Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


While the market is awaiting the release of the Realme GT 2 series on January 4, the Realme C31 handset is listed on the NBTC certification website. The listing confirms the name of the model as well as provides a model number RMX3501.
The NBTC listing further reveals that this upcoming Realme smartphone comes with 10W charging support. The smartphone may have a 5000mAh battery, and it is likely to be a budget offering of around Rs 10,000 in India. The launch looks imminent and may be expected to happen in the first quarter of 2022. Other specifications of Realme C31 remains unknown.
Realme C31, a successor to Realme C21
Realme may introduce C31 as the successor to Realme C21, another budget offering from the manufacturer. Priced at Rs 8,999 for the base variant 3GB RAM + 32GB storage model, this entry-level smartphone comes with 6.5 inches LCD display of 720 x 1600 pixels resolution. Under the hood, it has a MediaTek Helio G35 processor, a commonly found processor in this price range. There is a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for security.
In terms of optics, Realme C21 features a triple camera setup with a 13MP primary camera with its f/2.2 aperture, a 2MP depth sensor, and a 2MP macro camera. The selfie camera is a 5MP sensor and has an f/2.2 aperture. The camera app’s interface is the Realme UI 1.0 camera with easy one-tap access to filters and the Chroma Boost feature.