Realme Narzo 20 Pro hands-on review

Introduction

The Nazro 20 Pro is the top-dog within the second era of the Narzo collection and notably extra premium than the vanilla Narzo 20 and the Narzo 20A.

The 20 Pro is definitely fairly just like the international model of the Realme 7. That contains issues like a extra highly effective MediaTek Helio G95 chipset, a better decision 90Hz show and 65W SuperDart charging help for its 4,500 mAh battery. It’s clear that the Pro is farther from the vanilla 20 than the vanilla to the 20A.

Realme Narzo 20 Pro specs at a look:

• Body: 162.3×75.4×9.4mm, 191g; Colors: White Knight, Black Ninja.
• Display: 6.50″ IPS LCD, 1080x2400px decision, 20:9 facet ratio, 405ppi.
• Chipset: Mediatek Helio G95 (12 nm): Octa-core (2×2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.Zero GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G76 MC4.
• Memory: 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM; UFS 2.1; microSDXC (devoted slot).
• OS/Software: Android 10, Realme UI.
• Rear digital camera: Wide (principal): 48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, half.0″, 0.8µm, PDAF; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.3, 119-degree, 1/4.0″, 1.12µm; Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4; Depth: 2 MP, f/2.4; LED flash, HDR, panorama.
• Front digital camera: 16 MP, f/2.1, 26mm (broad), 1/3.09″, 1.0µm; HDR, panorama.
• Video seize: Rear digital camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS; Front digital camera: 1080p@30/120fps.
• Battery: 4500mAh; Fast charging 65W, SuperDart Charge.
• Misc: Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass.

Considering its fairly palatable MSRP of INR 14,999 ($205/€170) for the 6/64GB mannequin and INR 16,999 ($230/€195) for the 8/128GB one, it positively embodies the Narzo worth spirit. Currently, the Narzo 20 Pro is likely one of the, if not the most affordable 65W charging-capable gadget within the Indian market. Arguably a fair more-compelling bundle than the Realme 7, as a complete.

Design, supplies, dealing with

Realme discovered a technique to mix the Narzo 20 Pro in with the Narzo crowd, so to say, by incorporating an identical V-pattern design on its again. It additionally shares the identical Narzo and Realme branding design. One that’s executed in a considerably less-obtrusive and tasteful manner than what the Narzo 10A had.

However, the design can solely get as comparable because the shiny, glass-like floor of the again on the Narzo 20 Pro will allow it. Unlike the Narzo 20 and Narzo 20A, which share a textured again , the Narzo 20 Pro goes for a extra premium wanting shiny end.

Honestly, we’d have most popular to see textured materials as soon as once more, because the again of the Narzo 20 Pro is extraordinarily shiny, like a mirror, a bit slippery and a large fingerprint magnet. That being stated, it’s the widespread look of the day, for higher or worse, so we get why Realme determined to go that manner.

Additionally, the Narzo 20 Pro tends to additionally endure from sub-optimal in-hand consolation, identical to the Narzo 20A. We want that the curvature on the again and sides was a bit extra aggressive on each, which might make for extra comfy dealing with.

Alternatively, if the 162.Three x 75.Four x 9.4mm, 191-gram physique of the Narzo 20 Pro was only a bit thicker, just like the one on the Narzo 20, the ergonomics might need been higher. Having stated that, there’s a clear TPU case in our Narzo 20 Pro field, which helps dealing with quite a bit.

Since we’re already on the subject of again panels, Realme went for a vertical digital camera module on the Narzo 20 Pro, just like the one on the Realme 7. This design has a few notable points, although. For one, it introduces fairly a little bit of wobble when the cellphone is on a flat floor, because it protrudes a good bit. Also, its explicit place and the truth that it extends to this point down make it very straightforward to smudge the underside digital camera along with your index finger.

Controls are one other facet of the Narzo 20 Pro that differs considerably in comparison with the Narzo 20 and 20A. Notably, the fingerprint reader has moved from the again of the cellphone to its aspect. It continues to be very quick, each in setup and operation and properly correct. Kind of anticipated from a standard capacitive reader, however a lot much less of a given in a slimmer side-mounter form-factor.

A pair of separate quantity buttons sit on the alternative body. Unlike the Narzo 20 and the 20A, on the 20 Pro these lack a recessed space and are notably more durable to really feel by contact. On the plus aspect, they’re simply as “clicky” and responsive.

Right above these, the Narzo 20 Pro has a triple-slot card tray that may home two nanoSIM playing cards and a microSD all on the identical time. This is a nifty shared characteristic among the many Narzo 20 line.

Much just like the Narzo 20, the 20 Pro has a single speaker and a principal microphone flanking the Type-C port on the underside. Despite the comparatively larger standing of the Narzo 20 Pro, it nonetheless retains a 3.5mm port.

The Type-C port nonetheless solely permits USB 2.Zero speeds. Though, we count on quicker storage total, together with faster transfers from the Narzo 20 Pro because it has UFS 2.1 storage, in comparison with the eMMC 5.1 of its Narzo siblings.

That, nevertheless, is a small improve compared to the truth that the Narzo 20 Pro helps 65W of SuperDart Charge through its Type-C port. Internally, that signifies that it really has two separate 2,250 mAh battery cells that make up the overall 4,500 mAh capability. A bit lower than the 5,000 mAh of juice on the Realme 7.

On a optimistic word, it’s nice to see that Realme is together with the 65W SuperDart charger within the field.

Display

At 6.5 inches in diagonal, the Narzo 20 Pro will get the identical measurement show as the remainder of the Narzo 20 household. However, the IPS LCD panel itself has a better 1080 x 2400-pixel decision and a quicker 90Hz refresh fee, making it similar to the one within the Realme 7.

The identical is additional backed-up by the punch-hole selfie digital camera design on each handsets.

The leap from HD on the opposite Narzo 20 fashions to FullHD on the Narzo 20 Pro is noticeable, particularly when evaluating aspect by aspect, however not likely game-changing. At round 405 ppi issues positively look sharper, however it does not actually make a lot of a distinction within the UI.

Multimedia consumption is the place the additional pixels arguably matter a bit extra. Realme has gone by means of the trouble of buying Widevine L1 certification for the Narzo 20 Pro, so you may stream at full decision in companies like Netflix and Amazon Video.

From preliminary observations we will say the display received vibrant sufficient to be usable outside, with textual content remaining good and readable.

We additionally spent a while experimenting with the 90Hz refresh fee on the Narzo 20 Pro, with a few of our in-house measuring instruments. When the show is ready to Auto mode, we noticed 90Hz whereas scrolling and 60Hz when idling on the house display, within the app drawer and in Play Store. Chrome dropped right down to 45Hz when idling and the Settings menu was locked at 90Hz.

In distinction, setting the refresh fee to 90Hz, resulted in the identical conduct for the app drawer, whereas the house display dropped right down to 45Hz whereas idling. The Play Store was locked at 90Hz, whereas Chrome solely dropped right down to 60Hz when idling. The settings app surprisingly dropped to 60Hz when idling on this show mode, as effectively. Certain outlier, just like the YouTube app have been all the time locked at 60Hz no matter system settings. Overall it seems that there’s little distinction between the 90Hz and Auto modes.

Battery

The Realme Narzo 20 Pro has a complete of 4,500 mAh price of battery capability break up between two 2,250 mAh packs. It’s not as a lot because the Realme 7 with its 5,000 mAh juice pack and kinda removed from the Narzo 20 and its 6,000 mAh battery. The latter has strong potential to high endurance charts, however, in distinction, the Narzo 20 Pro has 65W SuperDart charging help, topping charging velocity charts.

The Narzo 20 Pro goes from flat to round 40% in simply 15 minutes, then 75% in simply 30 minutes and a full cost takes round 45 minutes. That’s mighty spectacular, particularly on a finances cellphone. Currently, the Narzo 20 Pro is likely one of the most cost-effective telephones on sale in India with the 65W charging tech.

In phrases of endurance, the Narzo 20 Pro received us by means of a day of slightly intensive use on a single cost and doubtlessly had extra in it. With a extra conservative utilization sample a day and a half needs to be achievable.

Performance

Realme determined to go along with MediaTek chipsets for the vanilla Narzo 20 and the Narzo 20 Pro. The Helio G95 within the latter is a notable step up from the Helio G85 within the vanilla Narzo 20 and much more so the Snapdragon 665 within the Narzo 20A.

Yet we would not say the distinction is big in most situations, particularly when you think about that the Mali-G76 MC4 contained in the Narzo 20 Pro has to push pixels to a FullHD+ panel, slightly than the lower-res HD+ ones of the Narzo 20 and 20A.

But, earlier than we get to that, let us take a look at how the CPU holds up in artificial exams. The Narzo 20 Pro has 2 Cortex-A76 cores operating at 2.05 GHz and 6 Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2.Zero GHz, that means that its two huge Cortex models are newer and stronger than these contained in the vanilla Narzo 20. Clocks speeds are a bit larger throughout, as effectively. Hence, the great enhance in each single-core and multi-core GeekBench runs.

GeekBench 5 (multi-core)

Higher is best

• 
  Realme 7 Pro
  1811
• 
  Redmi Note 9S
  1785
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Okay30 (Poco X2)
  1692
• 
  Realme 7
  1681
• 
  Realme Narzo 20 Pro
  1666
• 
  Redmi Note 8 Pro
  1622
• 
  Realme Narzo 20A
  1400
• 
  Realme Narzo 20
  1328
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi 9 (Prime)
  1325
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M21
  1319
• 
  Realme 7i
  1318
• 
  Redmi Note 9
  1292
• 
  Realme C3
  1262
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M31s
  1261
• 
  Samsung Galaxy A21s
  1100

GeekBench 5 (single-core)

Higher is best

• 
  Realme 7 Pro
  576
• 
  Redmi Note 9S
  570
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Okay30 (Poco X2)
  548
• 
  Realme 7
  536
• 
  Realme Narzo 20 Pro
  517
• 
  Redmi Note 8 Pro
  493
• 
  Realme Narzo 20
  385
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi 9 (Prime)
  362
• 
  Redmi Note 9
  361
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M31s
  349
• 
  Realme C3
  347
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M21
  346
• 
  Realme Narzo 20A
  314
• 
  Realme 7i
  312
• 
  Samsung Galaxy A21s
  184

Antutu affords a extra complete take a look at and ranks the Narzo 20 Pro manner above its vanilla and 20A siblings. It takes into consideration issues like RAM (8GB on our unit) and storage velocity. This is the place the quicker UFS 2.1 storage comes into play, as effectively. The Narzo 20 and 20A have eMMC 5.1.

AnTuTu 8

Higher is best

• 
  Realme 7
  292828
• 
  Realme Narzo 20 Pro
  291407
• 
  Redmi Note 8 Pro
  279355
• 
  Realme 7 Pro
  278414
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Okay30 (Poco X2)
  272229
• 
  Redmi Note 9S
  254000
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi 9 (Prime)
  201829
• 
  Redmi Note 9
  200414
• 
  Realme Narzo 20
  193912
• 
  Realme C3
  192223
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M31s
  187863
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M21
  180711
• 
  Realme 7i
  172933
• 
  Realme Narzo 20A
  169543
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
  167395
• 
  Samsung Galaxy A21s
  107157

On to GPU then. In the off-screen exams, we will clearly see that the Mali-G76 MC4 contained in the Narzo 20 Pro has extra “oomph” than the Narzo 20 and particularly the 20A.

GFX Manhattan ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)

Higher is best

• 
  Realme 7
  34
• 
  Realme Narzo 20 Pro
  34
• 
  Realme 7 Pro
  30
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Okay30 (Poco X2)
  30
• 
  Redmi Note 9S
  30
• 
  Redmi Note 8 Pro
  29
• 
  Realme Narzo 20
  16
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M21
  16
• 
  Realme C3
  14
• 
  Realme Narzo 20A
  13
• 
  Realme 7i
  13
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
  13
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M31s
  12
• 
  Samsung Galaxy A21s
  9.4

However, operating at native decision, with none scaling sees the higher-res FullHD+ panel on the Narzo 20 Pro actually damage fps depend. As such, the vanilla Narzo 20 manages to barely outscore it.

GFX Manhattan ES 3.1 (onscreen)

Higher is best

• 
  Realme Narzo 20
  32
• 
  Realme 7
  28
• 
  Realme Narzo 20 Pro
  28
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Okay30 (Poco X2)
  27
• 
  Realme C3
  27
• 
  Realme Narzo 20A
  26
• 
  Redmi Note 9S
  26
• 
  Realme 7 Pro
  25
• 
  Realme 7i
  25
• 
  Redmi Note 8 Pro
  24
• 
  Samsung Galaxy A21s
  19
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M21
  14
• 
  Samsung Galaxy M31s
  14
• 
  Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
  11

That being stated, although, trendy Android video games are extremely adaptable and scale fairly gracefully down even on lower-end gadgets. In sensible phrases, all three gadgets, and particularly the Narzo 20 Pro, simply energy by means of on a regular basis productiveness duties and even some mild gaming. The Android 10-based Realme UI on board is snappy and responsive. Overall offering nothing in need of a easy finances expertise.

Camera

The Realme Narzo 20 Pro borrows its principal digital camera setup from the Realme 7. This additionally occurs to be practically similar to the one on the vanilla Narzo 20, as effectively, with simply an additional 2MP depth sensor added to the combination.

