realme narzo N53 (Feather Black, 6GB+128GB) 33W Segment Fastest Charging | Slimmest Phone in Segment | 90 Hz Smooth Display

Good product

Ok

First of all I am thankful that a TPU-Case was included, since there is none availabe from any third-party-vendors anywhere online, supposedly because the phone is so new. Overall I am very satisfied with the the phone RealMe Narzo C53 and it has replaced at the moment my 2 years old phone costing more than 5x times more when bought. Out of the box Google maps navigation is not working. Search on Google for “maps not working on Realme phone”. Solution: Realme UI Go Edition: Settings > Permission Manager > Privacy > Location and switch on the location service of the phone (same problem was with Realme C33, which I bought earlier from Realme Store). This phone has no Location Service On-Button in the top as it is usual in other phones. Other than that it’s a really beautiful phone, for me even better than the large competitor lookalike , because it has a expandable memory-slot (I am using 128 MB card, 1 TB memory card is too expensive at the moment and 2 TB memory card I believe has not been developed yet). Haven’t found out how to access the 2nd Black & White camera. I have the 128 GB/ 6 GB RAM version. Realme should adopt this design to all phones that will be issued in the future. Very beautiful design. I went on launch-day at launch-time 14:00 to the Realme Flagship Store, which is in walking distance of my residence, but they said it’s not available off-line in any store, You have to order it online from amazon or Realme itself, I ordered it online from inside the store, where they kindly offered me a chair. Delivery by amazon was excellent on next day. If I would have been 8 seconds faster at 14:00 on launch-day, then I would have received it on launch day by amazon same-day delivery. As always I paid via creditcard in advance. I will launch video or photos later…and update the review after some time gaining more usage experience.

There is no option to Hide Apps. No App Lock or any such option to hide the many apps which you may not use. The UI version is T edition and that is not even mentioned on the website. The previous UI versions and the option to enable Hide Apps or Lock Apps is listed on Realme website. I use the feature of Hide Apps on all my phones and so it was a disappointment here. Call to customer care did not get a confirmation if that will be available in future updates.
– There is no option to private storagefor photo and videos. In all my other phones I have this option and even on the cheaper that Realme ones. Again a disappointment for me and as before no confirmation from customer care about future update.
– Call recording options- In what seems to be a bizzare setting, the recording is split into two – one to record all calls from numbers not in your contact list and the other for Selected numbers which would require you to start adding all your contacts one by one painfully. There is no simple option to record all calls. For someone with maybe 200 or more contacts it is a hard day’s work. You have to click Choose contact and from the next screen of all listed contacts, select a contact which takes you back to the previous screen. You have to again click Choose contact to select your next contact. Very tiring and cumbersome and I am not sure why Realme had to complicate this simple option into something so confounding. Real disappointment for me there.

Keeping these three issues aside, I loved this phone every bit.