Realme Launches Narzo 30 Pro 5G, Narzo 30A in India; Price Starting at Rs. 8,999
Feb. 24, 2021Merely three weeks after theRealme X7 serieslaunch in India, the Chinese giant has unveiled its new Narzo 30 series in the country. It includes the Narzo 30 Pro 5G with MediaTekDimensity 800Uand Narzo 30A with MediaTek Helio G85 under the hood. The standard Narzo 30 is missing in action. So, let’s take a look at the complete specs, price, and availability details for Narzo 30 Pro 5G and Narzo 30A.
Price and Availability
Narzo 30 Pro 5G has beenpriced at Rs. 16,999for the 6GB+64GB base variant and Rs. 19,999 for the higher-end 8GB+128GB variant. It will be available to buy in two color variants, namely Sword Black and Blade Silver. It will go on sale starting from 4th March via Realme.com and Flipkart.
Narzo 30A, on the other hand, is priced starting at Rs. 8,999 for the 3GB+32GB base variant and Rs. 9,999 for the higher-end 4GB+64GB variant. It will be available to buy in two color variants, namely Laser Black and Laser Blue. The device goes on sale from 5th March via Realme.com and Flipkart.
While weexpectedRealme to make minor changes to Realme Q2 before launching it as Narzo 30 Pro 5G, the company has merely rebranded and launched it in India today. It arrives as Realme’s most affordable 5G smartphone in the country.
Narzo 30 Pro 5G features a6.5-inch Full-HD+ LCD displaywith a 120Hz refresh rate and a 180Hz touch sampling rate. It boasts a 2400 x 1080-pixel resolution and up to 600 nits of peak brightness. You will find a16MP punch-hole selfie cameraat the top left on the front.
The triple camera setup on the rear sports a48MP primary sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide lens with a 119-degree FOV, and a 2MP macro camera. Under the hood, Narzo 30 Pro is powered by the latest MediaTekDimensity 800U chipset– the same as the Realme X7. You will also find up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM, up to 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage, and 5G connectivity onboard.
This smartphoneruns Android 10-based Realme UIout-of-the-box, which is just really disappointing. TheAndroid 12 developer preview is here, the Android 11 stable update has been out for over six months, and Realme UI 2.0 wasannouncednearly 5 months ago as well. The company is offering a two-year-old operating system with this device.
Moving to the sub-Rs. 10,000 price segment, the Realme Narzo 30A is a successor to last year’s Narzo 20A. It looks similar to theRealme C-seriesin terms of design with a square camera module and a waterdrop notch.
Narzo 30A features a6.5-inch HD+ LCD displaywith a 20:9 aspect ratio and 1600 x 720-pixel resolution. It boasts an 88.7% screen-to-body ratio and peak brightness up to 570 nits with Sunlight mode enabled. The waterdrop notch up-top houses an 8MP selfie camera.
The square module on the rearincludes a 13MP (f/2.2) primary cameraand a B&W portrait lens. It’s a dual-camera setup, a downgrade over its predecessor’s triple camera setup. The square module looks like a triple or quad-camera setup but it only includes an AI badge and an LED flash. Looks can be deceiving.
Under the hood, Narzo 30A is powered by the MediaTekHelio G85chipset. You will also find up to 4GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage (expandable using a dedicated microSD card slot). The deviceruns Android 10-based Realme UI, which is very disappointing. The company’s Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 skin was announced over five months ago.
The Chinese giant alsolaunchedthree new gaming accessories – Realme Cooling Back Clip, Mobile Game controller, and finger sleeves. So yeah, the Narzo 30 series will rival the Redmi 9 series and theupcoming Redmi Note 10 seriesin India.
