1. Introduction and pictures
For a mobile phone brand that has just been established for less than four years, realme can be said to have considerable potential.
From 2019 to the present, the brand’s sales volume is obvious to all, becoming the fastest smartphone brand in the world to reach 100 million sales, and the first growth rate in domestic shipments in the first half of 2021.
Such achievements and product positioning are inseparable. Realme has always been known as daring to leapfrog. It is a very simple literal meaning. It can be said to be another synonym for cost performance. This is also true. In the monthly AnTuTu cost performance list, realme and Redmi compete. never stop.
This brand, which started from the mid-end, is diversifying its products and is always looking for changes. For example, the quality-price ratio of the GT Master Exploration Edition and the stacking configuration of the GT2 Pro are all manifestations of the diversification of its layout products.
Among them, the Realme GT Neo series is aimed at young consumer groups, often with bright color schemes as the theme, highlighting the publicity of personality, and the main game experience, such as the Realme GT Neo3 to be discussed this time, which is the “flagship of Chaowan e-sports”. It is said that the biggest highlight is the introduction of a higher power fast charge, reaching 150W, and it is equipped with a Dimensity 8100 processor and an independent display chip. The paper parameters are quite impressive.
The Realme GT Neo3 is available in three colors: Le Mans/Silverstone/Hurricane Black. This one in my hand is Le Mans, and the body weight is about 188g.
mobile phone packaging
mobile phone packaging
front of phone
The front of Realme GT Neo3 is a straight screen with a hole in the center. Compared with the hyperboloid screen, although the straight screen does not have a higher appearance, it greatly reduces the false touch on the edge. It is suitable for users who like to play games. At the same time, it adopts a new generation of COP packaging. Craftsmanship, the frame is narrower, the screen ratio reaches 94.2%, and the hole digging is not particularly obvious. The hole diameter is 3.74mm, and the overall has a good visual impact.
front of phone
front of phone
In terms of parameters, the machine uses a 6.7-inch flexible OLED screen with a resolution of 2412*1080, supports 120Hz refresh rate and 360Hz touch sampling rate, and some game scenes can reach 1000Hz instantaneous touch sampling.
In terms of display, it supports 1.07 billion color display, 100% coverage of DCI-P3 wide color gamut, contrast ratio is 5 million:1, local peak brightness is 1000nit, and each screen is factory-tuned piece by piece to control the color standard at JNCD≈0.4.
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back cover of the fuselage is made of satin AG glass technology, which is not easy to be stained with fingerprints. The hand feel is more delicate and softer than the bright surface. There is a blue-violet transformation in the light.
The most obvious change is the addition of stripes, the use of offset printing 5-micron ink transfer process, and the blue color of the fuselage to form a contrasting color design. As mentioned earlier, the real me GT Neo series models are full of youthful tension. .
The back of the phone
Package comes with 150W charger and mobile phone case
2. System and Highlights
Realme GT Neo3 runs realme UI 3.0 based on Android 12. Whether it is animation or function, it is already a set of UI with a high degree of completion, and there is no shortage of functions in all aspects.
Realme UI 3.0 introduces a three-dimensional spatial design and redraws icons. Compared with the previous flat design, this one is more detailed and has an AI animation engine. By applying non-linear animation and natural rebound effects, it has a 120Hz high refresh rate. Soft and smooth effect.
Privacy has been strengthened, you can view application behavior records, and you can protect user privacy by sending blank information, single permission, and refusing to read. Basically, mainstream ROMs have begun to pay attention to this aspect, which is worthy of praise.
In terms of personalization, it supports global theme colors, and you can customize icons, backgrounds, fonts, and global theme colors according to your own preferences. In addition, there are new free floating windows and smart sidebars, which can mount more commonly used apps, including WeChat mini program.
3. Performance and Gaming
The core configuration is the focus of the machine. The first batch is equipped with MediaTek Dimensity 8100 processor, equipped with LPDDR5 memory + UFS 3.1 flash memory. According to the previous performance of Dimensity 8100, its power consumption and performance have almost reached a balance, and its overall performance is stronger than Snapdragon. 870, close to the Snapdragon 888, but the power consumption is much lower than that of the Snapdragon 888.
