Realme India, for causes greatest recognized to the corporate, stopped launching any of its new GT-branded smartphones after the launch of the GT Neo 3, which additionally arrived in a particular 150W mannequin. In the event you bear in mind, the GT lineup began off as mid-range gadgets just like the Realme GT Grasp Version after which branched out into extra gamer-centric (or youth-centric) smartphones just like the GT Neo collection. The final GT Neo 3 150W we reviewed (again in June 2022) was all about providing high-end gaming efficiency (together with its apparent downsides) and common cameras. Such gadgets, regardless of their high-end specs, had been exhausting to advocate to the informal person primarily as a result of they had been additionally priced a bit too excessive (Rs. 42,999) and didn’t provide any sensible options like an excellent digital camera, an IP score and even wi-fi charging for the informal person.
It has been a number of years, and whereas Realme has been launching GT-branded gadgets within the Chinese language market, it has lastly determined to relaunch the GT collection in India. Its new smartphone known as the Realme GT 6T which doesn’t join with any of its previous GT-series gadgets launched in India. So, the place does this new GT slot in? Let’s discover out!
The Realme GT is priced from Rs. 30,999 for the bottom 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant, which instantly makes it a really aggressive providing given the {hardware} it presents. The telephone is obtainable in 4 variants, with essentially the most high-end variant geared up with as much as 12GB of RAM and 512GB of inner storage, priced at Rs. 39,999.
The Realme GT 6T has a slim design, on condition that it packs a big battery and vapour chamber cooling system
Nevertheless, this aggressive worth does see Realme chopping a number of corners. Now that I’ve used the handset for a short time, the apparent one is the plastic body and rear panel, which, regardless of its fashionable minimalist look, is a correct mud magnet. The rear panel additionally flexes a bit as nicely. Surprisingly, regardless of utilizing plastic for its chassis and rear panel, Realme claims its telephone can also be IP65 rated, which might be a primary for a GT collection system in India.
I actually just like the GT 6T design, which is a mixture of curved edges and flat sides. I additionally just like the dual-tone end of the rear panel, which has a really reflective mirror end (that’s nonetheless a bit misty on the identical time) close to the cameras however a metallic gray end for the remainder. Similar to its rear panel, the telephone has a curved edge show on the entrance, which is curved on its left and proper sides. It’s a 6.78-inch full-HD+ AMOLED panel of the LTPO selection, that means it could drop its refresh fee right down to 1Hz when wanted to save lots of battery life. The panel additionally has a 360Hz regular contact sampling fee and a pair of,500Hz turbocharged contact sampling whereas enjoying video games. This show can also be protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus 2.
It is also surprisingly slim for a telephone that claims to have the biggest vapour chamber cooling system on a smartphone. The telephone has a big 5,500mAh battery that may be charged at 120W.
The Realme GT 6T is at the moment the one mid-range smartphone (and even smartphones basically) to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC. It is a relatively highly effective processor because it borrows loads of its structure and cores from the premium Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 collection present in premium gadgets costing upwards of Rs. 50,000.
Preserving in thoughts the final GT Neo collection and its very common digital camera efficiency, it is good to see Realme add a new-age Sony LYT-600 digital camera with a 50-megapixel decision. The digital camera has a shiny f/1.8 aperture and in addition packs OIS, which ought to technically ship higher low-light pictures. Now, the identical sensor was additionally baked into the Realme 12+ smartphone, but it surely didn’t yield good leads to our evaluate. So, it will likely be attention-grabbing to see how this digital camera fares when backed by Qualcomm silicon.
The Realme GT 6T’s show is of the AMOLED LTPO selection and is curved on the edges
Powering all the above is Realme UI 5.0, which is predicated on Android 14.
Certainly, the Realme GT 6T looks as if a step in the suitable path for its GT collection. Whereas it’s geared for gaming, given its performance-oriented {hardware} selections, there’s lastly a steadiness with different sensible options as nicely.
It is neither as underpowered nor extra design-focused because the older GT Grasp Version, and it is also not fully gamer-focused, which would scale back its enchantment to the typical client.
In the mean time, it looks as if a really well-balanced mixture of {hardware} and software program, however we should put it by its paces to learn how it compares to different premium smartphones at this worth level. So, keep tuned for our detailed evaluate, which will likely be out quickly.