realme 14 5G Review

We’ve witnessed how the realme 14 Pro+ 5G performed last month. From its innovative color-changing rear panel, capable triple camera setup, to solid performance.And today, realme is now unveiling the more affordable sibling, the vanilla realme 14 5G.

Let’s all find out what’s special with this newest addition to the realme 14 lineup.DESIGN AND BUILDStarting with design, the realme 14 5G is drastically different from the Pro series. If you were to recall the design of the realme 14 Pro+ 5G which we have reviewed earlier this year, it shows a circular camera module, exuding a more premium look.



Turning to the realme 14 5G, it showcases a mecha design in silver colorway.It has a futuristic look that gives more appeal to gaming. Let’s see if it holds up to that area later on.

Looking for other designs? Thankfully this model is also available in two other colors: Storm Titanium and Warrior Pink. These other options are more minimalist in terms of the design at the back panel, unlike this the silver colorway as it features a bit of geometric elements aside from having the brand’s moniker at the lower right.The realme 14 5G is quite big to grip, but is lightweight, weighing only 196 grams.

For buttons and ports, the power button, which pops in a saturated orange tone, and volume rocker are placed on the right side of the phone, while the other side remains neat. At the bottom, you’ll see the type-c port, speaker grill, and SIM card slot. Up top, you’ll find the microphone and the other speaker on the earpiece.

For biometrics, the phone supports both facial and fingerprint recognition. They both register quickly, but for a better and secure protection, I always use the in-display fingerprint sensor. There’s also a pulse light.

.. or what they call the Victory Halo Light.

This new light feature lights up depending on the current operation. For example, it lights up when you’re charging, playing a game, flipping the phone, alarms, and including notification. For added layer of protection, the realme 14 5G has an IP69 rating, making it resistant to water and dust.

DISPLAY & MULTIMEDIAMoving on to the display, the realme 14 5G sports a 6.67-inch AMOLED display running at a smooth 120Hz refresh rate.Navigating from one task to another feels buttery smooth, especially when I’m reading some news, skimming posts on socials, and while playing games.

I find the upper and lower bezels a bit thick, but not to the point that it gets distracting. And talking about our viewing experience, the phone has a nice balance of colors, deep blacks, and contrast. The realme 14 5G delivers a nice and smooth experience when we were watching music videos and movies.

Honestly speaking, we’re satisfied with how I used it everyday and using it outdoors didn’t become a problem to me, thanks to its peak brightness of 2000nits. And if you were to ask me about the audio, it’s definitely, featuring a 300% speaker volume, but to be frank, it lacks clarity and bass in this department. When you put the volume to the max, it really deteriorates the sound quality.

But having it at 150% to 200% volume level, you can achieve a decent audio experience on its dual speaker. CAMERAS Now, let’s talk about the camera. Don’t be fooled by the lenses of the realme 14 5G, it only carries a 50-megapixel main shooter with OIS and the other one here is unknown to us.

realme only mentioned the primary camera, but we’re presuming that this is either a depth or a monochrome sensor. The main lens is placed in a rectangular island together with the sensor, LED flash, and pulse light. Up front, the selfie camera is a 16-megapixel with a f/2.

4 aperture. Both cameras do capture nice images and videos. We took a lot of snaps in a bright and dark setting, and glad to say, it performed well.

Although, just a heads up, if you’re planning to shoot up to 5X zooms, the image quality starts to degrade by that point.Nonetheless, we loved how our photographs turned out well. After the image processing, you can see the amount of colors and clarity enhancement were at a nice level.

Aside from enjoying the cameras, you can also use AI on your images. There are AI Erase and AI Remove Reflection that work smoothly; you can also use AI Clear Face by enhancing your face textures even; and if you have blurry photos, it has an AI Unblur feature. So, less hassle when composing your images.

The rear camera can shoot up to 4K at 30 fps maximum, while the selfie camera can shoot up to 1080P at 30 fps. For those who are looking for the sample shots and vids, flashing them on screen now.PERFORMANCE & BENCHMARKPowering the realme 14 5G is a Qualcomm snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset configured with 12GB of RAM and another virtual RAM of up to 14GB with 256GB of internal storage.

