Realme today launched the GT Neo 5 with 240W fast charging, making it the fastest charging speed smartphone on the market. The GT Neo 5 also has a variant with 150W charging and a slightly larger battery, and both editions share the unique design with a glowing rectangle on the back.
The Realme GT Neo 5 is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. The 240W version has 16GB of RAM and 256GB or 1TB of storage. The GT Neo 5 150W can be purchased with 8GB, 12GB or 16GB of RAM, while storage is always 256GB.
The phone is built around a 6.74-inch 10-bit AMOLED screen with 144Hz refresh rate. The resolution is 2772 x 1240 pixels and you get 100% DCI-P3 coverage and a sample rate of touch of 1,500 Hz.
The Realme GT Neo 5 240W comes with a 4,600mAh battery and a 20V/12A adapter in the retail box. The 150W variant has a 5,000mAh battery and a 20V/8A adapter in the retail box.
The 240W adapter can charge the GT Neo 5 to 20% in 80 seconds, 50% in 4 minutes and 100% in less than 10 minutes. The company claims that just 30 seconds online can provide up to 2 hours of talk time.
The phone will also work with legacy VOOC and SuperVOOC chargers, which will also be able to deliver maximum power to the smartphone through the USB-C port.
The main camera on the back has a 50MP 1/1.56″ Sony IMX890 sensor, OIS, and a 6P lens with an f/1.9 aperture. There’s also an 8MP ultrawide shooter with 112-degree field of view, and a 2MP macro shooter. MP.
The selfie camera has a 16MP Samsung sensor and sits inside a hole centered at the top of the screen.
Realme GT Neo 5 has an 8-component cooling solution, including a vapor chamber and multiple layers of graphite for heat dissipation. Fast charging may also be challenging from the phone, but Realme has obtained a TUV Rheinland certification to confirm its safety.
Charging tests in the Realme Lab revealed that the phone does not heat up above 10 degrees C and is able to withstand 1,600 charges from 0 to 100% while maintaining 80% of its capacity, which is over four years of typical use.
Realme GT Neo 5 features NFC and runs Android 13 with Realme UI 4.0 on top.
Realme has placed an RGB LED rectangle on the back, which can act as a notification light and is fully customizable for different apps. It will also glow red when the battery is below 20%, a notification that can also be programmed via the Settings menu.
Realme GTNeo 5
The phone comes in three colors – white, black and purple – and each of them has at least one variant with both charging options. Pricing for the 240W variant is CNY 3,199 ($470) for the 16GB/256GB version and CNY 3,499 ($515) for the 16GB/1TB edition.
The Realme GT Neo 5 150W costs CNY 2,499 ($368) for the base 8/256GB variant, CNY 2,699 ($400) for the core 12/256GB option, or CNY 2,899 ($427 ) for the higher 16/256GB model.
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