Google is still selling the good old Pixel 4a in India, while the Samsung Galaxy A52s could also be a nice alternative, but they both cost a little more.
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The recently launched Xiaomi 11i gets you a very similar package, though you’ll have to live with Android 11 on that phone.
Had Realme worked a little more on optimizing the software, the 9 Pro+ could’ve hit the home run.Ī good thing about this price point is that you get a whole bunch of options from multiple brands. The phone does make a few compromises to make the package affordable, but none of them are deal-breakers. From the 90Hz OLED display to solid performance, everything seems good enough for the price point, leaving very little to complain about. Realme has played it safe with the 9 Pro+, checking all the boxes that matter without trying to stand out in any area.
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That extends to other parts of the software as well, where you’ll occasionally find that the phone takes a split second to take any action, like when opening the password manager after tapping the autofill prompt. Even when the phone is running at 90Hz, you will notice some frame drops and choppy transitions while doing simple stuff like opening the Google Feed on the left-most home page. While these animations do help elevate your experience, they still cannot mask Realme’s poor software optimization. This latest version uses a host of animations and transitions all across the OS - resembling iOS - to make the phone feel smooth. Realme UI 3.0 is based on Android 12, and the company promises two major Android updates for the handset.
Its version 3.0 also gets a bunch of unique features for instance, it natively supports streaming YouTube videos in the background - something you can otherwise only do with a YouTube Premium subscription. The software shares its core with the larger BBK ecosystem, with things like the personalization settings page and some first-party apps (Games, for example) are borrowed from Oppo and OnePlus phones. The 9 Pro+ ships with Realme UI 3.0, which is quite a bit lighter on bloatware - particularly on the European variant - than what we’ve seen before, but the variant sold in India still leaves some room for improvement.