In everyone's impression, realme, a "child" who is not yet four years old, has always been positioned in the middle and low end. But when Xiao Lei picked up this real-me GT2 Pro, he realized that today's realme has the ability and foundation to impact the high-end market.
Why? Before the evaluation officially began, Xiao Lei would like to ask you a question, what characteristics should high-end flagship mobile phones have?
As a user who has only used high-end flagship mobile phones for a long time, Xiao Lei believes that the feel is the first element, we will pick up the mobile phone countless times a day, or reply to the message or brush Weibo, in short, we will spend a lot of time on the mobile phone every day. Therefore, in the process of using the mobile phone, the mobile phone will not be too heavy, the finger will not scratch the hand when sliding the screen, the curvature of the back of the fuselage can not fit your palm, etc., these will directly affect the user experience, and because of this, for Xiao Lei, whether the feel of the mobile phone is excellent has become one of the thresholds for distinguishing whether the mobile phone can be called a flagship.
As for the configuration problem that some readers are very concerned about, Xiao Lei believes that this should not be the focus, after all, on the matter of stacking configuration, every domestic mobile phone manufacturer can do it, but the feel involves the mobile phone manufacturer's ability to control the design of the product, and to a certain extent, it can also show whether the mobile phone manufacturer is willing to pay attention to some details.
Without further ado, today let Xiao Lei take you to experience this real GT2 Pro, I hope you can gain something after reading this detailed review.
Who said that straight-screen mobile phones do not have a good feel?
In fact, from the warm-up of realme some time ago, we can see that the main feature of the True Self GT 2 series is the direct screen design, after all, in this era of per capita "curved screen", the appearance of such a straight screen mobile phone seems to be somewhat unreasonable. Xiao Lei also has to admit that the curved design can indeed make the mobile phone look more high-end, and it is more "forced" to pick up, but this does not mean that the straight screen design will definitely drag down the value of the mobile phone.
The 8.18mm body thickness, 189g weight, almost four sides of the same width of the straight screen, smooth transition metal frame, non-slip and fingerprint-free "paper" back panel and metal edges around the camera module can make this phone hook with the word "exquisite". It's no exaggeration to say that this is one of the most comfortable phones That Ray has used in recent months.
The front of the True Self GT2 Pro is a 6.7-inch 2K resolution straight screen, it is worth praising that realme almost made it into a four-sided iso-width, the advantage of four-sided iso-width is to make the screen look more coordinated and more comfortable, in Xiao Lei's impression, only the iPhone will pursue this.
The quality of this screen is also worth recognizing: 2K resolution, second-generation LTPO dynamic refresh rate technology, 525PPI, 10bit color display, peak brightness 1400nits and so on. Among them, the most interesting thing for Xiao Lei is the so-called second-generation LTPO technology, as we all know that LTPO technology broke out in 2021, the major mobile phone manufacturers said that the technology can greatly improve the battery life performance of the mobile phone, but the actual effect is far less than the promotion of so good, so Xiao Lei also focused on the experience of the second generation of LTPO technology of the true self GT 2 Pro has improved.
It can be seen that when watching the video of station B, the screen refresh rate of the True My GT 2 Pro will be reduced to 60Hz after three seconds of no operation, and when the user clicks the screen, it will quickly increase to 120Hz, thus achieving the purpose of reducing power consumption.
In order to further verify, Xiao Lei also opened several APPS as test objects, except for the map APP software and the system camera will still be locked at 60Hz, the rest of the APP are running in a full blood state of 120Hz. As for whether it is really possible to reduce the power consumption of the mobile phone, this little thunder will be tested in detail in the battery life section later.
Coming to the back of the fuselage, Xiao Lei got the master paper color matching this time, and the overall tone is biased towards off-white, which is indeed in line with the "paper color" we see in our daily life. And its feel is also more "strange", feeling like a mixture of paper and plastic, but I have to admit that the feeling of touching it is still quite good. The fine pattern on the back can increase the friction of the back plate of the fuselage and reduce the occurrence of hand slippage and throwing.
The upper part of the back of the fuselage consists of a camera module and a realme master custom module, a design we have seen on the True Me GT Neo2 and True Me GT Master Exploration Edition, so I will not repeat it here.
In general, the exterior design of the Real Me GT2 Pro in the current mobile phone market definitely belongs to the more distinctive one, four sides of equal width, the middle frame transition smooth, the perfect fit of the middle frame screen and the ingenious "paper" material make it worthy of the texture that this price point should have. From Xiao Lei's personal point of view, in addition to the large hole diameter of the front camera, the rest of the performance is favored by Xiao Lei.
Can the new Snapdragon Core exert its maximum strength?
Although the configuration is no longer a big highlight, but the so-called "good horse with a good saddle", so the configuration of the real GT2 Pro is still worth talking about.
In terms of hardware configuration, Zhenmei GT2 Pro is equipped with the most powerful Snapdragon 8Gen1 processor in the Android market, in order to further release the performance of this processor, it is equipped with 36761mm heat dissipation measures, how the actual performance is, let's first look at a set of data.
In the Antu Rabbit running sub-link, the True Self GT2 Pro got a score of 1016496 points, and the GPU part score was 442453 points, which was 28% and 45% higher than the previous generation of True Self GT Master Exploration Edition (Snapdragon 870), which belonged to the middle and upper class level in the Snapdragon 8Gen1 model.
In the 3D Mark running score test, the True Self GT2 Pro scored 9808 points in the Wild Life test, with an average frame rate of 58.7 frames, and the overall performance far exceeded the IPhone 12 Pro Max equipped with A14 processor and a number of Snapdragon 865 models.
However, in the test of GeekBench 5 and PC Mark, the performance of the real gt2 Pro is really average, the single-core and multi-core scores are 991 points and 3204 points, and the PC Mark score is only 13800 points, which has a certain gap with several Snapdragon 8Gen1 models that have been listed, and even weaker than many Snapdragon 888 models. Xiao Lei personally speculated that realme may have locked the frequency of the processor part in exchange for better heat performance, which is a matter of opinion.
After talking about the data part, the next is the game performance that readers care about the most, in the 30-minute "Original God" (the picture quality parameters are all adjusted to the highest), its average frame rate is 59.43 frames, and the overall game experience is still quite good, at least much stronger than the Snapdragon 888. As for the temperature part, in the case of 18.1 ° C indoors, the true self GT2 Pro in the continuous operation of the original god for half an hour, the fuselage front temperature is 41.3 ° C, the back temperature is 43 ° C, in addition to the metal frame part is somewhat hot, the rest of the part is warm, which is worthy of praise.
In the performance link, the performance of the True Self GT2 Pro is indeed a little too conservative, and the performance in the GeekBench 5 and PC Mark links is not even as good as the Snapdragon 888 model, but it is undeniable that the heat of the True Self GT2 Pro is far better than Xiao Lei imagined. This kind of operation of sacrificing part of the performance release in exchange for better heat performance, Xiao Lei is still willing to accept.
Proven images and unexpected battery life
As a high-end product, the image is naturally one of the key points, the main camera of the True Self GT2 Pro uses the most common IMX 766 flagship sensor in 2021, with an area of 1/1.56 inch and a maximum of 50MP photos. The most obvious experience is fast, pressing the shutter can quickly capture the film, and there is no need to wait for the finished film.
In the case of better lighting conditions, the performance of the True Self GT2 Pro is particularly excellent, 50 million pixels can be a good restoration of real details, after several times magnification will not appear serious smearing, noise is even less, the overall look and feel is quite good.
As for the night performance, thanks to Realme's new self-developed ProLight super-sensitive technology, the True Self GT2 Pro can also shoot quite good samples in the evening with poor light. It is worth praising that this technology can also be applied to zoom, professional mode and video parts, and will not support only one main camera in night mode like most models on the market, which is more limited.
Night mode is not turned on
Turn on night mode
However, Xiao Lei believes that the overall color of the True Self GT2 Pro is somewhat colorful, especially when shooting food, there are some "saturation warrior" flavors, which depends on whether the user's own aesthetic is light or colorful.
