Realme has when again raised the bar for what consumers should anticipate from a mid-range premium smartphone with its brand-new X3 and X3 SuperZoom devices. With rates starting at simply Rs. 24,999 for the Realme X3 and Rs. 27,999 for the Realme X3 SuperZoom, you can expect a high-grade 4G SoC, a fast 120 Hz display screen, and top quality optics. Today we’ll be checking out the X3 SuperZoom, whose highlight feature is an impressive-looking telephoto camera that’s capable of 5x optical and 60 x hybrid zoom. Periscope-style cam systems have up until now been utilized in more expensive Android phones, but with the X3 SuperZoom, Realme is bringing this tech to a larger audience.
Simply taking a look at the specifications and cost, the Realme X3 SuperZoom appears all set to be a fantastic all-rounder. Should you buy it instead of other likewise priced offerings such as the Realme X2 Pro( Evaluation) or the OnePlus 7T( Evaluation)? Let’s learn.
Realme X3 SuperZoom cameras: Great in daytime
The main difference between the Realme X3 and the SuperZoom design is the telephoto cam. The X3 SuperZoom features an 8-megapixel periscope-style cam, which enables it to attain a declared 5x optical zoom. This electronic camera also has an f/3.4 aperture and optical stabilisation. The other cams include a main one with a 64- megapixel Samsung GW1 sensor, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera, and a 2-megapixel macro cam. For selfies, you get two electronic cameras embedded in the display, a main 32- megapixel camera with a Sony IMX616 sensing unit and a f/2.5 aperture, and an 8-megapixel wide-angle electronic camera with a f/2.2 aperture.
The cam app offers buttons in the viewfinder to jump to zoom levels such as 2x, 5x, and 10 x. The zoom buttons alter to a vertical slider if you long-press them, giving you more granular zoom control. You can press the slider all the method as much as 60 x, and this is even possible in Night mode. The X3 SuperZoom will digitally amplify a scene till about 4.9 x, after which, it changes to the telephoto video camera all the method to 60 x.
Although you get 5x magnification, the true optical zoom level seems to be about 2.1 x, which I got by dividing the focal lengths of the primary and telephoto video cameras. A lot of phonemakers never expose real optical zoom worths, as these are typically a lot lower than marketed numbers, which probably does not produce great marketing.
Naturally, I needed to compare image quality produced by the Realme X3 SuperZoom against a few of the very best smart devices I could get my hands on– the OnePlus 8 Pro( Evaluation) and the Samsung Galaxy S20 ( Review). At 5x zoom, the image quality from the X3 SuperZoom is excellent. This phone managed to record better details than the 8 Pro and Galaxy S20 , which states a lot. Transferring to 10 x zoom, the Galaxy S20 captured up but the X3 SuperZoom continued to produce a clean image with excellent information, pushing past the OnePlus 8 Pro.
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At 20 x zoom, we see that the Galaxy S20 has the cleanest image, but due to aggressive de-noising, it also flattens most textures. The OnePlus 8 Pro priorities information over noise, which is why the shot looks a bit grainy but edges appearance sharper. The shot taken with the X3 SuperZoom falls s