#GadgetSpeak: Is the Realme 2 better than the Redmi Y2?

Ashish Narsale/Redif.com makes the comparison for you.

Oppo's subsidiary Realme has launched its latest budget friendly phone, Realme 2, just after two months after it launched Realme 1.

The Realme 2, which follows the popular notch design, has a 19:9 display aspect ratio on a 6.2” screen.

The other upgrade, with respect to its predecessor, is that the phone comes with hefty 4230 mAh battery, a dual camera setup and is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 450 System on Chip.

The display resolution, however, is downgraded from Full HD+ (2160 x 1080 pixels) to HD+ (1520 x 720 pixels).

The Realme 2 uses Artificial Intelligence technology for power management during application processing and for other tasks running on Color OS 5.1 based on Android 8.1 Oreo.

On the rear, there is a dual camera setup -- the primary with 13 MP, f/2.2 and secondary with 2 MP for depth sensing.

Both the front and rear cameras offer beauty mode using AI Beautification 2.0.

The front display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and the back is covered with a reflective diamond cut design cover.

The phone will be available in diamond black, diamond red and diamond blue colours.

The phone is priced at Rs 8,990 for 3 GB + 32 GB variant and Rs 10,990 for a 4 GB + 64 GB variant.

The sale will commence at noon, September 4 onwards, only for diamond red and diamond black options; the diamond blue will be available from early October onwards.

Let's compare the phone with its near competitor, the Xiaomi Redmi Y2.