realme, the youth-focused smartphone manufacturing company, produces budget-friendly phones under their C Series. The company officially launched another pocket-friendly phone C61 in Bangladesh on 1st August. The phone features standard functionalities to meet the mass necessities. Let’s delve deeper into the specifications, features and price of the realme C61. Key Specifications and Features of realme C61 Design The realme C61 boasts a well-crafted design that blends style and practicality. Measuring 167.3 mm by 76.7 mm by 7.8 mm, this smartphone is impressively slim, ensuring a comfortable grip and easy portability. Weighing just 188 g, it strikes a good balance between being lightweight and sturdy. The device features a glass front complemented by a plastic frame and back that provides durability without sacrificing its profile. The realme C61 supports dual SIM functionality, allowing users to manage personal and work contacts effortlessly. One of its standout features is the IP54 rating, which offers protection against dust and splashes, making it resilient to everyday challenges. Read more: Motorola Moto G85 5G Review: A Flagship Grade Display on a Lower Mid-Range Smartphone Whether you’re using it at home, work, or on the go, the realme C61’s design ensures it’s both stylish and functional, catering to users who value both aesthetics and durability in a smartphone. Display The realme C61's design is highlighted by its impressive display, offering a visual experience that stands out in its class. The device features a 6.74-inch IPS LCD screen, which occupies approximately 85.5% of the front surface, ensuring a large viewing area within a compact frame. The screen’s 720 by 1600 pixel resolution, coupled with a 20:9 aspect ratio, delivers clear and vibrant visuals with a pixel density of around 260 ppi, making it ideal for watching videos, browsing, and gaming. Read more: Price Ranges of Wi-Fi Internet Routers for Home Use in Bangladesh The 90Hz refresh rate adds smoothness to scrolling and transitions, providing a responsive user experience. Additionally, the display is capable of reaching 450 nits of brightness in typical conditions and up to 560 nits in High Brightness Mode (HBM), ensuring clarity even in bright outdoor environments. Cameras The realme C61 is equipped with a capable camera setup that caters to everyday photography needs. The main camera features a 50 MP sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, delivering sharp and detailed images, especially in well-lit conditions. This wide-angle lens, combined with Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF), ensures fast and accurate focusing, allowing you to capture moments with clarity. The auxiliary 0.08 MP lens, though modest, supports the main camera in certain shooting scenarios. Read more: Apple iPhone 16 Series: Everything We Know So Far For video recording, the rear camera can capture 1080p footage at 30fps, providing decent video quality for social media sharing and everyday use. On the front, the realme C61 sports a 5 MP selfie camera with an f/2.2 aperture and a 27mm wide lens. While modest in resolution, it is suitable for casual selfies and video calls, recording at 720p@30fps. Performance The realme C61 is powered by a solid platform designed to deliver smooth performance and efficient multitasking. Running on Android 14 with realme UI, the device offers a modern and user-friendly interface, ensuring a seamless user experience with access to the latest features and security updates.

Honor started its journey as a sub-brand of Huawei. But after its split as an independent brand, the company has slowly produced smartphones from budgets to flagships. Recently, Honor launched the X6b on 13th June 2024 as a successor to last year’s X7a and the X6 before that. As an ultra-budget smartphone, the X6b has much to offer. Let’s take a detailed look.  Key Specifications of Honor X6b Design and Build Quality  The X6b is a plastic device all around with a glass front. The frosted and refracting back redirects light to the camera housing which gives the X6b a unique look. The dimensions of the smartphone come in at 163.6 mm by 75.3 mm by 8.4 mm. The weight is around 192 g which puts it on the heavier side for a plastic build device.  There’s a glass-like layer on the back of the panel which isn’t rated by Honor. However, the device holds SGS 5 stars rating against drops so you can be assured of its rugged capabilities.  The front features a usual water drop notch style display which is a common sight in budget smartphones. The sizeable bottom chin and the thick bezel all around are unfortunately what you’ll be getting for the ultra-budget price. Read more: realme 13 Pro 5G Review: Monet Inspired Competitive Mid-Range Phone On the bright side, the X6b comes with a headphone jack and a shared micro SDXC storage. There’s also a secondary noise cancellation mic which is a pleasant surprise. The left side features the volume rockers and the power button which also doubles as the fingerprint scanner.  