2021 Winners and Losers: Realme

31 December 2021
A strong year for Realme with plenty of products - some impressive, others not so much.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 21 Jan 2022

Anonymous, 01 Jan 2022I have the so-called flagship of realme. Realme X2 Pro, the... morewho said so? even their biggest competitior - xiaomi doesn't provide 3 years of security updates (tho they changed that with mi11t, but still...)

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    • T.A
    • X{X
    • 06 Jan 2022

    Do you have any ig

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      • Anonymous
      • TST
      • 05 Jan 2022

      Dolon, 01 Jan 2022My last phone was a Realme, it got stolen. Now again I'... moreGT 2 pro look good :P

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        • Woohoo
        • 7kk
        • 03 Jan 2022

        No mention of the X7 Max, it's a better product than the GT-ME imo and it's cheaper to boot!

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          • Kamal Mehndiratta
          • rK%
          • 03 Jan 2022

          Realme x7 max is also a good phone has fast processor & good gaming phone.Why they stopped this model.It could have been good competitor to One plus nord 2 & Poco F3 GT if they reduce the price of this phone between Rs. 2000-3000

            Anonymous, 01 Jan 2022Same here in Bulgaria, where gsmarena is based. I switched ... moreYeah, very true.

              rizki1, 01 Jan 2022I am in Indonesia, Xiaomi and poco offer cheaper and I rare... moreYeah, for phones the price for budget, midrange and upper midrange is very country dependent. Redmi is more widely available than Realme still.

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                • Anonymous
                • krP
                • 01 Jan 2022

                asus rog phone 5 most powerful phone 2021. 144HZ, 600mah, lossless audio.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • SaA
                  • 01 Jan 2022

                  Aierlan, 01 Jan 2022Probably depends on your country. Where I live they offered... moreSame here in Bulgaria, where gsmarena is based. I switched from Xiaomi, a friend and his wife both switched from Samsung. But at the bottom end of the market, brand loyalty is pretty close to zero.

                    Aierlan, 01 Jan 2022Probably depends on your country. Where I live they offered... moreI am in Indonesia, Xiaomi and poco offer cheaper and I rarely see latest realme $300-$400 phones like GT series, 8 series etc here. Except C series.

                      rizki1, 01 Jan 2022yep they are bad after realme 6 series.. the rest are many ... moreProbably depends on your country. Where I live they offered better price to performance ratio based purely on specs than Redmi in 2021. Who knows in 2022 though

                        The GT Neo 2 seemd like a really good phone. Might try Realme next time.

                          Happy New Year to everyone and to the GSMArena Team as well

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 01 Jan 2022

                            I have the so-called flagship of realme. Realme X2 Pro, the phone is a flagship but the company is not treating it like a flagship at all in terms of software updates. The phone launched in 2019 November. The flagship should receive at least 3 years of security updates. But the company has stopped the updates after just 2 years.

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                              • Rkm
                              • Dk@
                              • 01 Jan 2022

                              That realme gt explorer seemed like a very good phone. Then they dropped the ball by not launching it everywhere.

                                zillion, 01 Jan 2022For me, realme is a loser brand with all of it's produ... moreyep they are bad after realme 6 series.. the rest are many products with $400 price tag like gt neo, master, 8 pro etc and now C series is just a trash plastic body with microUSB, G35 or Unisoc processor.

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                                  • Dolon
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                                  • 01 Jan 2022

                                  My last phone was a Realme, it got stolen. Now again I'm using another Realme Phone for almost 2 years. It's Realme XT. It does all the tasks I need to do every day. It can play any game (except Fortnite) without any issues (Not all games run on the highest graphics settings though). It's charging speed is decent, not super-fast but a little faster. Camera is somewhat mid-rangy.
                                  It's durable.
                                  If I not buying a flagship from (Samsung, Apple, OnePlus) then my next phone will also be a Realme.
                                  (Let's see what Realme brings in it's new flagship this year)

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • DEP
                                    • 01 Jan 2022

                                    zillion, 01 Jan 2022For me, realme is a loser brand with all of it's produ... moreAh yes,says a Xiaomi fanboy of course everything other than Xiaomi products is automatically worse for a fanboy.

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                                      • Kirulu
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                                      • 01 Jan 2022

                                      Yay my realme 8 won

                                        For me, realme is a loser brand with all of it's products. Shame.