Every time we find more mobiles with features that can make us hesitate between buying one or the other and among those who can doubt we find the proposal of LG and realme. The two companies offer performance smartphones capable of everything for a reduced price as we can teach in the LG K61 and Realme 6 that we are going to buy this time.
Both models correspond to the latest releases of both brands that focus on a renewed design on the front and rear to complete it on the inside with a series of features that may seem similar but are not in all respects. In this comparison we will take into account everything users need to finally draw conclusions with the best purchase we can make.
Very different designs and displays
As soon as we take a look at the aesthetic section of the models, we realize that the options are very different from the back, but nevertheless we find more similarities on the front. Materials and different lens arrangement in the two smartphones are respectively for LG K61 and Realme 6 polycarbonate or plastic with shiny finishes depending on the light. The fingerprint reader also changes, placing it behind LG but actually opting for the side of the device, coinciding with the power button.
The screens of these smartphones share a hole in the screen and a size of 6.5 inches with IPS technology. The FullHD + resolution is also present, although it really increases the proposal with the option of increasing the refresh rate to 90 Hz with a highly responsive 120 Hz touch response for games.
Mediatek in command of the two mobiles
Although the processor in both models is MediaTek, it is not the same model. The realme 6 processor thinks about games with a MediaTek Helio G90T that comes accompanied by an Arm Mali-G76 GPU, meanwhile the LG model is more modest but just as capable of moving the most demanding applications with the MediaTek Helio P35, but not with such outstanding results in games or graphic processes.
In real configuration it takes the palm with 4 GB or 8 GB of RAM along with 64 or 128 GB of storage. Meanwhile, LG only has the option of 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage, being in favor of hands the possibility of using Micro SD. 64 GB storage seems a bit short if we are users who use cameras a lot.
Quadruple camera in both models
The importance of the cameras is not only in the numbers, but also in the versatility and in this case the two smartphones are well composed of 4 rear cameras. The main lens of the Realme 6 reaches 64 Mpx and LG opts for 48 Mpx aperture, a wide angle both present with 8 Mpx and a third lens that offers a macro mode with 2 Mpx. Finally, the fourth lens of realme offers photography modes based on black and white, finding us in the LG K61 a lens intended to improve portrait mode by obtaining depth.
On the front, that small omen on the screen allows selfies with 16 Mpx on the LG smartphone and realme. However, LG video recording is superior in offering us optical image stabilizer, while LG is content with digital and 4K recording option, which is not available in LG due to storage limitations.
Battery and connectivity
The battery is not presented as a problem in either of the two models, both have a good equipment with 4,000 mAh in the LG K61, which is surpassed with 300 mAh more in the Realme 6. The realme proposal is completed with a quick charge 30W compared to LG, which is specified as fast but does not give more information about it. Connectivity has a lot to say by offering us NFC and audio jack as an essential complement to both devices. At the same time they offer 4G and Bluetooth 5.0 LE of low consumption.
Android 9 and Realme UI
One of the strangest points of this LG K61 model is in the software where Android 9 Pie is included as standard instead of having jumped to Android 10 . However, if we have LG UX, the very customization layer with which it is highly polished and offers very good battery consumption as well as superior system optimization along with various additions.
Meanwhile, the Realme 6 does have Android 10, which also comes with the Realme UI layer, which has a lot of potential and offers several useful additions. Both go unnoticed by other layers, but can offer results at the level of expectations.
Prices and purchase recommendation
The time has come to know, along with the prices, which smartphone we recommend the most, based on the high demands that we set ourselves. On the one hand, the LG K61 can be found at 280 euros, a price that seems somewhat high to us considering that the realme model is at 200 euros.
Taking in value the conclusions that we have drawn in this comparison, we opted for the Realme 6 by offering us so many similarities between one and the other but with Android 10 and a battery plus with fast charge of 30 W, also valuing the great difference in price in the same 64GB storage option.