Pagsusuri ng realme C100

Narito na ang realme C100, at ito ay maaaring ang pinakamurang smartphone na may malaking 8000mAh baterya. Spoiler alert: ibig sabihin nito ay mas matagal ang battery life.

Ngunit maliban nito, paano ito kumikilos kapag ginagamit araw-araw?

Matutunan natin ito sa pagsusuri na ito.

Pagdidisenyo at Konstruksyon

Kailangan nating aminin, ang realme C100 ay hindi mukhang budget phone, kahit mula sa malayo. Ang aming unit ay kulay lila at may makintab na pattern na parang balahibo sa likod na nagtutunog depende kung paano tumatama ang liwanag dito.

Mayroon din itong parihabang camera island sa itaas na kaliwang sulok, bagaman huwag kayo magkakamali, iisa lamang ang tunay na camera na nakatira doon. realme ay nagsasabi na gawa ang camera module ng metal, at talaga namang parang metal ang pakiramdam.

Perhatikan ang ikatlong "lens"? Ito ay tinatawag na Pulse Light, na nag-iilaw para sa mga bagay tulad ng mga abiso at pag-playback ng musika, at iba pa.

Nang hawakan mo ang device, doon ka magkakaroon ng kamalayan na hindi ito gaanong premium kung paano ito nakikita, at okay lang iyon. Gumagamit ito ng buong plastik na balat na may patag na gilid at patag na screen.

Kung tungkol sa mga I/Os at nakaharap sa screen, makikita mo ang power button at volume rocker sa kanang gilid, ang hybrid SIM tray naman ay nasa kaliwa, habang ang mic, USB-C port, at speaker grille ay nasa ibaba. Walang makikita sa itaas na bahagi.

Kahit gumagamit ng plastic na balat ang telepono, realme ay nagbigay ng matibay na pangkalahatang proteksyon sa C100. Ito ay may IP69K rating para sa alikabok, pagsubmerya sa tubig, at kahit mga high-temperature water jets.

Kapag mayroon ding militaristang rating para sa ilang antas ng pagtutol sa pagbagsak. At hintayin, mas marami pa: ang kanyang display ay may ArmorShell glass sa itaas at kahit may screen protector film na nakainstalado na mula sa loob ng kahon.

Displey, Multimedia, at Biometrika

Umpisahan sa screen, ang C100 ay may 6.8-inch IPS LCD panel na may HD+ resolution, kaya hindi gaanong matalas ang imahe, ngunit aking itinuturing na sapat ito para sa pang-araw-araw na gamit.

Walang reklamo kami sa mga gawain tulad ng pagtitingin ng video o pag-scroll sa social media. Maganda ang viewing angles dito, at nananatiling konsistente ang kulay anuman ang anggulo kung saan tinitingnan. Ito ay sapat ding maliwanag para sa isang LCD panel, na may hanggang 1200 nits sa high brightness mode, kaya nakikita pa rin ang screen kahit sa labas.

Gayunpaman, ang pag-navigate ay hindi pakiramdam na mabilis. Ang screen ay may suporta hanggang sa 120Hz refresh rate, ngunit makikita mo ang ilang micro-stutters dito at doon.

Mga makapal ang mga bezel dito, lalo na sa chin, at mayroon lamang itong isang loudspeaker na tumutunog pababa, kaya hindi magiging immersive ang pagtitingin ng pelikula. Bukod dito, ang Widevine level ay nakakulong sa L3, kaya limitado ang pagtingin sa Netflix sa SD quality.

Kapag nagsasalita tungkol sa karanasan sa pakikinig, ito ang inaasahan para sa isang budget device. Ang single loudspeaker ay hindi gaanong malakas kahit na 400% volume, at mukhang mabula-bula ang tunog nang buo kasama ang mahina na paglalarawan ng highs at mids, at walang bass sa lahat.

Para sa mga biometrikong sistema, mayroong power button na nagsisilbi rin bilang fingerprint sensor, kasama ang face recognition. Ang pag-unlock ng telepono gamit ang alinman sa dalawang paraan ay mabilis at maaasahan, lalo na ang fingerprint sensor.

Gayunman, may kaunting pagkaantala—sa sandaling ang iyong daliri ay nakahawak sa sensor, buksan ang screen pagkatapos ng isang hinog na segundo.

Mga Kamera

Magpatuloy sa performance ng kamera, ang realme C100 ay may pangunahing kamera na 50 megapiksel sa likod kasama ang isang auxiliary lens na anumong uri, na pinagsama ng isang 8-megapixel na selfie shooter.

Sa mga maayos na ilaw na kapaligiran, ang pangunahing kamera ay nakagawa ng magandang trabaho sa pagkuha ng mga paksa. Pangunahing dahil sa AI processing, ang mga output ay nagiging makatwirang maganda na may sapat na katayuan, magandang kulay, at tanggap na antas ng dynamic range.

Kinuha sa realme C100

Hun 15 – 16

Noong pagkuha ng larawan, maaaring mukhang may mga nagniningning na highlight, pero kapag pinroseso ang litrato, susubukan nitong ipakita ang tamang highlights at shadows, na nagbibigay sa iyo ng isang magandang kuha. Maaari itong mag-shoot hanggang 2x, pero doon nagsisimula nang magdulot ng mas matinding grain, na nagpapahina sa kalinawan nito.

Ang mga selfie ay decent din. Hindi maraming sharpness dito, pero nagbibigay ito ng tamang pagpapahalaga sa kulay at tekstura ng iyong balat.

