Realme C73 5G

The Realme C73 5G has a non-folding, standard slab form factor measuring 165.7 mm tall, 76.2 mm wide, and 7.94 mm thick, with a total volume of roughly 100.25 cm³ and a weight of 197 g. It carries an IP64 rating, meaning it is protected against dust ingress and can withstand water splashes from any direction, though it does not feature a rugged build.

The Realme C73 5G uses an IPS LCD touchscreen measuring 6.67″ with a resolution of 720 x 1604 px at 264 ppi, paired with a contrast ratio of 1500:1. The panel supports a 120Hz refresh rate and a 180Hz touch sampling rate, contributing to responsive input handling during daily use. The screen does not include branded damage-resistant glass, and there is no support for HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision, nor does it feature an Always-On Display or a secondary screen.

The Realme C73 5G is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC, built on a 6 nm process with an octa-core CPU configuration running two cores at 2.4 GHz and six at 2.0 GHz, supported by 8 threads, big.LITTLE technology, and Heterogeneous Multi-Processing. The chip includes an integrated Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU clocked at 950 MHz with DirectX 12 support, along with integrated LTE. The device comes with 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM at 2133 MHz and 128 GB of internal storage, with a maximum supported memory amount of 12 GB and a peak memory bandwidth of 17.07 GB/s. Cache is arranged across 512 KB L1, 1 MB L2, and 2 MB L3, and the platform is fully 64-bit and multithreading capable. In Geekbench 6, the chipset achieves a single-core score of 782 and a multi-core score of 2012.

The Realme C73 5G features a single-lens 32 MP rear camera with an f/1.8 aperture and a CMOS sensor, supported by phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, and continuous autofocus during video recording, though it lacks optical image stabilization, laser autofocus, and a back-illuminated sensor. Manual controls cover exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, while burst mode, HDR, panorama, slow-motion video, and timelapse round out the imaging feature set; raw capture and manual shutter speed are not available. Video recording tops out at 1080p at 30 fps, with no HDR10 or Dolby Vision recording support. A single LED flash is present on the rear, while the front camera matches the main shooter with a 32 MP sensor and an f/1.8 aperture, though it has no LED flash, no multi-lens arrangement, and is not positioned under the display.

The Realme C73 5G runs Android 15 and includes a broad set of privacy controls, covering clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access management, and the ability to block app tracking, though cross-site tracking blocking and Mail Privacy Protection are absent. On the usability side, the software supports dark mode, dynamic and manual theme customization, customizable notifications, notification permissions, a media picker, widgets, split-screen multitasking, picture-in-picture, full-page screenshots, sharing intents, a child lock, and multi-user support. Additional capabilities include on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, Live Text, device tracking, app offloading, an extra dim mode, a battery health check, and the ability to play games while they are still downloading. Features not present include Wi-Fi password sharing, focus modes, Quick Start, and the option to use the device as a PC; direct OS updates from the vendor are also not supported.

The Realme C73 5G is equipped with a 6000 mAh rechargeable, non-removable battery that supports fast charging at 15W, with a charger included in the box. Although the device is listed as having wireless charging, the wireless charging speed is rated at 0W, and reverse wireless charging is not supported. A battery level indicator is present, keeping the user informed of remaining charge at a glance.

The Realme C73 5G has a notably limited audio feature set — it lacks a 3.5 mm headphone jack and does not include stereo speakers or a built-in radio. On the wireless audio side, none of the high-quality Bluetooth codec standards are supported, with no aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC available.

The Realme C73 5G supports 5G connectivity alongside a dual SIM configuration, Wi-Fi 4 and Wi-Fi 5, and Bluetooth 5.3, with a maximum download speed of 3300 Mbit/s. It uses a USB Type-C port running USB 2.0 and includes an external memory slot for storage expansion. Navigation is covered by GPS with Galileo support, and onboard sensors include an accelerometer and compass, while a fingerprint scanner handles biometric authentication. NFC, HDMI output, infrared sensor, gyroscope, barometer, heart rate monitor, ANT+, DLNA certification, 3D facial recognition, iris scanner, crash detection, satellite SOS, motion tracking, optical tracking, and a built-in projector are all absent, and no stylus is included.

The Realme C73 5G includes a video light, which can be used to illuminate scenes during video recording. The display is flat rather than curved and uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.