The wide-angle lens part is the Samsung JN1 sensor, which is also 50 million pixels and supports ultra-wide angle shooting of 150°, which is also one of the sensors with the widest shooting angle at present. The following is a contrasting example of the main shot and the wide angle.
Lead camera
150° ultra-wide angle
Interestingly, the True Self GT2 Pro is also equipped with a microscope lens, which can help users shoot some quite interesting samples, although the use of this lens is not too big for Xiao Lei, but it is also a step to differentiate. The following is a sample section.
40x cotton swab under a microscope
40x the bark under a microscope
All in all, in the photo session, Xiao Lei is willing to give 7 points of achievement, the performance of the real GT2 Pro in terms of imaging is not bad in the same price point products, the lack of a 2x / 5x telephoto lens is a pity, although the user can "manual zoom" through the way of cutting, but there is still a certain gap compared with some high-quality telephoto lenses.
As mentioned earlier, the true self GT2 Pro is equipped with the latest second-generation LTPO technology, which can greatly improve the battery life performance of the mobile phone, in order to further confirm its authenticity, Xiao Lei has made a detailed test of this.
The first test scenario is Station B, where most native videos generally have frame rates between 24-60ps. Through the monitoring software, you can see that when the realme GT2 Pro plays the video, the refresh rate will be automatically adjusted to fit the current frame rate of the video, as mentioned earlier, when the phone detects the user's operation, it will quickly raise the screen refresh rate to 120 frames.
The second scene is the game scene, which varies from game to game, and there will be 60 frames, 90 frames, and 120 frame specifications. Realme GT2 Pro will also be adaptively adjusted according to the frame rate supported by the game, such as "QQ Speeding Car Mobile Game" supports up to 90fps, and True Self GT2 Pro will adjust the refresh rate to 90Hz specifications to ensure the smoothest control experience.
The third scene is the state when brushing Weibo, because the amount of information appearing on Weibo is large, and dynamic videos will pop up from time to time, etc., its frame rate remains at about 118 frames, and the screen refresh rate of the True My GT2 Pro also comes to 120Hz, and the frame rate will quickly fall back to around 50 frames when still.
The simple test experience of the three scenarios can be seen that the LTPO screen of the real GT2 Pro can indeed reduce the power consumption of the whole machine. Finally, it is the actual endurance performance part, after each hour of "Glory of the King" 120 frames, "Original God" the highest picture quality, Bilibili 1080P video playback, local music playback and half an hour of 4K/60 frame video use, the power remaining 39%, the overall performance can be said to be far beyond expectations.
Almost forgot, the real me GT2 Pro has a large battery of 5000mAh and supports 65W flash charging, although 65W charging is considered to be a high-class level at the moment, but considering that the green factory has not updated the charging technology for two years, I hope that on this year's realme new machine, we can see products equipped with 100W or even 120W charging technology. The actual charging speed is as follows:
It's strong, but it can also be stronger
merit:
1, the feel is outstanding, the appearance takes into account the texture and beauty;
2. The camera has a high film completion rate and good night performance;
3. Extremely rare 2K direct screen.
shortcoming:
1, the performance release is too conservative;
2, the lack of telephoto lens;
3. No wireless charging capability.
On the whole, the True Self GT2 Pro is more like a bucket flagship, it does not pay too much attention to a certain point like other mobile phone manufacturers, but has achieved excellent standards in all aspects. It can be said that there is no big drawback is its biggest advantage, such a mobile phone can naturally be welcomed by more consumers, and Xiao Lei personally believes that it is not a big problem in terms of sales.
Although Xiao Lei said at the beginning that realme already has the confidence to impact the high-end mobile phone market, it can be seen from this mobile phone that they are a little afraid of their hands and feet, and they are not ready to rush to the "mountain" in one breath. The Real Me GT2 Pro is undoubtedly a good phone, but with these configurations, if you want to compete with Samsung Apple and the like in the high-end market, something is still missing.
But then again, the real me GT2 Pro is only realme's first product in 2022, according to normal rules, realme will release two or three flagship products in the future, Xiao Lei is also very much looking forward to realme's follow-up products, but also hopes that the high-end mobile phone market can have one more "fierce general".