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The Realme 9 5G slots in neatly below the Realme 9 Pro 5G, with a similar clean design and 5G connectivity at a more affordable price point.
Compromises have been made in the process of squeezing in that 5G connectivity, as illustrated by the presence of a non–5G model available for the same money. You get an LCD display here rather than OLED, albeit a crisp, accurate, and fluid example.
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•Prices start at £249 (around $310 / AU$440)
•Launched May 12, 2022
Released on May 12, 2022, the Realme 9 5G is priced at £249 (around $310 / AU$440) for a solitary model with 128GB of storage.
It’s interesting that there’s also a non–5G version that costs the same amount of money, but with several superior components. Realme is offering a straight choice here between an inferior phone with 5G or a superior phone without it.
In terms of the phone’s positioning within the wider range, it slots neatly between the £299 Realme 9 Pro 5G and the £199 Realme 9i.
Aside from internal competition, the Realme 9 5G finds a close rival in the identically priced Poco M4 Pro 5G, while the 4G-only Redmi Note 11 Pro costs a similar £259 at the time of writing.
•Tidy all-plastic design
•Eye-catching pearlescent finish
Unlike some of its budget contemporaries, Realme has maintained a consistent design language across the Realme 9 series.
The Realme 9 5G looks and feels a lot like the Realme 9 Pro 5G and, indeed, the Realme 9 Pro Plus 5G. Holding the latter range-topper side by side with the Realme 9 5G, there’s little to indicate why there’s a £100 difference between them.
This is a solid, well-put-together phone, albeit with a plastic frame and rear. Our model wears the Stargaze White color, which has an appealing pearlescent rainbow sheen to it, as well as a pleasing matte feel.
It wears fingerprints more lightly than many darker models, though they’re still there to see along with the razzle-dazzle effect whenever you tilt the phone.
•6.6-inch IPS LCD
•1080 x 2412 resolution
•120Hz refresh rate
Here’s where the first and arguably biggest difference lies between the 5G and non–5G versions of the Realme 9. While the 4G model gives you a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED screen (the same as the Pro and Pro Plus), the Realme 9 5G goes with a 6.6-inch LCD.
Both screens have an FHD+ resolution, but while the 4G model has a 90Hz refresh rate, the 5G model goes with 120Hz.
This might be a larger and more responsive screen, but make no mistake: the Realme 9 5G display is a point of compromise. Its blacks aren’t as deep and its colors pop a lot less than on its sibling. Indeed, this screen has more in common with the £149 Realme C35 than with the Realme 9.
•50MP main camera
•2MP depth and 2MP macro cameras
•no ultra-wide
The Realme 9 5G comes equipped with a triple camera system in name only. It’s led by a respectable 50MP main (wide) camera, but the 2MP depth and macro sensors are largely there to occupy space and tick boxes.
Focusing on that main 50MP sensor, it appears to be the 1/2.76" Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN1 that can be found in many budget phones. This is the same sensor that you get in the Moto G22, the Realme 9i, and the Realme 8i before it.
As that suggests, it’s nowhere near the level of the Realme 9 Pro Plus 5G’s main sensor. More tellingly, it’s not of the same caliber as the non–5G Realme 9’s 108MP main sensor.
•Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor
•4GB RAM and 128GB storage
•5G-ready
At the heart of the Realme 9 5G lies a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 chip and 4GB of RAM. This is a different set-up from the non–5G model, which gives you a Snapdragon 680 and 8GB of RAM.
The Snapdragon 695 is the same chip that you’ll find in the more expensive Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and Poco X4 Pro 5G, but it remains a budget 5G chip with a fairly meager feature set. Going back to the camera for a second, the Snapdragon 695 only permits a fairly pathetic 1080p video recording at 30fps.
Average Geekbench 5 scores of 693 single-core and 1,876 multi-core are far from impressive, too. That’s a little faster than last year’s Realme 8 5G in single-core terms, but a little slower when it comes to multi-core.
•Android 12 with Realme UI 3.0
•No Google feed
The Realme 9 5G runs on Android 12 with Realme UI 3.0 sitting on top. This is far from the most intrusive custom Android skin on the market and is far easier on the eye than Xiaomi’s MIUI, which you’ll find in Redmi and Poco phones.
Menus are crisp and relatively stock-like, and it’s not jam-packed with duplicate or third-party apps. There’s no divisive (in both senses of the word) split notification pane like in MIUI either.
Interestingly – and rather annoyingly – there’s no Google Feed to the left of the home screen. Even the super-cheap Realme C35 had that, and we found ourselves constantly butting up against the springy animation that pops up when you can scroll no further.
This being Android 12, there’s a neat facility to adjust the color of menu toggles according to your chosen wallpaper, which is a cool addition – especially compared to the many Poco and Redmi phones that are still running Android 11.
•5,000mAh battery
•18W charger
The Realme 9 5G is powered by a 5000mAh battery. We’d say that’s large, but it’s pretty much a required inclusion for a modern affordable phone.
What we will say is that it’s as ample here as it is in any Poco, Redmi, or Motorola rival. You could conceivably get through a full two days of light to moderate usage on a single charge, while even heavy users should be able to clear a day with room to spare. Again, that’s nothing special in a sector of the market that goes big on capacity, but it’s a positive nonetheless.
Watching media content will sap the juice a little more here than on a more expensive phone with a more efficient/expensive processor. Running the classic 90-minute TechRadar looping video with the screen brightness set to max sapped 12% of a full charge.
The 5G tax is in evidence when it comes time to recharge. Like last year’s Realme 8 5G, Realme has bundled in an 18W charger, which will take over an hour to get from empty to full.
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