Equipment
Realme GT3 comes in a small black box containing the smartphone, black silicone case, documentation, 240W charger and USB-C to USB-C cable that can carry up to 12A current.
Losing the block and wire is not worth it – they are unlikely to be easily found in stores near the house. In this case, you will have to wait for delivery from AliExpress. In addition, the purchase of such a kit is comparable to the price of a budget smartphone.
The GT3’s screen is covered at the factory with a protective film that will protect your smartphone from accidental scratches.
Design
The front and back of the gadget are covered with glass, and its ends are protected by a plastic frame that looks like metal at first glance. This decision “cheaps” the device and is hardly noticeable, as most users keep the smartphone in a case. The rear glass is frosted, so the cover does not collect smudges and fingerprints.
To the right of the camera unit of the smartphone is a transparent surface, behind which you can see the chip of the device (Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1), as well as the signatures of the IR blaster (IR) and NFC. Perhaps these elements are really somewhere in this area of the gadget, but the visible chipset is clearly a dummy for decoration. Around the chip is an RGB frame in the shape of the letter “C” with the signature Dare to jump, the brand’s motto.
This “window” often gets dirty and collects fingerprints.
The front is a flat screen with fairly narrow bezels and a cutout for the front camera placed in the middle of the top of the screen.
Weighing 199 grams overall, the device feels like a flagship in the hand – there are no questions about the quality of assembly and materials.
Screen
Realme GT3 has a 6.74-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1.5K (1240×2772 pixels) and a refresh rate of 144Hz. The highest brightness of the screen reaches 1400 nits. Using a smartphone outdoors on a sunny summer day is not an inconvenience, all the details on the screen are quite clear.
You can find four color modes in the settings or manually adjust the color temperature of the screen to warmer or cooler tones. There are also additional features such as sharpening photos and videos, improving color reproduction in videos, optimizing videos to 60 or 120 FPS, and enabling live mode for HDR video.
There are quirks in the screen frequency: on a smartphone it reaches 144 Hz, but most applications, including system applications, run at a maximum of 120 Hz. This happens in “Auto” and “High” frequency mode. But when you choose the latter, a list of applications for manual installation and their frequency will appear. For example, you can set 144 Hz in the browser, 90 Hz in YouTube, 60 Hz in the gallery, and 120 Hz in some games. That is, there are four frequencies to choose from: 60, 90, 120 and 144 Hz.
Perhaps the manufacturer should simplify this point in future updates and entrust the system with the choice of frequencies up to 144 Hz – not every user is ready to understand this.
Also noteworthy is the presence of a PWM frequency of 2160 Hz. High-frequency vibration is now a trend for all “self-respecting” Chinese flagships. Thanks to this technology, the screen flickers so often that the user does not notice it, which means less eye strain and fatigue.
cameras
The main module in Realme GT3 is represented by a 50-megapixel Sony IMX890 sensor with optical stabilization and f/1.88 aperture. This is a very high quality camera that can produce rich and detailed photos. However, the flagship iPhone lags behind Samsung and even Xiaomi.
The camera algorithms in Realme make the photo sharp and saturated, after which the images do not even need to be edited before posting on social networks.
The main camera records video at up to 4K resolution at 60 FPS. I would also like to note that the smartphone does not have an annoying bug, known to many users of smartphones running Android, that causes the video to freeze in the first seconds – the video is smooth from start to finish.
However, the ultra-wide-angle module on the smartphone disappointed us. Realme GT3 is the global version of GT Neo5. socialbites.ca reporter, owner of the previous generation GT Neo3 smartphone of this series, noticed a major simplification in this camera module. Firstly, there is no revolution in the part inside the photo – in comparison, its quality has not changed in any way. latter, In terms of video shooting, the camera has become worse – if in the previous version it was possible to shoot at 60 FPS in Full HD from the ultra-wide-angle module, then in the Realme GT3 the maximum value would be Full HD at 30 FPS.
This is odd given that the chipset is getting more powerful. To some, this will seem like a major omission.
As a rule, smartphones only have one or two noteworthy cameras. The third module is often called a “plug” and is rarely used by anyone. Everything is different when it comes to Realme GT3. As the third module, a 2-megapixel microscope is used here, the image quality of which leaves much to be desired, but its ability to “look” at the invisible world is fascinating.
