Realme P4s Costs More Than the Bigger Battery Twin

Realme opened India sales of the P4s 5G on September 3, from ₹34,999 for 8GB and 128GB. That was eight days after the August 26 launch. A ₹3,000 bank cut takes the same 8GB phone to ₹31,999.

The pitch is an 8000mAh cell, a 144Hz Samsung AMOLED, and a Dimensity 7400 Ultra aimed at mobile games. The next day Realme raised the P4 Power, P4x, P4R, and P4 Lite by as much as ₹3,000, so the new phone sits at the top of a repriced ladder rather than beside a bargain twin.

Realme Priced the Smaller Battery Higher

The P4s is the dearer way to buy the same MediaTek chip Realme already sells in the P4 Power. After the hike, the Power’s 8GB and 128GB model lists at ₹32,999, which is still ₹2,000 under the P4s base price, and it carries a 10,001mAh cell. Realme’s own store still frames that sibling as a 10001mAh Titan Battery smartphone.

India’s P4x 5G is a different cut again: a 7000mAh phone on the same Dimensity 7400 Ultra, now ₹24,999 for 6GB and 128GB. Treat that as the India 5G model, not the cheaper Unisoc LCD P4x sold in some other markets.

P4 LADDER AFTER THE HIKE

The hike landed on August 27 across those four older names. Realme did not cut the P4s to match. If you wanted the Power as a cheap brick, the window closed the day the new SKU appeared.

THE INDIA CALENDAR

1. August 26, 2026: Realme unveils the P4s 5G in India at ₹34,999, ₹37,999, and ₹41,999.
2. August 27, 2026: List prices rise by as much as ₹3,000 on the P4 Power, P4x, P4R, and P4 Lite.
3. September 3, 2026: First sale at 12 PM IST on Flipkart and realme.com, with the 8GB model from ₹31,999 on bank offers and 12-month no-cost EMI at ₹2,667 a month.

Brand posts kept that ₹31,999 8GB line after the doors opened. A September 13 retail listing still used it.

Dual Chip. Double the power.
The realme P4s 5G brings powerful performance and fast, smooth experiences that keep up with you.

Get the 8GB variant from ₹31,999* or ₹2,667*/month with 12 month No Cost EMI.
Sale is live.

Buy now

*T&C apply pic.twitter.com/Wi5vqJTiNL

— realme (@realmeIndia) September 3, 2026

The extra money on the P4s is not a bigger cell. It is a flat Samsung M14 panel, a triple IP rating, and a second chip that invents frames.

What the P4s 5G Puts on the Spec Sheet

The India page leads on an 8000mAh Titan Battery and 144Hz AMOLED, then the dual-chip line. Storage tops out at 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1, with no memory card slot. Colours are Titanium Gray and Electric Cyan.

ON THE BOX

• Chip: Dimensity 7400 Ultra on 4nm, plus a Hyper Vision+ AI chip for extra frames and sharpening.
• Screen: 6.78-inch Samsung M14 AMOLED, 1272 x 2772, 144Hz, HDR10+, Netflix HDR.
• Cell: 8000mAh with 80W wired charging, reverse wired charging, and bypass charging.
• Seal: IP66, IP68, and IP69 together, on a 162.6 x 77.6 x 8.6 mm shell that weighs 208g.

Software is Android 16 with Realme UI 7.0. Realme lists three years of Android version upgrades and four years of security patches. Cameras are a 50MP main with optical stabilisation, an 8MP ultrawide, and a 16MP front camera. Rear video goes to 4K.

The 144fps Number Comes From a Second Chip

Realme sells “144FPS for BGMI” as the segment claim. The same product page puts the catch in a footnote. The Dimensity 7400 Ultra is a 4nm mid-range part with four Cortex-A78 cores up to 2.6GHz and a Mali-G615 MC2 GPU. It is not a flagship gaming die. Hyper Vision+ is the extra silicon that fills the 144Hz panel.

144FPS gameplay achieved through dedicated chip frame interpolation, non-native game rendering.

realme, P4s 5G product page

Lab charts on that page put the P4s at 143.75 frames in the interpolated run, against 89.54 frames for a rival it labels T5 Pro. A separate chart says the phone can hold about 90 frames in BGMI until shutdown. Realme also says turning on AI Hyper Stable Frame cuts 90 FPS BGMI power use by 16 percent.

Hands-on tests match the footnote more than the headline. Native BGMI sits well below 144 frames, and the extra smoothness is the second chip drawing in-between frames. That can look fluid on a 144Hz panel. It is still not the game rendering 144 frames on the GPU.

Realme’s own lab lists 1,013,645 on AnTuTu v11. Independent Geekbench runs on a 12GB unit came back at 1,042 single-core and 2,995 multi-core. Day-to-day use stays fine for apps and mixed play. After about an hour of games the back warms around the camera island, then the heat creeps into the mid-frame, even with the 7000mm² vapour chamber.

The comparison that keeps coming up is not “is this a flagship chip.” It is whether interpolated 144fps plus the Samsung panel beats a Vivo T5 or iQOO Z11 at the same ₹35,000 mark, or a POCO with a larger cell. The silicon, on its own, does not win that argument.

