realme C100 评测

realme C100 已发布，它堪称搭载超大容量8000mAh电池的最实惠智能手机。剧透一下：这实际上意味着更持久的续航表现。

但除此之外，它在日常使用中的表现如何？

让我们在本篇评测中揭晓答案。

设计与施工

我们不得不承认，realme C100 从远处看并不像一款入门级手机。我们的样机为紫色配色，背面饰有反光的羽毛状纹理，随光线照射角度不同而闪烁。

它在上角设有一个矩形相机岛，但请勿被其迷惑，下方仅容纳了一枚真实摄像头。realme表示该相机模组采用金属材质，手感也确实如此。

注意第三个“镜头”？那就是所谓的脉冲光（Pulse Light），它可用于显示通知、音乐播放等。

一旦你拿起这款设备，就会意识到它的外观虽显高端，但实际质感却并非如此，这也没关系。它采用全塑料机身设计，拥有平直边框和平面屏幕。

对于 I/O 接口，正面朝向屏幕时，电源键和音量 rocker 位于右侧，混合 SIM 卡托盘在左侧，而麦克风、USB-C 端口和扬声器格栅则位于底部。顶部没有任何接口。

尽管这款手机采用塑料机身，realme却为C100提供了出色的整体防护。它具备最高IP69K等级，可防尘、防水浸，甚至能抵御高温水流的冲击。

它还获得了军用级评级，具备一定程度的抗跌落能力。此外还有更多亮点：其显示屏顶部采用ArmorShell玻璃，并且开箱即预装屏幕保护膜。

显示屏、多媒体与生物识别技术

说到屏幕，C100配备了一块6.8英寸的IPS LCD面板，分辨率为HD+，因此显示效果不会特别锐利，但我觉得对于日常使用来说已经足够不错了。

我们对观看视频或浏览社交媒体等用途没有任何抱怨。此处的可视角度表现良好，无论从何角度观看，色彩均保持一致。此外，作为一块 LCD 面板，其亮度也相当出色，高亮模式下最高可达 1200 尼特，因此屏幕在户外依然清晰可见。

然而，导航体验并不那么流畅。屏幕确实支持高达 120Hz 的刷新率，但您仍会注意到偶尔出现的微小卡顿。

此处的边框相当厚，尤其是下巴区域，且仅配备一个向下发声的扬声器，因此观看电影时缺乏沉浸感。此外，Widevine 级别被限制在 L3，导致观看 Netflix 时最高仅支持标清画质。

在听感方面，这符合一款预算型设备的预期。其单扬声器即便将音量调至400%，也依然不够响亮，整体声音浑浊，高音和中音定义模糊，且完全缺乏低音。

在生物识别方面，该设备配备了一个兼具指纹传感器功能的电源键，并支持面部识别。通过任一方式解锁手机都快速可靠，尤其是指纹传感器。

话虽如此，但存在些许延迟——只要手指一触碰传感器，屏幕便会在一瞬间解锁。

相机

接下来来看相机性能，realme C100 后置配备一颗 5000 万像素主摄，搭配某种辅助镜头，前置则为 800 万像素自拍摄像头。

在光线充足的环境中，主摄像头出人意料地能很好地捕捉主体。这主要归功于人工智能处理，输出结果相当不错，具备不错的锐度、良好的色彩和可接受的动态范围水平。

realme C100 拍摄

6 月 15 – 16 日

拍摄时，画面可能看起来高光过曝，但照片处理完成后，系统会尝试还原正确的高光与阴影细节，从而获得一张不错的照片。其变焦最高可达2倍，但在此倍数下开始引入较明显的噪点，导致画质锐度下降。

自拍效果也相当不错。虽然锐度表现一般，但能较好地还原肤色与肤质。

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)