Xiaomi Redmi Y2 vs Oppo RealMe 1: New selfie centric budget android phones

Xiaomi has recently launched its new budget phone Redmi Y1, which is primarily designed for selfie centric people. However, we all have noticed that for quite some time xiaomi has been leading the market for budget smartphones in India. But one new contender in the market, on paper, can give tuff competition to xiaomi.

Yes, we are talking about oppo’s new launched sub-brand RealMe1. There is already hype for RealMe1 in the market and be considered as more worthy than its competitor like xioami under budget mobile price segment.

So, without any delay let move to the comparison for xiaomi Redmi Y2 and Oppo Realme 1.

Design: Redmi Y2 vs RealMe 1

The overall design of new Redmi Y2 seems to be borrowed from their other handset “Redmi note 5 Pro”.The Position of the vertically assigned dual camera, fingerprint sensor and Mi logo at the bottom. While the back of the Y2 looks like metal finish but it is not, made up of polycarbonate which has been given the metal finish. Where else the design of RealMe1 is fresh and impressive, which makes it stand out here. It back appears to be glass with diamond texture over it but which is made out of plastic and polymer material.

Display: Redmi Y2 vs RealMe 1

Both phones carry same aspect ratio which is 18:9 but difference is in there size and resolution. The Real Me1 offer 6-inch Full HD+ display with the resolution of 2160×1080 pixels and corning gorilla glass protection. However, the Redmi Y2 flaunts 5.99-inch display with the lower resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels and it has no glass protection over it.

Hardware and Software: Redmi Y2 vs RealMe 1

The Redmi Y2 comes with the Xiaomi’s favourite processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 which is bit outdated while considering it with RealMe1. The Real Me 1 comes with remarkably more powerful processor Helio P60 chipset. The Redmi Y2 has two memory option 3GB and 4GB of RAM alongside the option of 32GB and 64GB internal memory. While RealMe1 is offered with an expansive flavour of 4GB and 6GB RAM besides 64GB and 128GB of internals.

RealMe 1 runs on Android 8.1 oreo but with the custom skin of oppo’s ColorOS 5.0, which might not be attractive than MIUI. Even though the Redmi Y2 also runs on Android 8.1 oreo but with the different story(custom skin) MIUI 9.5, while latter comes with preloaded Android 7.1.2 out of the box.

The Redmi Y2 fueled with the smallest battery of 3,00mAh while comparing it with the RealMe 1 has 3140 mAh battery. Both have the option of expandable storage up to 256GB with the dedicated MicroSD card slot. In term of security option, the RealMe 1 is provided with no fingerprint sensor in it where else Redmi Y2 has fingerprint sensor at the back.

Camera: Redmi Y2 vs RealMe 1

In this duo, the Redmi Y2 surpass the competition because it has the dual rear camera setup even at this budget segment. It has a primary sensor of 12-megapixel and supported with the 5-Megapixel sensor for phase-detection and further with dual-tone LED flash. The Front is also packed with the high-resolution 16-megapixel sensor supported with LED Flash and AI beautify 4.0, which is retuned for Indian customers. both the front and rear sensors support AI portrait mode and enhanced bokeh effects. Therefore it makes it best selfie centric phone under the budget category.

The RealMe 1 has single lens setup-which has a 13-megapixel sensor with the f/2.2 aperture and LED flash. It features also portrait mode with some dubious beauty modes and pro mode. The front is loaded with the 8-megapixel sensor with no LED Flash. Apparently, there is no optical image stabilization but can deliver decent images.

Both phones camera can record the HD videos at 1080pixel @30fps(as can rear).

Price: Redmi Y2 vs RealMe 1

As Redmi Y2 is available in two variant option, the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage model has been listed for Rs. 9,999 where 4GB and 64GB storage has been tagged for Rs.12,999. Coming to the Real Me1, it is offered in three variant as 3GB RAM and 32GB storage variant for Rs. 8,990 price label and goes up to Rs. 10,990 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage version, while the top-model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant is available at Rs. 13,990 for price label.

Final Conclusion: Redmi Y2 vs RealMe 1

An ultimate choice was really not as troublesome as it may have shown up at first. The Redmi Y2 is a conventional smartphone which would be ideal for the individuals who are just worried about taking awesome pictures yet are on a tight spending plan. In spite of that, with a larger display, powerful processor and bigger battery at a somewhat lesser price label, the Realme 1 is ideal for budget oriented people. Therefore it makes realme1 best budget phone among the Redmi Y2.

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