For videos, both the front and rear cameras are capped at 1080p at 30 frames per second. With a lack of stabilization of any form, videos tend to be shaky, so you'll need some steady hands.

The overall sharpness is respectable, though the colors can sometimes be washed out. Zooming in using the camera controls is slow for some reason, but overall, it can reliably focus on subjects.

Performance and Benchmarks

Now, let’s talk about performance. Under the hood, the realme C100 is equipped with the MediaTek Helio G92 Max combined with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of expandable storage. It’s almost a two-year old chip, but it can still perform. Well, kind of.

Apps tend to load quite slowly, usually taking a couple of seconds to open. Maybe that’s because the phone is using an eMMC storage which is relatively slower than UFS. Although, once it loads app resources properly, the phone is fairly responsive in our experience.

Multi-tasking is definitely possible on this phone, using split screen with a floating window on top. No obvious lags but like I said earlier, there can be micro-stutters at times. RAM management is also handled fairly well with multiple apps running in the background without aggressive app reloading.

One thing’s for sure though. This phone is not designed for gaming. As you can see in our benchmark results, the C100 barely passed the 400,000 mark in AnTuTu V11. And in 3DMark Wild Life, it only got an average frame rate of about 4 FPS. So, that says a lot already.

We tried playing Mobile Legends, which is a lightweight MOBA game. Setting it to the Lowest graphics settings possible, the gameplay didn’t feel smooth, even with the so-called “GT Boost” enabled.

The same goes with Pokémon TCG Pocket, which is a card game by the way, the phone wasn’t able to run smoothly. The game was unresponsive and there was obvious lag throughout our gameplay.

Thermal management is great since it doesn’t have to push much power in the first place. But what’s interesting here is the “phone cooling” feature that’s recommended to use after a heavy workload such as taking a video for a long time for example.

It takes a couple of minutes to cool the phone down. It works by terminating active apps and temporarily limiting the CPU and GPU clock speeds as indicated on the Settings.

For the most part, the phone can still handle your entertainment needs and a little bit of productivity apps which is more than enough for its segment.

OS, UI, and Apps

Software-wise, the C100 ships with realme UI 7 on top of Android 16. The software experience is respectable with a bunch of customization options for the lock screen, app icons, and you can even change the control center layout.

Although as expected, it comes with a considerable amount of bloat with pre-installed apps like TikTok, Shopee, Netflix, and a bunch more that are grouped in app folders.

The UI design honestly looks nice and feels quite intuitive as well, despite the phone not being the fastest out there. There’s split screen and floating windows support and we didn’t encounter any heavy stutters when multi-tasking.

It also comes with a couple of AI tools such as AI Editor inside the Photos app and AI Assistant for Notes.

That said, you can definitely get some work done using the C100.

Connectivity and Battery Life

Battery life is where the realme C100 really shines. Inside is a whopping 8000mAh unit that provided us some serious uptime.

In our PCMark battery life test, it lasted 26 hours and 9 minutes, and it even lasted longer in our video loop test, passing the 34 hour mark. That’s an impressive battery life, and since our workload didn’t require much processing power, it could go on for a couple more days before charging it again.

Speaking of, it supports 45W of wired charging which refills the battery in about an hour and a half. Not to mention, it supports reverse-wired charging to charge other devices and accessories.

While it also supports bypass charging, it wasn’t really much of use in our opinion since you can’t really game on this thing. So, there’s that.

Connectivity-wise, the phone supports dual nano-SIM with 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.3, and GPS. It even comes with a microSD card slot for storage expansion.

Pricing

So, before moving on to our verdict, let's talk about pricing.

Sadly, we don't have the official pricing info just yet for the realme C100. For reference, last year's realme C75 retailed for PHP 8,999 (8GB+128GB), so we can expect the C100 to be priced around the same range.

But with the "RAMaggeddon" that's been going on, we think the price is likely gonna be higher than before.

Conclusion

So, what do we think about the realme C100? The realme C-Series has long been a compelling option in the budget category. The realme C100 is no different, but it could've used some improvements.

The performance, while mostly decent, is held back by an aging MediaTek chip, and the audio-visual experience isn't the best.

In this case, however, the pros outweigh the cons. It sports a nice design with insanely strong protection, surprises with decent camera performance, and most importantly, impresses with solid battery life.

This is looking great for those who just want a functioning daily phone, capable enough of handling the basics.

What we liked:

• Solid battery life
• Decent camera performance
• Strong overall protection
• Lightweight software experience, and multi-tasking features

What we didn’t like:

• Limited performance due to aging chipset
• Mediocre audio-visual quality

realme C100 specs:
6.8-inch HD+ IPS LCD
1570 x 720 pixels, 120Hz refresh rate
1200 nits brightness (HBM)
ArmorShell Glass
MediaTek Helio G92 Max
Mali-G52 MC2 GPU
8GB LPDDR4X RAM
256GB eMMC 5.1 storage
Expandable via microSD
50MP f/1.8 rear camera, AF
8MP f/2.0 selfie shooter (punch hole notch)
Dual nano-SIM (hybrid slot)
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth 5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
USB Type-C
Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, face unlock
IP69K, -69, -68, -66 dust and water resistance, high temperatures
MIL-STD-810H drop resistance
realme UI 7, Android 16
8000mAh battery
45W charging (wired)
Supports reverse wired charging
Supports bypass charging
166.48 x 78.23 x 8.63 mm (dimensions)
~219g (weight)
Purple, White, Brown (colorways)