Realme C55 Malaysia: You can now experience Dynamic Island on Android for just RM699

After weeks of teasers, the Realme C55 has finally landed on our shores. It’s their latest model in their entry-level C lineup, but it has a pretty cool trick up its sleeve in the form of its Mini Capsule function, which is basically Realme’s own take on the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island.

Realme C55 Malaysia pricing and availability

The Realme C55 will be available to pre-order from today onwards till the 30th of March from the Realme Brand Store. If you do pre-order, you’ll get a free additional six months of warranty along with a pair of Realme Buds 2 worth RM69. Here’s how much the Realme C55 will cost:

• Realme C55, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage – RM699
• Realme C55, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage – RM799

It’ll then be available for purchase proper from Realme’s official store on Shopee and Lazada, with those who buy the Realme C55 on these platforms able to get a pair of Realme Buds 2, a Realmeow keychain and a screen crack warranty for free. Those who get the phone from one of their authorised retailers meanwhile will get the 6 months of warranty for free. You can also purchase the Realme C55 from their TikTok store, with buyers there getting the Realme Buds 2 for free.

Realme C55 specs

On first glance, the Realme C55 appears to be a pretty standard smartphone. It packs a pretty large 6.72-inch, FHD+ display using an IPS LCD panel with a 90Hz refresh rate. Due to Realme not using an AMOLED panel here, the C55 has a rather tame 680nits compared to its rivals with AMOLED displays. But the star of the show here is the punch hole cut out on the top of the screen.

It may look like there’s a regular selfie camera housed in the punch hole, but thanks to some software wizardry it’s actually the centre of Realme’s Mini Capsule feature. Basically, Mini Capsule has the system UI expand the punch hole cutout to the left and right of the central punch hole, allowing it to display information such as notifications, charging status, battery percentage, data usage, step counter and more. You’ll also find custom ‘dynamic light’ animations on it too.

Under the hood meanwhile, the Realme C55’s more entry-level specs begin to appear. It’s powered by a MediaTek Helio G88 system-on-chip mated to up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of storage. You’ll also be able to add up to 1TB of expandable storage too. It comes with Android 13 out of the box with Realme UI 4.0 skinned over it, and if the included 8GB of RAM isn’t enough you can add up to 8GB of additional virtual RAM too.

In the camera department meanwhile, the Realme C55 has a dual camera setup, though chances are you’ll only ever use the main 64MP camera that’s flanked by a 2MP portrait sensor. Nevertheless, Realme Malaysia does claim that the C55 has this smartphone segment’s first ever 64MP camera. Selfies meanwhile get taken care of via the 8MP front facing camera sitting in that Mini Capsule punch hole cutout.

Other features of note include a 5,000mAh battery with 33W SuperVOOC fast charging that Realme says will be able to fully charge the device in just 63 minutes. There’s also a 3.5mm audio jack, a USB-C charging port, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor along with a mono speaker that goes up to 200% in volume for extra loud sound. Weighing in at 189.5g and measuring 7.89mm thick, the Realme C55 will be available in Sunshower and Rainy Night colour options.