3000 rupees more you can get

the higher variant with 8gb of ram and

128gb of storage which is the one that

i'll be testing today

now with that out of the way let's take

a look at the phone now i have talked

about

the design of the narzo 30 pro 5g in my

first impressions piece

and even after a week of using it my

opinion hasn't really changed that much

the all plastic body has held up well so

far ergonomics are good and it doesn't

feel very heavy even though it weighs

about 194 grams

the blade silver color that i have looks

nice and it does a good job of hiding

fingerprints

although it would have been nice to see

some sort of a design here as without it

it does end up looking a bit bland

the side mounted fingerprint sensor

works very well all that's needed is a

quick tap to unlock this phone

all the physical buttons are also placed

within reach of your fingers

with good tactile feedback now while i'm

all praises for the design i quite like

the display too

which is large and vivid it's a 6.5 inch

lcd panel with a full hd plus resolution

it delivers good levels of brightness

and color saturation

now i would have liked an amoled panel

on the pro model but i think the

inclusion of 120 hertz refresh rate kind

of makes up for it.

now one thing i did notice is that on

the default auto setting

the display runs at 90 hertz and not 120

hertz which seems to be by design

according to realme

you'll have to manually set the refresh

rate to 120 hertz to get the smoothest

effect

which is still adaptive and will cycle

between 120 90 and 60 hertz based on

your activity

the real mean also 30 pro 5g is powered

by the mediatek dimensi 800u soc

which has a built-in 5g modem it is a

powerful and power efficient processor

and we've also recently seen it in

realme's own x7 smartphone

the internal storage is expandable via

the hybrid sim slot

you get real me ui version 1 running on

android 10 out of the box

this is a bit disappointing as android

11 has been out for a bit

and it's something that others are

offering at the same price range

but it's not a big deal breaker since

this phone should be one of the first in

line to get the real me ui 2.0 update

which is based on android 11.

the current version is still highly

functional and i don't really have any

complaints with it

you get plenty of shortcuts gestures and

options to customize your experience of

the phone

now some of the preloaded apps have the

tendency to clutter your notification

shared with alert

but you can disable this or simply

uninstall most of them

when it comes to performance the real me

narso 30 pro 5g has been pretty solid

all around in the short time i've been

using it

thanks to its processor multitasking and

gaming has been a breeze and i didn't

really notice any heating issues either

except for maybe gaming when the back of

the phone gets a bit warm

the interface feels snappy thanks to the

high refresh rate and scrolling through

most of the system menus and even apps

feel fluid

games such as call of duty mobile and

also others ran smoothly with very

playable frame rates

overall the narso 30 pro 5g is a

dependable smartphone for everyday use

talking about the 5g aspect well it is

new for a phone at this price but since

5g networks aren't live in india yet

i wasn't able to actually test it out

this brings us to battery life you get a

5 000 milliamp

battery which easily lasts for more than

a day with heavy to medium usage

the phone also supports 30 watt dark

charge fast charging

which is a big downgrade sadly from the

65w charging that we saw on the narso 20

pro

it takes a little more than an hour to

fully charge the battery which is still

relatively quick

in our battery loop test the phone

lasted for a little under 17 hours

which is a good sign

now let's get down to the cameras it's a

run-of-the-mill affair with a 48

megapixel primary an 8 megapixel ultra

wide and a 2 megapixel macro cameras

arranged vertically at the back

and a 16 megapixel selfie camera

during the day the main camera captured

good details and colors in landscape

shots

the ai scene enhancer has a tendency to

boost colors when it detects

the sky or even foliage so if you want

natural color tones it's best to leave

it off

close ups have excellent detail too with

smooth bokeh effects for the background

you only get a 10x digital zoom for

stills but instead of doing this

cropping your subject from a native 48

megapixel photo

generally yields slightly better results

i found low light performance to be a

bit lacking especially for landscape

shots the lack of details is very

evident in photos even without having to

magnify them

close up sphere a bit better but

provided there's decent amount of light

on your subject

night mode helps in improving the

exposure but not so much when it comes

to details

the selfie camera is not bad if you're

shooting outdoors on a bright clear day

details and exposure are handled well

and the default skin smoothening isn't

too aggressive

skin tones are a bit of a mess if you're

shooting in lw light and using the

screen flash

for video the autofocus system in the

real me narso 30 pro 5g

worked very well as long as there's

ample light around your subject

video quality is decent during the day

although not great

stabilization also works at 4k and 1080p

30fps

but there is some visible jitter in the

footage sadly you don't get any

stabilization with the ultra white

camera

now low light video quality is quite

poor unfortunately as the footage 

generally grainy and details are below

average

the real me narso 30 pro 5g is a fairly

competent all-rounder from the company

and a modest upgrade over the nazo 20

pro the weak low-light camera

performance is probably its biggest

negative point among other minor niggles

but it does have quite a few redeeming

features the 120 hertz display 5g

support good performance and strong

battery life are some of the main

reasons you should consider the base

variant

now the top-end variant on the other

hand offers comparatively lesser value

since it competes with many other

good 5g smartphones in the 20 000 rupees

segment

there's realme's own x7 which offers the

same mediatek 5g soc

at around 20 000 rupees now while the x7

lacks a high refresh rate display and a

similar capacity battery

as the narso 30 pro 5g it does make up

for it with an amoled screen with an

in-display fingerprint sensor

50 watt fast charging and a slimmer and

lighter design

another good alternative to consider is

the xiaomi mi 10i

which offers even better features for a

bit more money the bottom line is if you

are considering the real me narso 30 pro

5g