A 6500-Nit Samsung Panel at This Price

The screen is the piece that actually jumps a class. Realme sourced a Samsung M14 OLED at 1.5K and 144Hz, with 1000 nits of manual brightness, 1400 nits HBM, and 6500 nits peak. Full-brightness DC dimming is on the spec list. Protection is AGC DT Star D+ glass. Instant touch sampling is listed at 3000Hz.

Hands-on notes keep returning to the same point. Text is sharp, colour stays rich, and the panel remains readable in hard sun. For a brand that has shipped a lot of high-hertz, softer-resolution screens in this band, putting a Samsung M14 in a P-series phone is the upgrade you can see without a benchmark app.

The P4 Power also uses a 1.5K 144Hz AMOLED. The P4s is the flat one, with the louder peak brightness claim and the M14 material called out by name. That is a fair reason to spend more if you watch video and play outdoors. It is a thinner reason if you only wanted the cell.

How Long the 8000mAh Battery Lasts

Realme’s lab says up to three days of use, and eight hours of BGMI at 120 FPS. Review units in mixed use last about a day and a half, which is enough to skip a charger through a long day, and short of the three-day line. A PCMark run on one 8000mAh unit lasted 20.5 hours from 100 percent to 20 percent, close to a 10,000mAh rival in the same test, because this panel is bright and hungry.

BATTERY CLAIMS VERSUS TESTS

• Lab endurance: Up to three days, plus eight hours of BGMI at 120 FPS, both from realme Lab.
• Mixed use: About a day and a half before you want a plug.
• Charge, company: 50 percent in 28.5 minutes on 80W.
• Charge, independent: About 44 percent from empty in 30 minutes, about 81 percent in an hour, full in about 1 hour 27 minutes.

Eighty-watt charging on an 8000mAh pack is not a 20-minute fill. Bypass charging feeds the board while you play so the cell takes less heat. Reverse wired charging can top up another gadget. The Power still wins if the only number you care about is milliamp-hours, and it still costs less.

IP69 Sealing on a 208g Body

The shell is 8.6mm thick and 208g, with a plastic back, a plastic frame, and a glass front. Reviewers keep calling it slightly top-heavy in one hand. The square camera island, faux internals, and upper stripes are the design. Electric Cyan is the loud paint; Titanium Gray is the quieter one. The glossy back marks easily with fingerprints.

WHAT THE THREE IP RATINGS COVER

• IP66: Dust-tight, plus strong water jets.
• IP68: Dust-tight, plus immersion; Realme cites up to 30 minutes, with depth given as 1.5m or 2m depending on the listing.
• IP69: High-pressure, high-temperature jets on top of the dust seal. Brand clips show an 80°C splash test for 23 seconds.

That triple stack is the durability story, more than the gaming chip. A monsoon commute and a dusty pocket are the use case. The Power also carries a high IP rating, so sealing alone does not explain the P4s premium. The flat M14 and the interpolated 144Hz pitch do.

Realme Promises Three Android Upgrades

Three Android version upgrades and four years of security patches is a short window next to some phones on the same shelf. One 12GB review unit shipped with 58 pre-installed apps, fewer than some recent Realme builds, which helps first boot. GT Mode, a do-not-disturb game overlay, and a RAM cleaner sit in the AI Gaming Partner tools.

The 50MP main camera is fine in daylight, with punchy colour and usable HDR. The 8MP ultrawide is a wider frame, not a second main. Low light adds noise that night mode only partly cleans up. The 16MP front camera keeps skin tones closer to life than many mid-range selfie tunings. This is not why the phone costs more than the 10,001mAh sibling.

A September 13 listing still had the 8GB P4s from ₹31,999. The 10,001mAh P4 Power remains the cheaper way to get this MediaTek chip, if you can live without the Samsung M14 and the extra interpolated frames.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Hyper Vision+ on the Realme P4s 5G?

Hyper Vision+ is a dedicated graphics chip beside the Dimensity 7400 Ultra. It interpolates frames, sharpens game and video output, and can hold a full-time HDR pass. Realme’s lab also claims a 300 percent maximum frame-rate improvement and a 300 percent maximum resolution improvement; those figures are company tests, and the 144fps BGMI mode is still interpolated rather than native.

How Much RAM Can the Realme P4s 5G Expand To?

Physical RAM is 8GB or 12GB of LPDDR4X. Realme advertises up to 26GB of dynamic RAM by borrowing storage, and a 72-month smoothness claim that applies only to the 12GB model. Dynamic RAM is not extra physical memory, and heavy games still run from the 8GB or 12GB the board actually has.

Does the Realme P4s 5G Support Reverse and Bypass Charging?

Yes. Reverse wired charging can feed another device from the 8000mAh pack. Bypass charging powers the motherboard straight from the adapter during long games or navigation so the cell takes less heat. The pack still charges on 80W from the adapter in the box.

What Battery Health Claim Does Realme Make for the P4s?

Realme lists six years of peak battery health on the P4s 5G product page, alongside the three-day and eight-hour BGMI lab figures. That is a company durability claim, not an independent cycle test, and mixed-use reviews still saw about a day and a half per charge on fresh units.

What Display Glass and Dimming Does the P4s 5G Use?

The panel sits under AGC DT Star D+ glass and lists full-brightness DC dimming to cut flicker at high brightness. Realme also cites 26 percent better luminous efficiency and a 50 percent longer screen lifespan for the M14 material, both from its own lab, plus near-lossless 2K video playback on the 1.5K sheet.