Realme X goes on sale in India today and its up against the Redmi K20 and Oppo K3

• The Realme X goes on sale in India today with prices starting at ₹16,999.
  
• There’s a special edition Superman edition that will also go on sale with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage at ₹20,999.
  
• The main smartphones in competition against the Realme X are the Oppo K3 and the Redmi K20 variants.
  

Realme’s newest smartphone, the Realme X is now on sale in India.

The Oppo sub brand’s latest offering was launched alongside the Realme 3i, which went on sale yesterday. And now, users who are looking to buy the Realme X can will be able to put in their orders online, either through Flipkart or Realme’s official site.

The phone’s main competition in the market is the Oppo K3 and the Redmi K20. And in a bid to stand out, the RealmeX features a pop-up selfie camera and an in-display fingerprint sensor.

Realme X price

The Realme X price in India starts at ₹16,999 for the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage variant with another variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage available for ₹19,999.

The 8GB variants will also be available in the ‘Onion’ and ‘Garlic’ Master editions available at the same price.

Realme is also cashing in on the popularing of Spider-Man: Far From Home with a RealmeX special edition variant that’s available for ₹20,999.

All of the above are now available on Flipkart and Realme.com.

Realme X discounts and offers

As part of the launch offer, Realme has partnered with Axis Bank to give customers a 5% instant discount on the purchase on the Realme X using their Axis Bank Buzz credit cards. They can also avail 5% unlimited cash back with they make the purchase using Flipkart Axis Bank credit cards that were launched earlier this month.

If you’re making the purchase from the official Realme site, they you can avail MobiKwik’s 10% SuperCash offer that will give you returns on upto ₹1,500.

Realme X specifications

The Realme X was launched in India on 15th July, preceding the launch of the Redmi K20 smartphones by only two days. Xiaomi has the largest market share but some users have been complaining that the price of the K20 Pro is higher than they expected to be.

The Realme X is also going up against Oppo K3, a fairly recent phone by its parent company.

The Realme X is going for durability with Gorilla Glass 5 protection on the screen. And following in the footsteps of Xiaomi and Oppo, the phone has a notchless display and a 16 megapixel pop-up camera for selfies.

It’s not slacking in the rear camera department either with 48 megapixel sensor going head to head with Xiaomi, a 6P Largan lense and a 5 megapixel secondary camera.

The phone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 710 chipset and has a USB Type-C port for charging. It houses a 3,765mAh battery and supports VOOC 3.0 20W fast charging.

One of its more unique features is the in-display fingerprint sensor in exchange for a conventional fingerprint sensor that’s normally placed on the back of the phone.