Realme’s GT collection of telephones is its top-tier lineup, and we’ve seen some fairly memorable fashions up to now. After a two-year lengthy hiatus, Realme is lastly releasing world variants of its GT collection in choose markets, as soon as once more. We first acquired the Realme GT 6T in India in Might, which was a rebadged GT Neo 6 SE from China (with 120W charging). Now, Realme has launched the GT 6 in choose Southeast Asian markets, which has similarities to the GT Neo 6, however with a tweaked digicam configuration.
The GT collection has at all times been about sheer efficiency, and the brand new Realme GT 6 packs the preferred SoC of the season, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. We’ve already seen it in telephones just like the POCO F6 , the just lately introduced Motorola Edge 50 Extremely , and Xiaomi 14 CIVI. The GT 6 goes past uncooked energy, because it debuts Realme’s tackle AI in telephones, which it calls ‘Subsequent AI.’ There’s lots to unpack, so let’s start with the pricing.
Realme GT 6: Worth and availability
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India shall be getting three variants of the GT 6, beginning with 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage for ₹40,999 (round $492). The second variant will get 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for ₹42,999 ($516), whereas the top-spec variant comes with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, priced at ₹44,999 ($540). With the launch gives and reductions in place, you possibly can knock about ₹5,000 from the costs, which makes the telephone appear extra enticing.
The Realme GT 6 doesn’t have a microSD card slot, so it’s finest to decide on your variant properly from the get go. Additionally, all variants are stated to have UFS 4.0 storage and LPDDR5X RAM. The telephone is available in two colours — Razor inexperienced and Fluid silver — and each look very good.
The shiny end of the rear glass is a significant ache to maintain clear, because it attracts fingerprints very simply. Fortunately, there’s a case within the field to assist mitigate this. You additionally get the 120W quick charger with the telephone, which we’ll discuss extra about in a bit.
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Realme GT 6 specs
Class
Realme GT 6
OS
Realme UI 5.0 (Android 14)
Show
6.78-inch Curved LTPO AMOLED, 1.5K (2,780×1,264), 120Hz refresh charge
Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
RAM
8GB, 12GB, 16GB LPDDR5X
Storage
256GB, 512GB UFS 4.0
Audio
Stereo audio system, OReality Audio
Connectivity
5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4
Safety
In-display fingerprint sensor
Safety
IP65 water and mud resistance
Battery
5,500mAh, 120W SUPERVOOC charging
Cameras
Rear: 50MP Sony LYT-808 with OIS major + 50MP Samsung JN5 telephoto (2x optical zoom) + 8MP Sony IMX355 ultrawide; Entrance: 32MP Sony IMX615 sensor
Dimensions & weight
162mm × 75mm × 8.6mm, 199g
Colours
Fluid Sliver, Razor Inexperienced
Realme GT 6: What I like
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The show on the Realme GT 6 is one thing that can instantly seize your consideration. It’s a flagship-grade AMOLED display screen measuring 6.78 inches, with a 1.5K (2,780×1,264) decision. The 120Hz refresh charge can be really adaptive because of the LTPO tech, which permits it to scale to 1Hz when there’s no contact enter or app working within the foreground. This 10-bit show helps the DCI-P3 colour gamut, 2,160Hz PWM dimming when the brightness is low (DC dimming when brightness is above 70 nits), and Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+ playback.
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The GT 6 additionally has one of many brightest shows in its section, with a 6,000 nits native peak brightness score, and 1,000 nits typical brightness. Rounding off this spectacular spec record is Gorilla Glass Victus 2 for scratch and shatter safety. The curved edges on the edges of the show full the flagship look.
I discovered the show to be very legible even underneath harsh daylight. Colours have simply the correct quantity of saturation with the default colour profile and there isn’t any noticeable colour shift when viewing the show off-axis.
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The show settings enables you to allow “Additional brightness” should you want it, and you may set the edge for minimal brightness in low gentle, which is a really helpful characteristic. For individuals who want to preserve some battery, can drop the decision decrease, though this isn’t actually wanted. HDR movies look nice on the GT 6, and Realme’s Photograph’s app helps ProXDR viewing for nonetheless photographs. Lastly, there’s an optical in-display fingerprint sensor which works effectively, however its placement is a bit too low for my liking.
