Overview and specifications
This year Realme only launched a vanilla Realme GT3 without the Pro. . Still, the specs suggest the GT3 is the successor to the GT2 as far as the western market is concerned.
By removing the semantics, GT3 is a huge improvement over last year’s GT2 in terms of display quality, performance and charging. However, 240W charging is the GT3’s standout feature, his world’s first 240W charging on a commercial smartphone. The OEM promises all-day battery life with just a few minutes of charging, and he takes less than 10 minutes to top up. Of course, we will test it on the next page.
In addition to fast charging, the GT3 also adopts a more advanced OLED display. It’s not LTPO, but it has a lot of features. The screen supports a 144Hz refresh rate as opposed to the more common 120Hz refresh rate, is HDR10+ certified (unlike its predecessor), is brighter and has a higher resolution.
Realme GT3 specs overview:
- body: 163.9×75.8×8.9mm, 199g; glass front and back, plastic frame. Illumination RGB (rear).
- screen: 6.74″ AMOLED, 1B color, 144Hz, HDR10+, 500 nits (typical), 1100 nits (HBM), 1400 nits (peak), 1240x2772px resolution, 20.12:9 aspect ratio, 451ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm): Octa-core (1×3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3×2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4×1.80 GHz Cortex-A510); Adreno 730.
- memory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 16GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM. UFS 3.1.
- OS/Software: Android 13, Realme UI 4.0.
- Rear camera: wide (main): 50MP, f/1.9, 24mm, 1/1.56″, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS; super wide angle: 8MP, f/2.2, 16mm, 112°, 1/4.0″, 1.12µm; big: 2 MP, f/3.3, 20mm (microscope).
- Front camera: 16MP, f/2.5, 25mm (wide), 1/3.09″, 1.0µm.
- Video capture: rear camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, Gyro EIS; front camera: 1080p@30fps, Gyro EIS.
- battery: 4600mAh; 240W wired, PD, 1-50% in 4 minutes, 1-100% in 10 minutes (ad).
- others: fingerprint reader (under-display, optical); infrared port; stereo speakers.
The new generation will use the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, so it will also have better performance. It’s also nice to see a Plus variant of the chipset since the GT2 settled on his standard Snapdragon 888. Notably, GT3 is not a top-tier flagship. Since it’s a model from Realme’s lineup, we expected it to use last year’s flagship chipset. Moreover, most users will not feel any performance difference between SD8 Gen 1 and SD8 Gen 2 in daily use.
In the camera department, little has changed, which is mostly good news. The unit has been replaced with a microscope lens, which is a little better. You can take nice close-up shots.
Last but not least, the GT3 has a significantly different design than its predecessor, with a huge camera island and customizable RGB LED lighting on the back, which Realme calls Pulse Interface Design. It might be useful for those who miss the obsolete LED notification lights on modern smartphones.
