Realme Book Slim Laptop (256 GB SSD,8 GB LPDDR4X RAM,14 Inches (35.56 cm) Display Size)

Since March 2020 we’ve seen our world transform thanks to the pandemic. Once people started working from home many realised that the devices they had were grossly inadequate to take on their workload and in some cases, people didn’t even have a device. This directly lead to a spike in people purchasing laptops, headphones, PCs, etc, to create their home offices the best they could. Others who already had devices, decided to upgrade them adding to the sales figures, and we see that trend continuing in 2021. It was thus not surprising when we learned about Realme throwing its hat into the PC/laptop segment, a first for the company, with the Realme Book Slim.

For a company that started off focusing primarily on smartphones, Realme has come a long way and its current repertoire includes wearables and other IoT products. All of Realme’s offerings follow more or less the same philosophy - value for money. And it’s no different with the Realme Book Slim. With its first laptop, Realme has done everything possible to make it a success, and to be fair we have to commend them for what they’ve managed to pull off. The Realme Book Slim is a laptop that looks good, is lightweight, packs a decent performance, and most importantly costs under ₹50,000 (prices start from ₹44,999).

The Realme Book Slim looks quite good. Made entirely of aluminum, the notebook feels premium. The blue colour also looks great (it’s also available in grey)and full points to Realme for choosing to put the logo on the cover in a muted manner. If the company had plastered on a “Dare to Leap” anywhere on this, the Realme Book Slim would have looked terrible. While the sides are flat, the edges are rounded and there is the fingerprint sensor on the power button which works well. Realme has heavily borrowed the design language from Apple’s MacBook Air - from the overall build to the keyboard layout. It’s a very good design to copy, and perhaps you can forgive the brand for not trying something radical on its first laptop. They have played it safe and that’s ok. The MacBook Air’s design is a much-loved one and quite a classic. The Realme Book Slim is also quite light. It weighs a mere 1.38 kg and is easy to carry around.