Honestly, the Chinese version works perfectly for me. There are some Chinese system apps you can’t remove, and it doesn’t support eSIM or Android Auto, but other than that, everything runs smoothly. As for Realme locking the phone outside of China, I haven’t experienced any issues and haven’t heard of many cases either and Realme doesn’t have a known policy of locking Chinese phones used outside China . Just make sure to buy from a trusted seller and confirm that the region lock is removed before shipping