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Efficiency has at all times been the core power of the GT collection, and the newest Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 within the GT 6 hits the spot. We’ve already talked about it in our POCO F6 assessment, however in brief, it’s a scaled down Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC with a special CPU cluster (1+4+3) configuration and decrease clock speeds, a decrease rung GPU and 5G modem, and decrease reminiscence frequency. Whereas all this provides as much as decrease efficiency in comparison with the 8 Gen 3, it’s nonetheless probably the most highly effective SoC within the mid-range section, besting even final yr’s flagship 8 Gen 2 in some benchmarks.
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Class
Realme GT 6
POCO F6
OnePlus 12R
ASUS Zenfone 11 Extremely
PCMark Work 3.0 (General)
19164
15491
12189
20182
PCMark Work 3.0 (Net Looking)
24314
14944
12111
25091
PCMark Work 3.0 (Video Modifying)
6727
7691
5548
8177
PCMark Work 3.0 (Writing)
24957
17327
15752
26438
PCMark Work 3.0 (Photograph Modifying)
44987
26584
19074
40010
Geekbench 6 (single-core)
1975
1762
1332
2226
Geekbench 6 (multi-core)
5077
4608
4475
6917
3DMark Wild Life Excessive (rating)
3176
2947
3686
5211
3DMark Wild Life Excessive (FPS)
19.02
17.65
22.07
31.21
3DMark Photo voltaic Bay (rating)
5262
4983
5330
8693
3DMark Photo voltaic Bay (FPS)
20.01
18.94
20.27
33.05
The Realme GT 6 posted greater benchmark numbers than the POCO F6, which has the identical SoC. Temperatures had been additionally effectively underneath management when working these assessments, which reveals that the vapor cooling system was doing its job effectively. The 8s Gen 3 shouldn’t be too far behind final yr’s flagship 8 Gen 2 SoC, as seen within the 12R’s scores. Nonetheless, the newest 8 Gen 3’s GPU and extra highly effective CPU clusters manages to maintain an excellent lead over the 8s Gen 3, as seen within the scores of the Zenfone 11 Extremely .
Video games ran simply wonderful on the GT 6, with little to no stutter. Asphalt 9: Legends seemed nice and ran at a gradual 60fps. First-person shooters like Battle Prime pushed the temperatures greater, with an indicated 42 levels, however this was nonetheless manageable with out the case. Genshin Impression seemed beautiful on the ‘Highest’ graphics setting and 60fps enabled. As soon as once more, the indicated telephone temperature went as much as 43 levels, however nothing past that even after about 20 minutes of gameplay.
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Basic efficiency of the GT 6 was additionally top-notch. The telephone hardly ever skipped a beat with multi-tasking and the interface and apps felt fluid to work together with. The stereo audio system are loud and sound good, the haptic engine gives good tactile suggestions, and there’s an IR blaster on the highest of the body for controlling issues like your TV or air air purifier. Wi-fi and 5G efficiency was additionally strong as calls and community protection was good within the few weeks I used the telephone. The GT 6 has dual-SIM help, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and Wi-Fi 6. The chassis can be IP65 rated for mud and water resistance.
Battery life is one other main plus level for the Realme GT 6. The huge 5,500mAh capability simply lasted me an excellent two days on common with gentle to medium utilization. Even with heavy gaming and digicam utilization, I might nonetheless stand up to a day and a half earlier than I needed to cost it. I hardly ever had battery nervousness with the GT 6 after I stepped out of the home, even when it wasn’t absolutely charged. Wi-fi charging is lacking, however I doubt anybody will actually miss it if you get a 120W quick charger within the field.
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With the battery at roughly 11%, I might cost it as much as 97% in simply half-hour, which is bonkers. The one problem is that the charger is very large and also you’ll want this particular SUPERVOOC charger solely to have the ability to obtain such speeds. Fortunately, you’ll nonetheless be capable of get 80W or 65W quick charging in case you have older quick chargers from OnePlus or OPPO mendacity round, as all of them use the identical charging know-how.
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Contemplating it’s a performance-focused telephone, the Realme GT 6 packs some neat cameras, and even will get a further telephoto digicam over the China-only mannequin. The first digicam makes use of a 50MP Sony LYT-808 module with an f/1.69 aperture and OIS; the ultrawide has an 8MP Sony IMX355 with an f/2.2 aperture (mounted focus); whereas the telephoto is a 50MP Samsung JN5 with an f/2.0 aperture with stabilization. The selfie digicam makes use of a Sony IMX615 32MP sensor.