In fact, the Dimensity 8100 itself does not generate much heat, but the Realme GT Neo3 still has an excellent heat dissipation configuration. It is equipped with a diamond ice core cooling system Max, which is upgraded to 9 layers of heat dissipation compared to the previous generation. It is the largest heat dissipation area in Realme’s history. The largest stainless steel VC heat dissipation area, the total heat dissipation area reaches 39606mm², which is larger than the flagship GT2 Pro.
Then, diamond gel is added, which is the substance with the highest thermal conductivity in nature. It is made of diamond particles with a size of 40-50um, and its heat dissipation performance is about 50%-60% higher than that of conventional gel. Come for a run.
After actual testing, the realme GT Neo3’s AnTuTu score is close to 820,000, of which the CPU score reaches 200,000 and the GPU score is 310,000, which belongs to the normal performance of the Dimensity 8100. Compared with the Snapdragon 870 model, the GPU performance There is a significant improvement, the heat suppression is obvious, and the fuselage almost does not heat after the running score.
In terms of storage, the machine is equipped with UFS 3.1 flash memory, with a sequential read speed of 1850MB/s and a sequential write speed of 1241MB/s.
In terms of games, Realme GT Neo3 introduces an independent display chip, supports game frame insertion, estimates the trajectory of object movement through the chip and algorithm, and adds a frame of motion compensation frame between two frames to improve the smoothness of the picture, while reducing the GPU. Due to the load, in the high frame rate mode of some games, the independent display chip can help the “graphics processor” of the mobile phone to render half the number of pictures.
Let’s take a look at the game performance. How is the heat dissipation effect of Dimensity 8100+ diamond?
– “Glory of the King”
game fps
“Honor of Kings” runs at full frame at 60 frames. It is normal for the game to drop frames during a restart. This frame rate has no great reference significance. The body temperature will not be tested anymore, and there is almost no heat. After all, it is only 60 frames. , the subsequent opening of 120 frames, the Review is unable to keep up.
– “Original God”
game fps
Then there is the well-liked “Genshin Impact”. The real GT Neo3 turns on the GT mode, which can basically maintain more than 50 frames. Later, the fuselage starts to heat up and starts to drop frames, but they are all around 40 frames. After the ultimate stable frame is turned on, the frame rate It began to change with the scene, such as running a map and climbing a mountain, which could be maintained to 55 frames, so the above-mentioned wavy frame rate appeared.
Body temperature
In terms of heating, the back cover of “Genshin Impact” is obviously hot after 30 minutes. The heat source mainly comes from the processor position, but other parts are not obvious. The maximum temperature is 44.5, and the average temperature is 39.6. Although it is hot, it is much better than the Snapdragon 888.
The other is the game frame insertion. The measured “Peace Elite” has not yet opened the 60-frame mode, and the frame insertion must be realized on the basis of 60 frames, so it has to be abandoned.
4. Video and photography
In terms of imaging, the Realme GT Neo3 has a 50-megapixel main camera (IMX 766 OIS) + 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle + 2-megapixel macro at the rear. The main camera is the same as the GT Master Explorer Edition, with a 1/1.56 outsole. Equipped with OIS optical image stabilization, with the new self-developed ProLight super-sensitive technology.
High-rise buildings (default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-149 for the main camera)
High-rise buildings (ultra wide-angle 8MP f/2.2 ISO-100)
High-rise buildings (default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-150 for the main camera)
High-rise buildings (default 12 megapixel f/1.9 ISO-148 for main camera 2X crop)
Plants (default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-256 for the main macro)
Coffee Beans (Macro 2MP f/2.4 ISO-444)
Outdoors have a relatively wide dynamic range, but some details are insufficient, color reproduction details are good, and white balance is accurate. It is worth mentioning that the autofocus is very stable and can quickly identify the subject, thanks to the advantages of full-pixel focusing.