The principal snapper has a half”-type 48MP Quad-Bayer Sony IMX471 sensor with 0.8µm pixels and an f/1.Eight lens in entrance. It has easy, however efficient PDAF and never a lot else by way of bells and whistles. Quad-Bayer models have confirmed to be slightly efficient at pulling-off respectable digital zoom pictures, which is nice, within the absence of a devoted telephoto on the Narzo 20 Pro.

The different noteworthy snapper you get has an 8MP 1/4.0″ sensor with 1.12µm pixels behing f/2.3 ultrawide lens – ok for the worth level, however not spectacular. And then there are two 2MP, f/2.Four cameras – one is a devoted macro, whereas the opposite is a depth sensor for portraits.

We grabbed just a few fast take a look at pictures with the principle 48MP shooter on the Narzo 20 Pro. We made positive to incorporate ones with HDR on, in addition to Realme’s Chroma Boost toggle.

Realme Narzo 20 Pro principal 12MP digital camera samples: Regular • Regular • HDR • HDR • Chroma enhance • Chroma enhance

By default, the principle 48MP digital camera captures 12MP stills with a 4-to-1 pixel binning. If you wish to, nevertheless, you may shoot at its full 48MP decision. Here are a few scenes in that mode, in addition to 48MP with Chroma Boost enabled.

Realme Narzo 20 Pro principal 48MP digital camera samples: Regular • Regular • Chroma enhance • Chroma enhance

On to the 8MP ultrawide then and the identical couple of scenes. Again, accompanied by HDR and Chroma Boost samples.

Realme Narzo 20 Pro ultrawide 8MP digital camera samples: Regular • Regular • HDR • HDR • Chroma enhance • Chroma enhance

The Realme Narzo 20 Pro’s selfie digital camera has a 1/3.09″ 16MP sensor with 1.0µm pixels and f/2.1 lens. A bit higher, a minimum of by way of decision than the one on the Narzo 20 and 20A.

Though similar to the selfie on the Realme 7, each in uncooked specs and total place and design, the 2 telephones differ by way of taking pictures modes supplied.

OS and UI

The Narzo 20 Pro runs realme UI 1.Zero out of the field, identical to the remainder of the Narzo 20 household.

It is constructed on high of Android 10 and our unit was nonetheless rocking the marginally older August 5 safety patches.

About the Narzo 20 Pro and realme UI

AOSP influences will be seen a all through realme UI. This isn’t actually a grievance, although, because the pores and skin manages to stay fairly clear, regardless of being one of many extra options-packed ones round. The Narzo 20 Pro even ships with Google’s AOSP Phone and Messages apps.

realme UI residence screens and folders

The default icons are additionally very AOSP-like. Same goes for the notification shade and fast toggles space, in addition to the latest apps interface.

Recent apps • Notification shade and fast toggles

You get a standard app drawer by default. Some of the noteworthy preloaded apps embrace Realme PaySa and Realme Link. There are just a few different, as effectively.

App drawer

The app drawer is way out of your solely alternative, although. You can change to a one-layer UI and there is even an additional easy mode that gives nifty versatility for older of us or remedial Android customers by means of its use of fewer and greater UI parts. Navigation additionally comes with surprisingly in-depth customization layer, together with an abundance of gestures.

realme UI residence display, navigation and customization choices

Game Space is a nifty portal that has the entire anticipated distraction-avoidance choices effectively lined. This contains muting calls and notifications. There are additionally some efficiency and battery tuning choices thrown within the combine, so you may attempt to both squeeze-out just a few further frames or longer playtime from the modest {hardware} of the Realme Narzo 20 Pro.

Game Space

Last, however actually not least, Realme is constantly engaged on new options, which customers can usually begin testing-out early by means of the realme Lab menu.

realme Lab

Final ideas

The Realme Narzo 20 Pro is form of “the odd one out” with regards to the Narzo 20 line. It seems and feels fairly a bit completely different than its siblings, punches notably larger by way of efficiency, has a higher-resolution show with a stylish 90Hz refresh fee and equally-trendy quick charging help at a whopping 65W.

On the opposite hand, with an MSRP of INR 14,999 ($205/€170) for the 6/64GB mannequin and INR 16,999 ($230/€195) for the 8/128GB one, we will see why Realme deemed it worthy for the Narzo branding.

It appears to be very near its sibling from the numbered collection, specifically the Realme 7, in each of its Asia and Global variations. Depending on native availability and the deal you discover, the Narzo 20 Pro is arguably even higher worth provide than these two.