The Display  The display on the Honor X6b is a 6.56-inch TFT LCD panel with a 90 Hz refresh rate. To be honest, LCDs are becoming less and less common even in budget smartphones. On top of that, Honor went with the TFT technology instead of the more common IPS one.  The resolution of the panel comes in at 720 by 1612 pixels with around 269 ppi density. The screen-to-body ratio comes in at 83.9% at 20:9 aspect ratio.  One of the highlights of the display is its 780 nits of peak brightness. We didn’t notice any issues while using it outdoors or even under direct sunlight. The viewing angles were okay and the panel lived up to its high refresh rate claims.  Read more: How to Detect an AI-generated Image Overall, it’s a decent panel for its price. It could’ve been better but what you’re getting isn’t bad either.  The Camera  The camera housing on the X6b might be a bit misleading at first glance. There’s a total of 4 cutouts on the back. However, there are only two sensors and the others are an LED flash and a ring-like design that doesn’t do anything.  The main camera is a 50 MP, f/1.8 sensor with PDAF. The secondary camera is a 2 MP, f/2.4 depth sensor. The front camera is a 5 MP, f/2.2 wide-angle shooter.  In terms of performance, the X6b was able to take decent shots in well-lit environments. The portrait shots also stood out as it was able to clearly separate the background and the subject each time. The color reproduction was neutral with realistic contrast and dynamic range.  Read more: Nothing CMF Phone 1 Review: Budget-friendly Phone with Innovative Modular Design However, the camera struggled in darker environments and at night. The included night mode helps to bring out the details but the softness and grains are ever apparent in each shot.  The front camera can take decent selfies, but it's nothing to boast about.  The X6b can video record at up to 1080P at 30 fps. However, the lack of stabilization features results in choppy footage.  Processor and Performance  The processor on the X6b is Mediatek Helio G85 based on a 12 Nm architecture. The octa-core processor has a chip design of 2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 with Mali-G52 MC2 GPU.  In terms of day-to-day use, the G85 is a more than capable processor. It can easily handle tasks like browsing the web, social media, or watching YouTube. However, gaming is where it struggles quite a bit. We played PUBG at a max setting of HD/High settings. Even then, the gyro delay and the frame drops were pretty apparent. Highly optimized games like COD and Asphalt 9 also stuttered at times.  Read more: Price Ranges of Wi-Fi Internet Routers for Home Use in Bangladesh The X6b features 6 GB of RAM which is also becoming obsolete even in budget Androids. Thankfully, the device can utilize an additional 6 GB of virtual RAM from the internal storage.  The X6b isn’t really made for gaming so you’re better off playing 2D offline games in it.  Benchmark  Antutu 10: 267195 GeekBench 6: 418 (single core); 1310 (multi-core)  Software  Honor X6b is running on Magic OS 8 based on Android 14. Magic OS 8 has its fair share of bloatware and MIUI-like layout. The OS might feel a bit too heavy for Android purists but if you’re coming from a Xiaomi or Honor, the OS 8 won’t really feel out of place.  Read more: 10 Best eBook Reader Apps for Android, iOS in 2024 Battery and Charge Time The battery on the Honor X6b is around 5200 mAh. The device supports 35W wired fast charging which can take the device from 0 to 31% in 20 minutes. In moderate use, the device can easily last one and a half days. But even with heavy use, you’re looking at at least a day's worth from a single charge.  Pros and Cons of Honor X6b  Pros - Attractive design - Headphone jack and micro SDXC support - Great battery life - Secondary noise cancellation mic - Bright display  Cons  - Mediocre camera performance - Average processor. Read more: Apple iPhone 16 Series: Everything We Know So Far  Official Price of Honor X6b in Bangladesh  The Honor X6b is available in a 6/128 GB configuration. The current price is 14,999 BDT.  Verdict  The Honor X6b doesn’t really bring anything mentionable over the X6 or even the X7a. On the contrary, the performance falters quite a bit in gaming or multitasking. The TFT display is also becoming out of date and out of place even in the budget segment. The camera performance also won’t blow you away. The only two things where the X6b excels are the design and the battery life. In essence, the Honor X6b is best suited for those looking for a daily driver that’ll be sufficient for day-to-day tasks, nothing more.  Read more: Top Smartphones Launching in September 2024: iPhone 16 and More