5. Battery life and charging
In terms of battery, the machine has a built-in 4500mAh dual-cell battery, so how about the low-power battery life with the Dimensity 8100? Let’s take a look at the measured data. It is customary to use the AnTuTu stress test function to perform super power consumption tests.
Stress test is a built-in function of AnTuTu Review. It tests the stability of device performance by performing high-load operations. It requires a lot of calculations by the CPU. Therefore, the power consumption is larger than that of video and daily use. Turn on 120Hz. High brush.
Unexpectedly, the real me GT Neo3 only lasted for 150 minutes, which is similar to some Snapdragon 888 models, which is a bit surprising. After checking the stress test, it was found that the performance scheduling of the machine was more aggressive, and it was basically maintained throughout the whole process. high frequency operation.
Compared with the model that is also equipped with Dimensity 8100, the battery life of the machine is slightly weak, but it is mainly due to the difference in battery capacity. The difference between the two is about 1000mAh capacity, so this performance is also common sense.
Fortunately, Realme GT Neo3 has ultra-high-power fast charging and supports 150W wired charging. It is the highest charging power of all mass-produced models at present. It claims to return 50% of blood in 5 minutes. Let’s see how the actual speed is.
After the actual test, the realme GT Neo3 took 14 minutes to fully charge, of which 31% was charged in 3 minutes and 52% in 6 minutes. This speed exceeds the current 120W fast charging model, which is basically the time to wash in the morning. Fully charged, changing the user’s habits, this time can already reduce the anxiety of the battery. In addition, the machine also has an 80W flash charging version, and the battery capacity is increased to 5000mAh.
In order to achieve 150W fast charging, realme customized flash charging chips, each equipped with ultra-efficient flash charging chips, forming a dual charge pump parallel architecture, and adopting a new 4:2 high-power charging architecture. The conversion rate reaches 98.5%, converting the two-way 20V 3.75A high-voltage current into two-way 10V 7.5A low-voltage current, and finally converging into a 10V 15A high-current input battery.
In terms of safety, realme 150W flash charging has passed the German Rheinland safe fast charging certification, and an independent MCU charging safety chip has been added to the charging circuit. Once the abnormal charging status is detected, the 150W charging can be directly turned off.
After actual testing, Realme GT Neo3 has always maintained a power of about 103W below 40% power, mainly to improve the speed of early charging, so the power is relatively open, and the battery power is reduced to about 70W when the battery reaches 40% or more, which is comparable Surprisingly, when the power reaches more than 90%, the general mobile phone starts to trickle charge, but the real GT Neo3 maintains it to about 50W, almost all the way to the end.
6. Summary
The realme GT Neo3 is a model with distinctive features. The purpose of the pursuit is obviously to play fashion, from the inside to the outside, such as the shape design with obvious recognition and color matching, and the Dimensity 8100+ independent display chip , the most important thing is the 150W flash charge, which can be fully charged in just ten minutes, which is almost tailor-made for young user groups.
For a competing product with the same configuration, I believe that you will know which competing product it is without telling me. The advantages of Realme GT Neo3 lie in its novel shape design and fast charging, and then an independent display chip, which is more suitable for playing games. It is that the screen quality is stronger, the comprehensive ability is not bad, and there is no difference in absolute performance between the two.
The shortcoming is the battery life, which seems to be due to the engineering machine. The adjustment is too unrestrained, the frequency of the chip is too high, and the independent display chip seems to be a little powerless. Therefore, despite the low power consumption, the battery life is similar to that of some Snapdragon 888 models. , Fortunately, there is a 150W fast charge to make up for it, and half of the blood return in 5 minutes can ignore the existence of battery life.
And the most important thing is that the starting price of the phone is 1999 yuan, which directly brings the Dimensity 8100 to less than 2000 yuan. Although it is only an 80W fast charging version, with the overall parameters, this price is invincible.
And it is worth affirming that, in today’s serious product homogeneity, realme has always maintained a novel shape design and color matching, just like a dragon slayer, waving a sword and jumping to the mobile phone circle, every mobile phone is a new one. He has a distinct personality and can always make something different. I hope to keep the original intention and keep going like this.
