Such has been the domination of Xiaomi

smartphones in India that the moment you

hear/read anything similar to 'me', you

immediately think of the smartphone brand.

Pretty soon you might see a lot of ads or

hoardings of a new smartphone brand called

Realme and it could remind you of Xiaomi's

Redmi series smartphones. However, don't

get confused as it is not part of Xiaomi's

family but is a series launched by its rival

Oppo to take on that series precisely.

Launched for the first time in India, Oppo has

offered only one smartphone in this series

called the Realme 1. With a starting price of

Rs 8,990, this smartphone will have its hands

full taking on the army of devices that

already exist in a crowded segment. Oppo

certainly has its task cut out if it wants to

establish itself as a worthy contender in this

segment. On paper, it has pretty standard

specs as any other budget device but does it

have what it takes to be the new king of the

sub-Rs 10,000 category, we find out: