Oppo Realme 2 - is it really an upgrade ?

Oppo Realme 2 - Everything you need to know !!

Recently, chinese smartphone makers have been performing very well in the Indian market and especially with their sub-brands launched in India. Oppo launched its sub-brand RealMe and Xiaomi launched its sub-brand Poco in India and both of these sub-brands by Oppo and Xiaomi launched some great value for money phone. Oppo launched its first smartphone RealMe 1 which was one of the best smartphone in low-end budget smartphone category and same is the case with xiaomi,  Xiaomi launched its first pocophone which is Pocophone F1 and it is the most affordable smartphone with Snapdragon 845. Read here - Xiaomi Pocophone F1

Oppo RealMe 2

Pricing and Specifications -

Now, let's talk about the Oppo Realme 2 which is going to launch on September 4,2018 in India with prices starting from Rs.8,990/- for the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage variant and Rs.10,990/- for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant. It will be sold in Diamond Black and Diaomond Red colour. Talking about the specifications -

Display - Realme 2 sports a 6.2 inch FullHD+ notch display with in cell panel which has an aspect ratio of 19:9 with screen to body ratio of 88.8 percent and maximum brightness of 360 nits.

Processor and Ram - The handset is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 450 SoC which is a 1.8Ghz octacore preocessor, coupled with Adreno 506 GPU. It is avilable in 3GB RAM / 32GB storage variant and 4GB RAM / 64GB storage variant is also available. Storage will be expandable via microSD card upto 256GB.

Camera and battery - Realme 2 sports a dual rear horizontally stacked camera setup with a 13-megapixel primary sensor with an aperture of f/2.2 and a 2-megapixel secondary camera with an aperture of f/2.4. On the front, it has an 8-megapixel fixed focus sensor with an aperture of f/2.2 and It packs in a massive 4230mAh battery. It has a 5V/2A [10 W] adapter included in the box.

Software and Other features - Realme 2 runs on ColorOS 5.1 on top of Android Oreo 8.1 and has all the other features like dual 4G VoLte,Wi-fi,Bluetooth v4.2, GPS/ A-GPS, GLONASS and also comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack. It also has face unlock and includes all the basic sensors.

Some of the differences you must know between Realme 1 and Realme 2 -

1.  Realme 1 was available in 6GB RAM / 128 storage variant but Realme 2 is not available in this variant. 
2. Realme 1 came with a much powerful Mediatek Helio P60 processor and in comparison Snapdragon 450 is much less power compared to Helio P60.
3. Oppo discontinued the Realme 1 base model with 3GB RAM / 64GB storage variant in India.
4. Also, at the end of Realme 2 launch, Oppo teased the Realme 2 Pro and it seems like Realme has saved some of the features and a powerful processor for the upcoming Realme 2 Pro.

Considering everything, Oppo just created a hype for their RealMe brand through Realme 1 by giving a mid-range processor for a low end budget phone just when it was launched and made evrything quite normal for the next version of Realme 2 phone by giving out a low end processor and RAM variants.