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In daylight, all of the rear cameras of the GT 6 seize detailed pictures however with barely various white stability. The primary sensor will get the truest illustration of the scene, whereas the ultrawide has a hotter tone and the telephoto has a cooler one. The ultrawide captures barely softer textures and grain is extra noticeable in shadow areas, however you’ll solely see these drawbacks should you zoom into the photograph.
The telephoto’s optical magnification of 2x produces sharp portraits, and particulars are nonetheless respectable until about 10x zoom, after which it begins to weaken. I observed some minor metering points too underneath harsh lighting at 2x zoom, the place whites had been blown out. Zooming in a bit extra tended to repair this, however with a slight drop in high quality.
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Foremost digicam (Picture credit score: Roydon Cerejo/ Android Central)
Ultrawide digicam (Picture credit score: Roydon Cerejo/ Android Central)
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Foremost digicam (Picture credit score: Roydon Cerejo/ Android Central)
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Selfie digicam (Picture credit score: Roydon Cerejo/ Android Central)
Selfie digicam (Picture credit score: Roydon Cerejo/ Android Central)
The GT 6 produces sharp visuals in low gentle too, because of a really efficient night time mode. A slower shutter pace is robotically engaged which helps carry out the small print and colours of objects at the hours of darkness. This works fairly effectively with the ultrawide digicam too. The telephone will solely change to the telephoto digicam at night time in case your topic is effectively lit, else, it’ll merely digitally zoom in utilizing the principle digicam.
The optical stabilization of the principle sensor is kind of spectacular at night time, because it retains your topic in sharp focus even with an extended publicity shot. The primary and telephoto cameras, each, bin photographs right down to 12MP by default. You possibly can shoot full 50MP photographs with the 2 of the rear cameras utilizing the ‘HI-RES’ mode.
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I’m not an enormous selfie individual, however I’d say most customers must be more than pleased with the standard of pictures it captures. Daylight photographs pack in loads of particulars, colours are effectively represented, and Portrait mode works effectively. Images are above-average even with indoor lighting. At night time, the long-exposure photographs produce respectable particulars and colours. Magnificence filters are enabled by default, and whereas I didn’t discover them to be too intrusive, you possibly can disable them altogether.
Video recording is kind of spectacular too. The Realme GT 6 can document as much as 4K 60fps and as much as 4K 30fps Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR movies with the principle and telephoto cameras. The selfie digicam may also seize 4K 30fps customary movies, making this an excellent telephone for vlogging. The ultrawide is the one digicam that’s restricted to 1080p 30fps for recording, which is a disgrace. I want Realme had used a greater sensor for the ultrawide digicam with a view to full the expertise.
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Daylight video high quality is superb from the principle and telephoto cameras. HDR movies particularly look good on the GT 6’s show. Movies captured at night time are respectable if there’s sufficient gentle, however strolling about introduces fairly a little bit of jitter. Movies shot utilizing the ultrawide digicam are strictly common within the day and are nearly usable in low gentle. An ‘AI night time imaginative and prescient’ toggle pops up within the viewfinder in actually low-light circumstances, which helps in getting brighter movies however this additionally provides noise to the footage. It’s value noting that this AI characteristic can be utilized even at 4K 30fps.
Realme GT 6: Leaping on the AI bandwagon
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It looks like Realme didn’t wish to miss out on the AI increase, so it’s including its personal taste to its telephones. Known as ‘Subsequent AI’, this software-based characteristic debuts with the GT 6 and shall be rolled out to the GT 6T, and presumably different fashions too through an replace. There are 4 AI options to begin off with, that are AI Sensible Elimination, AI Night time Imaginative and prescient, AI Display screen Recognition, and AI Sensible Loop. The latter two options must be enabled, and will be discovered underneath ‘Particular options’ within the Settings app.
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AI Sensible Loop is form of a quick-share pop-up carousel, which helps you to share photographs or textual content immediately from one app to the opposite. You possibly can manually add as much as 5 apps to the drawer or let the system resolve primarily based in your utilization sample. To share one thing rapidly, you merely long-press the file or photograph and drag it to both fringe of the show to carry up your apps. This methodology has its quirks at occasions although, like if you maintain the show to pause an Instagram story and the system thinks you wish to share it as an alternative.
