realme C53 now official: 90Hz 6.74” display, 50MP camera

realme C53, the brand’s latest budget entry has officially launched in Malaysia.

The device sports a 6.74-inch LCD display with 90Hz refresh rate, but only has HD+ resolution—which is expected in this tier.

Despite its screen size, it is significantly thin measuring at only 7.5mm depth.

Up top is a waterdrop notch housing its 8-megapixel selfie shooter.

Powering it is a 4G-enabled octa-core chipset with up to 1.82GHz frequency. It is configured with up to 12GB dynamic RAM (6GB LPDDR4X on-board) and 125GB storage with support for up to 2TB microSD (dedicated) expansion.

At the back protrudes a dual camera system with 50-megapixel main lens and as usual, a depth sensor.

Its battery is rated at 5000mAh coupled with 33W SuperVOOC via USB-C.

With all that said, the specs even its design is closely identical to the narzo N53 that came out in India last month.

realme C53 specs:
6.74-inch IPS LCD @ 1080×2400 pixels
90Hz, 560 nits (peak)
Unisoc Tiger T612 chipset
Octa-core (2×1.8 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
Mali-G57 GPU
6GB RAM
128GB storage, microSDXC slot
50MP f/1.8 (wide), PDAF + unspecified rear camera
8MP f/2.0 (wide) front camera
1080p@30fps video recording (rear), 720p@30fps video recording (front)
GSM / HSPA / LTE, nano-SIM or dual SIM
WiFi-6, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS
Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass sensors
USB Type-C 2.0 port
Android 13, Realme UI T OS
5000 mAh Li-Po battery, non-removable, 33W wired charging
Champion Gold, Mighty Black colors
Dimensions: 167.3 x 76.7 x 7.5 mm
Weight: 182 g

Price and availability

The realme C53 is currently launched for Malaysia, starting at MYR 550 and MYR 600 via Lazada and Shopee, respectively. It comes in two colorways: Champion Gold and Might Black.