Realme Smart TV with 32-inch, 43-inch Screen Sizes Launched in India; Starting at Rs. 12,999

May. 25, 2020

Within the past two years, Realme has vastly expanded its portfolio to take on its arch-nemesis – Xiaomi. Itstarted offwith smartphones but has since branched intoaudio products, wearables, and other accessories. Today, the Chinese giant has set foot into the smart TV segment,currently dominated by Mi TVs, with the launch of the Realme Smart TV. It comes intwo sizes, 32-inch and 43-inch, to bootand is loaded with features to the brim.

Realme Smart TV: Specs and Features

Let me start off by saying that the Realme Smart TV lineup is launching only with anHD-ready 32-inch and Full-HD 43-inch model. It’s merely the resolution that’s different in both variants while the rest of the specifications remain the same. Realme plans to launch more screen sizes, possibly bigger ones with 4K resolution support, in the future.

Right off the bat, one thing about the Realme Smart TV that will stand out to you is thepremium-looking bezel-less design. It’s an LED-backlit panel with bezels as thin as 8.7mm at the top and around the sides, as per the press release. The bottom bezel is slightly thicker to accommodate the Realme logo but the TV looks quite appealing. You can either prop up the Realme Smart TV or wall-mount it, depends on your liking.

Both the 32-inch and 43-inch smart TVs are backed by theChroma Boost Picture Engineto“enhance the overall picture quality and improves the brightness, color, contrast, and clarity to deliver stunning visuals.” The TVs support up to 400 nits of brightness, up to 178-degree viewing angles, HDR10/ HLG support, and seven display modes.

Under the hood, Realme Smart TV ispowered by a quad-core 64-bit MediaTek chipset(featuring ARM Cortex A53 CPU, clocked at up to 1.1GHz) and Mali-470 MP3 GPU. There’s 1GB of 2133MHz RAM and 8GB of built-in storage board both the TVs. This seems a bit less in comparison to other smart TVs in this segment usually include up to 2GB RAM and 16GB storage.

These two smart TVs also include24W quad-speakerwithDolby Audiosupport at the bottom. There’s two sets of speakers on each side (12W), including one full-range speaker (handles lows and mids) and one tweeter (handles high frequencies).

Realme Smart TV runs vanilla Android TV 9.0, which is Google’s latest OS for television sets. There’s no bloated skin on top and that’s amazing. You have YouTube, Netflix, and Prime Video pre-installed onboard, so you can jump in and start enjoying content to your heart’s content. If you want access to more games or streaming apps, you can always head to the Google Play Store that comes pre-installed on board.

You also get access to the Google Assistant on Realme Smart TV. It enables you to get answers to queries, play content, and most importantly, control your smart home from your smart TV.

Speaking of the ports, the placement looks the same across both the variants. Realme Smart TV includes 3x HDMI, 2x USB, 1x Ethernet, 1x SPDIF, 1x AV port, 1x antenna in port, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

Other connectivity options include2.4GHz WiFi(yes, you can’t connect to a high-speed 5GHz network),Bluetooth 5.0, Infrared, and more. Realme Smart TV only includes a stand and not a wall mount inside the box. So, if you want to mount the smart TV, you will have to get that installed separately.

Now, let’s take a quick look at the Realme Smart TV remote before we talk about the pricing and availability. This remote isn’t nimble like the OnePlus TV remote instead, it’s chunky and feature-packed. It includes a circular button, flanked by the power on/ off button and mute switch at the top. The home, settings, and back button sit right below it.

You can obviously seequick buttons for Netflix, YouTube, and Prime Videositting toward the bottom. There’s also the input source selection button next to it, which will come in handy when you want to switch to your local cable connection.

The remote can beoperated both via infrared and Bluetooth. You, however, need to connect the remote over Bluetooth to access the Google Assistant via the hotkey. The remote comes with built-in mics to let you activate the assistant.

The32-inch Realme Smart TV is priced at Rs. 12,999whereas the 43-inch variant will see you shell out Rs. 21,999 for the larger screen and higher resolution. Both of these smart TVs will go on salestarting from 2nd Juneon Flipkart and Realme’s website.