Using it as a daily driver, it handled a lot of tasks pretty well, no cap. Jumping from one app to another was smooth and opening a lot of apps didn’t make it lag at all. Playing games such as Mobile Legends and Honor of Kings, both ran well.

Everything is maxed out, set at a higher graphics, and it just played smoothly. For graphics-intensive titles, we tried playing Zenless Zone Zero. We did experience a bit of stutter at a low to mid-level graphics, but it was still manageable.

With the help of GT mode, it boosted the phone’s performance, but power consumption increased in this mode, so the battery drained a lot faster. So, to get a stable, consistent frame rate, we had to keep the graphics settings low. We did notice a slight heat-up as time passed by from continuous consumption, but it’s not that big of a deal.

Now, for our benchmark tests, it did score a result of over 700 thousand on Antutu, but for those who are interested, flashing the rest of our results on screen now. OS, UI, & APPS The realme 14 5G is running on the latest Android 15 skinned with realme UI 6.0 on top.

The UI is nice and easy to navigate. You can find all the AI-powered editing features I said earlier, like the AI Erase, AI Clear Face, and AI Unblur feature. You can also customize your widgets and app icons through the system.

Yes, you can find some bloatware apps here and they could be a little bit distracting, but again, you have the option to have them removed by uninstalling them one by one.The realme 14 5G also has AI Summary and Circle to Search feature which makes life easier if we’re doing tasks that can be done with these helpful features.As for update policy, we don’t have any official information about the software support for now.

But on a historical basis, realme usually provides two to three years of software updates. BATTERY & CONNECTIVITY Jumping onto the battery, the phone has a large 6000mAh unit with support for 45W wired charging. Using it for the entire day didn’t let us down.

The battery has kept up with all the activities we’ve gone through, and we even used the realme 14 5G to do some of our tasks. For those who wonder how many hours can the phone last, in our PCMark battery test, the phone lasted 18 hours and 38 minutes. That’s from 100% to 20%, and after that, the phone gave me about 6-7 hours to totally drain the unit, on regular use, of course.

With its bionic cooling system, you can use the phone while scrolling through apps and playing games without the fear of it heating up. And with the addition of bypass charging, it can help reduce the device temps and enhance the battery life span for longer usage. But again, it will still depend on the user’s lifestyle on how you use your device.

CONCLUSION To wrap this up, the realme 14 5G did a good job. We were able to use it for daily grind like scrolling through media, watching our favorite movies and music videos, checking mails, reading news, and playing games.Although some may find the camera and audio a bit lacking due to absence of a telephoto nor an ultrawide, it was still able to produce decent quality outputs and solid performance.

All I can say is that the realme 14 5G can be your daily buddy. If y’all are wondering how much does the realme 14 5G sells for, as of recording this video, we don’t have the official pricing, but once price is out, we’ll have it posted on the description box below or pinned in the comments below!So, what do you think of the realme 14 5G? Share your thoughts in the comments below! If you find this review helpful and informative, give us a thumbs-up, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and follow us on our socials and visit yugatech.com for the latest tech news and reviews.

realme 14 5G specs:66.67-inch AMOLED display, 120Hz refresh rate2000-nit local peak brightnessQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4Up to 12GB RAMUp to 512GB storageRear Camera:– 50MP f/2.65 periscope (Sony IMX882), OIS– Monochrome Sensor/Depth Sensor16MP selfie shooterDual nano-SIM5G, 4G LTEBluetooth 5.

2USB Type-CUnder-display fingerprint sensorIP66/ IP68/ IP69 dust and water resistanceDual stereo speakersrealme UI 6.0, Android 156,000mAh battery 45W charging (wired)196 gramsMecha Silver, Storm Titanium, Warrior Pink (colorways)The post realme 14 5G Review appeared first on YugaTech | Philippines Tech News & Reviews..