Realme 3 vs Huawei Mate 20 Pro Comparison: Budget Camera Phone Getting Better

Budget Realme 3 camera review vs Huawei Mate 20 Pro in the Philippines

From a single camera to five cameras— all at the back— smartphone brands are now taking a big leap in mobile photography.

Realme, a sub-brand of OPPO, has just recently launched its newest midrange offering— the Realme 3— that is a good smartphone choice at a very affordable price. On the other hand, Mate 20 Pro was last year’s flagship from the Chinese giant, Huawei. Both phones have cons and pros when it comes to capturing special memories. But with technology advancing faster than before, have the budget phones segment reached the performance of recent flagship phones?

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Before we dive in and take a look at the camera comparison, let’s unroll camera specs sheets of these two devices:

Daylight: HDR, Landscape, Portrait

Now, let’s take a look at how these devices perform during daylight:

Realme 3’s chroma boost has able to capture high dynamic range (HDR) photo providing more colors.

On the other hand, Huawei Mate 20 Pro has able to capture more details.

Realme 3 really impresses well when it comes to producing HDR photos.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro still manages to balance the light.

Photos below show how these two devices perform shooting landscape:

Realme 3

Huawei Mate 20 Pro, on the other hand has good contrast.

Zoom features

Realme 3 is capable of 2x digital zoom while Huawei Mate 20 Pro is capable of 5x optical zoom. But for the photos below, we compared 2x zoom:

Realme 3 2x digital zoom

On the other hand, Huawei Mate 20 is brighter.

Realme 3 2x digital zoom

Huawei Mate 20 Pro 2x zoom

Lowlight

Now, let’s take a look at these indoor lowlight shots:

Even under indoor lowlight shot, Realme 3 has able to produce vivid colors, thanks to its chroma boost.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro, on the other hand, has able to capture more details, thanks to its 40MP primary camera.

Realme 3 can still produce vivid images under lowlight.

Although Realme3 doesn’t have the same sensor size like of Huawei Mate 20 pro’s, it will give you eye-catching landscape shots even under the night.

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Even if they do not have the specifications and price point, they have their strengths and weaknesses. Realme 3, through its chroma boost capability, will give you vivid colors even under lowlight highlighting your subject, while Huawei Mate 20 Pro will give you more details, thanks to its larger sensor.

Conclusion: Realme 3 is an Advanced Camera Phone for P6k price

With the capabilities and improvements that Realme offered thru the Realme 3, we can safely conclude that budget phones are able to match some of the performance and features of flagship phones from last year. And that’s a one year gap and a big price difference between the budget Realme 3 and late 2018 Huawei Mate 20.

So if you’re really looking for a capable budget phone, we recommend to check out the Realme 3. It has solid specs for a very competitive price, P6,490 to P6990 pesos. You can read our review and comparison to find out why.