AI display screen recognition works on screenshots or immediately inside sure supported apps. This may be activated by numerous gestures, and it enables you to share or save photographs and textual content individually. The AI Eraser characteristic makes use of OPPO’s AndesGPT platform for processing edits within the cloud. Much like Google’s Magic Eraser, you possibly can take away objects from the scene or blur out imperfections on objects. The top result’s fairly respectable more often than not. I can see the display screen recognition and modifying options being helpful, and extra Realme telephones ought to profit from this quickly.
1) AI Display screen Recognition characteristic in motion. 2) Choices within the AI Eraser menu. 3) Objects eliminated utilizing the Sensible Lasso instrument (Picture credit score: Roydon Cerejo/ Android Central)
The GT 6 runs Realme UI 5.0 which relies on Android 14 . Realme has dedicated to 3 years of OS upgrades and 4 years of safety patches, which isn’t dangerous. One factor I did discover was far much less spam and app muddle after I first set it up, which is a step within the right path. Many pointless apps are nonetheless current, however it’s organized in a method the place you don’t instantly discover them.
Realme GT 6: What I don’t like
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Whereas the Realme GT 6 will get most issues proper, there are just a few areas the place it might have carried out higher. It’s not a really thick telephone, however it weighs 199g and that’s noticeable in your pocket. The opposite problem I’ve is with the rear glass panel. It definitely offers the telephone a premium really feel, however the shiny nature makes it a magnet for fingerprints and it finally ends up trying untidy after a couple of minutes of holding it.
The mirror-like strip throughout the cameras doesn’t assist its trigger both. My different gripe is with the glass itself, as Realme says it’s an ordinary panel with no rated scratch or shatter resistance. This implies, you most definitely might want to use this telephone with a case.
The outer body of the GT 6 is polycarbonate, which does scale back the impression of warmth in your fingers when gaming, however an aluminum body would have elevated the contact expertise and given it a extra premium really feel. Lastly, there’s the crippled ultrawide digicam which merely does not match as much as the capabilities of the opposite two rear cameras.
Realme GT 6: Competitors
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The Realme GT 6 has loads of competitors, however I believe it packs sufficient benefit to separate itself from the remainder. First, you get the brand new set of mid-range flagships with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 posing because the GT 6’s quick rivals. There’s the POCO F6, which gives amazon worth for its low beginning value of simply ₹30,000 (about $360). Similar to the GT 6, it too has a terrific show, sturdy major digicam, and is a superb all-rounder.
The Xiaomi 14 CIVI is a current entrant beginning at ₹43,000 ($515). Its distinctive promoting factors are the Leica-branded cameras, and slim and light-weight design.
If you’d like an excellent trying telephone, Nothing’s Telephone 2 is a superb deal proper now with the top-end variant right down to Rs. 39,999 ($480). What it lacks in uncooked energy, it definitely makes up with probably the greatest Android implementations outdoors a Pixel telephone. The OnePlus 12R is one other strong providing that begins on the similar value. It has flagship-level specs, slick software program, glorious battery life, and an exquisite foremost digicam.
When you’re within the U.S., then the Pixel 8a might be the finest choose underneath $500 . It has a compact design, one of the best software program, glorious cameras, and is destined to get software program updates for the following seven years.
Realme GT 6: Do you have to purchase it?
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You can purchase it if…
You want sturdy mid-range gaming telephone
You need versatile cameras
You want the quickest doable charging
You want a shiny and vivid show
You should not purchase it if…
You want an excellent high quality ultrawide digicam
You need a light-weight telephone
You hate wiping off fingerprints
Realme might have taken the lazy route and easily rebadged the GT Neo 6 for the worldwide market and known as it a day. It might have nonetheless been an excellent product, however in all probability much less impactful towards the competitors. By including the 50MP telephoto, the GT 6 has develop into a extra aggressive providing in its section. Practically all of its cameras are extremely competent and seize high quality photographs, with the ultrawide being the exception. Dolby Imaginative and prescient video recording is a pleasant bonus to have. The GT 6 appears fashionable, has excellent gaming efficiency for its class, a shiny show, and glorious battery life. These searching for AI options will discover just a few helpful ones right here too.
If it’s simply the processor you’re after, then the POCO F6 has everybody beat providing one of the best worth for cash. Alternatively, if you’d like an honest telephoto digicam, more practical cooling system for gaming, and higher battery life, I believe it’s value spending a bit extra to get the GT 6.
A robust mid-range contender
The Realme GT 6 checks many of the proper bins for its section, supplying you with a feature-packed telephone with little to complain about. You get a surprising show, glorious efficiency, nice battery life, and really foremost and telephoto cameras.
