Realme 10 announced with Helio G99, 6.4" 90 Hz AMOLED display

The first of Realme’s 10 series phones is here and it focuses on performance and efficiency. Simply called Realme 10, this phone ditches its predecessor’s Snapdragon 680 in favor of a MediaTek Helio G99.

Realme boasts of the 400K score in AnTuTu, which its 40% more than Realme 9 succeeded. The new chipset has 25% faster CPU performance and uses 20% less power.

There are configurations with 4GB, 6GB and 8GB of RAM, which can be expanded up to 8GB of virtual RAM. Realme used UFS 2.2 for storage (64-256GB) and advertises 50% faster cold launches (and 40% faster hot launches) than Realme 9. That also used UFS 2.2, so some other optimizations they must be in play.

The G99 chipset and its Mali-G57 MC2 GPU promise to deliver 40fps gameplay on PUBG. Also note that Realme has kept the microSD slot so you can add up to 1 TB of additional storage.

Realme 10 in Clash White and Rush Black

While PUBG can’t hit 90fps, some lighter games might. The Realme 10 features a 6.4-inch (1,080 x 2,400 px) Super AMOLED display with 90 Hz refresh rate and 360 Hz touch sample rate. With a maximum brightness of 1,000 nits and Gorilla Glass 5 protection , sounds exactly like the Realme 9 display.

The camera, however, doesn’t – the Realme 10 has undergone a major downgrade in this department compared to its predecessor. It comes with a basic 50MP main camera (1 / 2.76 “JN1 sensor) and a 2MP depth sensor (not ultra wide angle). For comparison, Realme 9 had a 108MP main camera (1 / 1.67 “) and an ultra-wide 8MP camera.

The battery is as before: 5,000 mAh of capacity with support for fast charging of 33 W. However, Realme managed to reduce the charge cycle by a few minutes. The Realme 10 needs 28 minutes to reach 50% and 70 minutes for a full charge (compared to 31 minutes at 50% and 75 minutes at 100%).

The Realme 10 will be available soon. The following are the global prices for the various memory configurations: