The high-end mobile phone market has long been a piece of cake, but it seems that not all mobile phone brands are ready to grab the cake. Some brands are in a hurry to catch up with this car, but what is ushered in is "overturning"; the sharpening knife does not mistakenly cut wood, polishes the product and then enters the high-end market, and it is not impossible to catch up later.
Consumers' cognition of high-end products mostly comes from the consumer education of manufacturers, so today's high-end flagships have similar appearances: gorgeous appearance, curved screens, and perhaps some details that are not humane enough. But the consumer experience will only be more eager because of the lack of experience, for example, until today, there are still a large number of users waiting for the top direct-screen flagship to appear. Cutting through the user's pain points, highlighting the brand concept, and amplifying the differentiation are several factors necessary for the high-end market.
Since landing in the domestic market in 2018, realme's direct competitor has always been Redmi, using the best hardware at the same price to provide users with a leapfrog experience. And Realme decided to go to the high-end market in the same way as Apple, a better direct-screen experience, and a deeper environmental protection concept.
So realme GT2 Pro it came, still adhering to the "dare to cross the level" product concept, even if it is a high-end flagship product, but also for users to create a higher level of experience.
Two keywords: straight screen, environmental protection
Normally, our first impression of a phone is formed through its appearance. As far as high-end products are concerned, the design of major brands has its own uniqueness, but it often exists in the details, such as you can learn about mobile phone products through logos and color matching. But if there is no special craft on the back of the phone, and the logo is covered, how much else can you recognize?
Unique shape design, realme GT2 Pro Master Paper is the kind of star that can be recognized at a glance in the sea of machines.
As in the past, the realme GT2 Pro still offers a "normal version" of the AG glass backplane, of course, our focus needs to be on the master version. In the past, the master version design idea was more to restore the image of things, while GT2 Pro master paper directly adopted environmentally friendly materials, extracting bio-based materials from renewable raw materials such as pulp, which was recognized by ISCC internationally recognized sustainable development and carbon certification, which can reduce carbon emissions by up to 63% compared with traditional fuselage materials.
Obviously, compared with the manufacturers who promote environmental protection but only cancel the charger, realme can be regarded as implementing the concept of environmental protection to the extreme.
When we think of paper, we always think of the word light and thin. The GT2 Pro Master Paper is 8.18mm thick and weighs 189g, which is not outstanding compared to some thin and light mobile phones, but it is undisputed thin and light in the flagship product. In particular, its battery capacity is as high as 5000mAh, and its advantages are naturally reflected in the comparison of the two.
Sometimes we say that people are "as simple as a blank piece of paper", so the paper itself should be "pure"? In addition to color, the paper is also grained. Under the precision laser laser engraving process, the realme GT2 Pro Master Paper perfectly presents the texture of paper products, which is minimalist but advanced, giving the mobile phone a unique visual impact.
The position of the Logo has also changed compared with usual, no longer the bottom echoes with the camera module, but there is a small bump next to the camera module, and the middle and lower parts of the fuselage are more white, which is naturally more suitable for the appearance of the paper. Of course, this also has a certain negative effect, the visual elements of the back are concentrated in the upper part, so it looks a little unbalanced.
Come to the front, too much to introduce, talk about this screen alone. Vaguely remember is 4 years ago, 2022 this time should be said to be 5 years ago, when many manufacturers like to render "curved screen is the flagship" statement, of course, now many people have also come out of this misunderstanding, because they found that the experience of the curved screen is really not good, the content of the edge position is blurred, and it is easy to mistakenly touch when used.
Before the Realme GT2 Pro, the top-of-the-line straight screen was basically just what could only be expected from the iPhone. GT2 Pro Master Paper uses this screen resolution up to 3216 * 1440, supports 10bit display, 1-120Hz LTPO intelligent dynamic refresh rate, brightness up to 1400nit, touch sampling rate up to 1000Hz, is a display Mate A+ certified top 2K direct screen.
According to the characteristics of this screen, realme also added several special functions to the system, O-sync 2.0 overclocking response to make the game operation more follow-up, 1000Hz touch response is more rapid, with AI and sex adjustment can make each game show the best feel.
What is the leapfrog experience? Realme GT2 Pro is clear, really environmentally friendly + really direct screen experience, realme is clearly arranged.
The strongest performance also requires stronger heat dissipation
Although the performance of snapdragon 888 is strong, the power consumption is not something that any mobile phone can withstand with heat dissipation, which limits the performance of the chip. To snapdragon 8 Gen1, Qualcomm switched to the new Armv9 architecture, the main core used a 3GHz frequency Cortex-X2, the GPU upgraded to Adreno 730, and used a more advanced 4nm process. The performance is stronger, the power consumption is inevitably worrying, can the realme GT2 Pro be suppressed?
Realme GT2 Pro adopts diamond ice core heat dissipation system Plus, with a heat dissipation area of up to 36761mm, comparable to a tablet computer; a tempered VC area of 4129 mm, upgrading the heat dissipation structure and material, including ultra-high thermal conductivity diamond gel, bringing stable performance to the mobile phone.
From the effect point of view, the ambient environment of Antu rabbit running score is close to 1 million points, of which the CPU improvement compared to the previous generation of chips is not obvious, especially the performance on the single core. However, at present, the performance experience bottleneck of most flagship mobile phones is on the GPU, and the CPU has some "excess performance", at least so far, the CPU running fully loaded application rarely appears insufficient.
Judging from the results of Geekbench 5.4.1, the CPU upgrade of Snapdragon 8 Gen1 is mainly in multi-core performance, which is also the focus of this chip CPU upgrade.
The highlight is still the GPU part, which can be seen from the previous running score of AnTutu, and the upgrade range is unprecedented. In the 3D Mark Wild Life Stress Test, the realme GT2 Pro scored the highest score of 9744 points, which is the same as the A15 chip, with a minimum cycle score of 6369, which is higher than last year's Snapdragon 888 high score, an increase of up to 50%.
Under the high load test, the rapid rise in temperature of the fuselage is still easy to cause performance fluctuations. From the performance change under the stress test, the realme GT 2 Pro has gone through many ups and downs, it should be after a number of high temperature deregulation - heat dissipation back to normal - heat accumulation led to such a process of frequency reduction, if the temperature strategy is adjusted slightly more aggressively, then the stability will be greatly improved.
After 20 minutes of continuous stress testing, the maximum temperature of the fuselage was 45.7 °C on the front and 46.9 °C on the back, which was concentrated near the camera module, especially the logo area of the Master Paper version. The overall performance is quite good, especially the heat zone map shows that the heat distribution of the fuselage is relatively uniform, and the heat dissipation system plays a big role.
This time realme GT2 Pro joined GT mode 3.0, in addition to a faster opening entrance, but also improved the scheduling optimization effect, and adapted to the video scene, support HDR video color enhancement, MEMC interpolation and other functions, all-round improvement of the use experience.
In the game, after turning on gt mode, we further understand the stability of the realme GT2 Pro.
Glory of Kings supports 120 frames mode is a small surprise, the number of frames fluctuates slightly in the game, but there is no sharp drop in frames, and there is no stutter, and it can be seen from the 0.9 frames of the frame number variance how stable it is.
Peace Elite is similar, but most of the current games are a piece of cake for realme GT2 Pro and its Snapdragon 8 Gen1.
The key is still in "Original God". At very high quality, the realme GT2 Pro can maintain 60 frames in the early stage, but it cannot be stable, which is the same as other flagships including the iPhone 13 Pro Max. In high quality, realme GT2 Pro gave us a great surprise, still in the moon city to run the map for about half an hour, the number of frames in the whole process has a certain fluctuation, but the highest is more than 50 frames, the frame rate variance is only 1.3 frames, proving that all the frame number data in the game process has not appeared a large drop in frames.
Such a performance with the iPhone13 Pro Max and its similarities, it seems that realme is not only in the design of the iPhone, and in the screen and "environmental protection" out of the blue, but also in the performance to achieve catch-up, I have to say that this 2022 New Year's first flagship gave us too many surprises.
But data is only part of the experience, in order to bring an immersive experience without dead ends, realme GT2 Pro also added a number of game features to further improve the gaming experience. In addition to the conventional performance adjustment, anti-false touch, we open the "limit stable frame" in the game section, which is a function that can significantly improve the stability of the game frame number, of course, the price is that the power consumption of the mobile phone will increase somewhat, which can be considered as the mobile phone system unlocking a higher TDP for the chip.
Overclocking response is more interesting and can help users improve their chirality in the game live battle game. Many people think that the main reason why Android phones are not as smooth as iPhones is the chiral gap, which is related to the logic of the underlying system, and after turning on the overclocking response, realme GT2 Pro can also follow the same as the iPhone, plus a touch sampling rate of up to 1000Hz, the operation experience is better.
If you're a game lover, you can also choose to turn on the lightning launch feature, which can save a lot of loading time and save the game from waiting.
We should also praise the realme GT2 Pro's 2K LTPO direct screen, which gives users a very comfortable experience during the game, especially the burden-free experience without worrying about the game process, and it is a gap with other flagship models.
Of course, we can't say that Snapdragon 8 Gen1 is used to play games, but it is undeniable that the GPU improvement of Snapdragon 8 Gen1 has made the game frame rate and stability have a qualitative leap, and the game scene is indeed its main battlefield. We can't help but applaud the cooling system of the Realme GT2 Pro, and the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 can also play calmly.
Dual 50 million pixel main camera, the first 150 ° ultra-wide angle
After experiencing a period of various gameplays piled up on mobile phones, mobile phone products seem to return to rationality. Create a special gameplay, and reduce the number of cameras to 3 so that the ISP chip can play, the flagship product makes more differences in photography. The Realme GT2 Pro brings a 150° ultra-wide angle + 40X microscope to play.
The main camera uses a Sony IMX 766 sensor, in addition to the parameters, but also added an exclusive street shooting mode. The world's first 150° ultra-wide-angle lens uses a Samsung JN1 sensor that supports fisheye gameplay; there is also a microscope lens that can see details that the eye can't see.
150 ° ultra-wide angle lens compared to the ordinary ultra-wide angle lens field of view will naturally be larger, which allows users to create a better sense of oppression and space at a closer distance, such as when shooting at a distance of less than 1m from the object, you can get the following photos. From the back, it can also be seen that the depth will be better, of course, the line is not obvious enough, the effect is not too prominent.
And the industry's widest ultra-wide angle lens brings another way to play is "fisheye", the effect is similar to the cat's eye installed on the door, the surrounding environment will curl up, the main body of the picture is highlighted, the effect used to shoot portraits is a must, three-dimensional sense will be stronger.
Winter in Chongqing always seems to be filled with a thin layer of fog, and the picture does not look transparent enough. But even so, the realme GT2 Pro is very good at color reproduction, thanks to the high resolution of the main camera of 50 million pixels and pixel synthesis technology, the detail performance is also very good.
3D Photo function is a small play specially added by realme GT2 Pro, which can present 2D pictures in 3D mode, and support video output, editing, adding music, etc., in fact, it is also a kind of micro-film / Vlog, which has Hitchcock and other classic shooting templates, which users can use directly.
In the night scene, the IMX 766 sensor plus Realme's new self-developed ProLight super-sensitive technology brings a purer night performance, the details of the shadows are prominent, but the corresponding picture does not have too much noise, and the effect is very good.
The effect of the portrait mode is bokeh in place, the overall details of the rickshaw driver's face and body are retained, while the pulling car and background after the arm are blurred, and the edges are clearly divided, and the performance of the ISP chip of the Snapdragon 8 is worthy of the top level of Android.
Microscopy gameplay can be used to shoot details, which is more interesting, but may not be used much in daily life. Like the author usually does reviews, the picture is convenient in fact, you can use the realme GT2 Pro to shoot the screen arrangement. The picture below shows the paper texture on the 100 yuan shooting, which is impossible for the naked eye to see such details.
Doing a few functions thoroughly is a wiser choice in the era of short videos. From 3D Photo to 150° ultra-wide angle and fisheye lenses, realem GT2 Pro is providing users with more creative means of shooting, enriching mobile photography gameplay, and everyone can show the most interesting side of life, and use it to become popular on the Internet.
Battery anxiety? inexistent
In the 5G era, the power anxiety is better than before, when enjoying the convenience brought by the 5G network, it is also necessary to pay attention to the RF power consumption problem caused by the 5G signal coverage is not as good as 4G, and the energy consumption of the chip baseband itself increases. Of course, there is more with the fact that with the improvement of mobile phone hardware, the power consumption of the mobile phone itself is gradually increasing.
The 4500mAh battery may be enough on the thousand-yuan machine and the mid-range machine, but it is slightly insufficient for the flagship mobile phone. Realme GT2 Pro has a built-in 5000mAh battery and supports 65W fast charging, and its parameters are second to none in the flagship product. On the other hand, the realme GT2 Pro is also the flagship model of the first 2K direct screen + LTPO, and its battery life will be more advantageous compared with mobile phones with similar resolutions.
The same is true of the facts. According to the convention, the empty background uses the 5G network to play 1080p TV series online, and the phone maintains the highest brightness, intelligent refresh rate and 2K resolution, and continuously plays from full power for 6h45min before automatically shutting down. Since there is no suitable competitor for horizontal comparison, with a 4500mAh battery, FHD+ resolution flagship machine distance, the playback time under the same conditions is often only 6h. Here is a good reflection of the advantages of LTPO, taking into account the fluency and energy saving.
In terms of charging, 65W fast charge still gave us a big surprise, originally expected to take 40-45 minutes to fill, the result took 34 minutes to fill, the first 15 minutes can be charged into 59%, with the battery capacity to catch up with the efficiency of 120W fast charge.
If used normally, the realme GT2 Pro will have a power surplus after a day of use, especially if Wi-Fi is covered in most scenarios. Even heavy mobile phone users can get an excellent battery life experience through the combination of 5000mAh battery + 65W fast charging.
Experiences trump details
In the case of the overall hardware is similar, there may be a certain experience difference because of tuning, but if you look at it as a whole, the difference in experience is more in the details. The realme GT2 Pro has a lot of "invisible" details that need to be carefully experienced.
For example, the full-speed antenna matrix system, holding the world's 48 mainstream frequency bands, ultra-broadband antenna switching technology, omnidirectional Wi-Fi technology, 360° full-sensing NFC, these improvements to the antenna signal are very obvious, but for users, if there is no horizontal comparison may be difficult to feel.
There is also the strongest vibration motor in Android. The realme GT2 Pro debuted the SLA0815 new generation of X-axis linear motors, which increased the volume by 40% and increased the energy by 80%, which can bring a higher quality vibration experience in many scenes such as games, especially in the "Peace Elite" game to simulate the recoil of firearms, as if shooting in reality.
Dolby Atmos dual speakers, Hi-Res quality certification, even if you do not wear headphones can enjoy the same high sound quality as the scene, but it is recommended not to use in public, otherwise the dual speakers of the realme GT2 Pro may have a "reverse effect".
Including realme UI3.0, the new Android 12 brings users updated visual effects, more secure privacy protection and smoother animations, making the experience the ultimate.
Review summary
Last year, in fact, for the Android camp is the best time to seize the high-end market, helpless Qualcomm this teammate is not very powerful, the domestic high-end market share was eaten by Apple a large part, the remaining brands only got a small amount of cake. Realme GT2 Pro chooses to enter the higher-end market this year, which undoubtedly needs a certain "confidence".
But realme's own undertone is also very obvious. Realme has always insisted on standing with young people, whether it is trend design or the "leapfrog experience" of the main product, which is the trait pursued by young people. Realme has become the seventh in the world in just a few years, and has become the fastest growing mobile phone brand, "with young people" is its key to victory.
Realme GT2 Pro is undoubtedly a good move, with a more trendy, younger, and more "righteous" environmental attitude, with an unprecedented 150 ° ultra-wide angle, stable performance and 2K stepless frame changing frame direct screen, for users in the high-end market to bring a leapfrog experience.