Voters in last week’s poll were appropriately impressed with the Realme GT Neo 5’s blistering charge. But is an impressive charging system enough? No, but the Neo also has a fast Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and tons of memory for the cost.
At the moment, it’s evenly split between those wanting 240W and those considering the 150W model. However, as many of us are waiting to see what happens to GT3 as a whole, we are postponing it.
For now, we only know the price of GT Neo 5 for China. The global model, the Realme GT3, is still a few days away from being official, and Realme has already confirmed that it will feature the same his 240W charging system that can reach 100% in 9 minutes and 37 seconds. No word yet on whether the 150W variant will be available worldwide. Join us on Tuesday, February 28th to learn more about GT3.
There weren’t many comments about the 144Hz AMOLED display (1,240 x 2,772 pixels), other than a discussion of punch holes and notches. The GT Neo 5 display is faster and sharper than most phones in its price range.
In fact, it was the camera that drew the most criticism. His 50MP 1/1.56″ main sensor with OIS and 8MP ultra-wide unit are a good baseline, but not very impressive. To be fair, GT phones usually focus more on chipsets and batteries than on cameras.
Xiaomi has some mid-rangers with 200MP sensors but I haven’t reviewed them yet so I can’t say which camera is actually better. It’s just that it came out of the budget of
Realme has a potential winner with its GT Neo 5 hit in China. As for the global market, everything depends on the price of the GT3. This could be his one of the most popular workhorses in 2023.