For example, think about the structure of fabric, leather, hair, grass, or plush toys—anything you can think of. Unusual, really interesting and attractive. The only pity is that the microscope is only available for photo mode – you cannot record video on it.
Separately, I would like to note that the night photo in automatic mode is quite bright – for this it is not necessary to switch to the appropriate mode. When it comes to the main camera, the picture is detailed and not blurry. However, the night photo is not always clear and clear from the ultra wide-angle module, and there may be blackouts in some areas.
The smartphone has a 16-megapixel front camera capable of recording Full HD video at 30 frames per second. Photos in this module are good, but sometimes algorithms with a lack of light can greatly degrade the sharpness of the image, which is not always beneficial.
If the Realme GT3 had a better ultra-wide-angle module, the camera could be given a five, but due to this shortcoming, the smartphone gets a solid four with its plus.
Yield
Realme GT3 is equipped with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 from Qualcomm, one of the most successful chips in recent years. This is the flagship chipset of the second half of 2022, which is increasingly appearing in low-cost smartphones for the European market, the cost of which is $ 500-700.
In the Geekbench 6 test, the device scores 1371 and 3758 in the single-core and multi-core tests, respectively.
This result is enough for daily use of a smartphone with a margin of several years, including mobile games.
Realme GT3 handles any game smoothly: PUBG: Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile and even Genshin Impact at maximum settings, showing a result of 60 FPS. In the latter, the smartphone heats up, but this does not cause discomfort.
Also, Realme GT3’s “Game Mode” now has the ability to adjust more graphics settings in games using the “GPU Settings” feature. It looks almost the same as in the graphics settings on the computer. In this mode, you can adjust the “Performance”, “Quality” or “Balanced” profile for texture filtering, as well as increase or decrease the MSAA anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, MIP texture rendering.
The 16 GB RAM of the LPDDR5X standard also helps the smartphone in speed. It can also be expanded with permanent memory, but how effective this is is unknown. There is also a lot of on-board memory here – 1 TB of the entire UFS 3.1 standard. This version of the smartphone is unique – there are no more compact storage options on sale.
WITH
The smartphone runs on Android 13 with the proprietary shell RealmeUI 4.0. The system interface as a whole is not much different from devices of other brands with this firmware. Exceptions are advanced display customization options, slightly modified icons, and RGB backlit control menus.
The backlight works for incoming calls, notifications, charging, and as a “warner” when the “GT Mode” game menu is opened. You can choose the backlight style (“breathing” and flickering), backlight speed and color (25 available).
You can’t always have RGB lighting on.
No errors were found in the system during testing of Realme GT3.
Battery
The battery in the Realme GT3 is very controversial – only 4600 mAh. It has an average active screen life of 6.5 hours. In general, this is a normal result, but not ideal – other smartphones of the company work much longer.
But you can close your eyes to this because the smartphone charges from 1% to 100% in just 9.5-10 minutes. Depends on environmental conditions – charging takes 12-15 minutes. The first charge took about 18 minutes, twice the stated time. This can be explained by the fact that the smartphone has a smart charging function that “understands” when and how much current to apply. Probably because of the summer heat, the smartphone decided that it would be safer to loosen the charge.
Realme GT3 gets moderately hot while fast charging. But if you use the original memory, you can not worry about the security of this operation.
The manufacturer claims that with 1600 charge cycles from a full charger, the smartphone will lose about 20% of its starting capacity. That is, if you charge it once or twice a day, the battery will “weak” by a fifth after more than a thousand days.
Other features
Realme GT3 has an infrared port that lets you control home appliances, NFC for contactless payment, and a linear vibration engine. It lacks headphone jack and memory card support, but with 1TB of storage, that shouldn’t seem like a problem to anyone.
The smartphone also has stereo speakers, but not two full-fledged, but the so-called “one and a half” – a multimedia and speech that complements the first. Overall the sound is good but does not reach the level of iPhone and even some Xiaomi.
Solution
Realme GT3 is one of the most interesting smartphones on the Russian market, but also very strange. The manufacturer wanted to show in everything only the best aspects – this is indicated by the terms encountered in the review: powerful hardware, fast display, fastest charging and a huge amount of memory. For all this they want 69 thousand rubles. in retail. And this is not much for such a device.
However, the decision to release only the maximum version of the device seems unfair – the company cuts out potential buyers who need, for example, 256 GB of memory. Simpler changes can have a positive impact on the cost of a smartphone, making it even more attractive to buy.