At this price point, realme Book Enhanced Edition is one of the few thin and light books that can take into account the workmanship, performance, and appearance.
At the launch of the True Self GT2 Pro, Realme also launched a new laptop - Realme Book Enhanced Edition (hereinafter referred to as the Enhanced Edition), the realme product's consistent exquisite workmanship has been extended on it, and it is its mission to achieve "leapfrog experience" in the same price point of thin and light book.
In fact, the enhanced version did indeed do it, compared with the realme Book launched last year, this notebook has been upgraded in the three major aspects of appearance, heat dissipation and performance, plus the initial price of 4699 yuan at the time, making it have a strong competitiveness in the face of competitors at the same price.
"Enhanced" in the true sense of the word
In terms of performance, the main change of the enhanced version is to upgrade the low-voltage i5-1135G7 to the standard pressure i5-11320H, with a higher performance ceiling, in addition to the daily office, Internet access, the enhanced version can also be used for some light PR video editing, PS retouching, and even play some games with low configuration requirements. The machine is also preset with Windows 11.
It is worth noting that the enhanced version and Air currently only have a chip version of the i5-11320H available.
The i5-11320H adopts 10nm process, 4 cores and 8 threads, 3.2GHz main frequency, 4.5GHz turbo frequency. The Intel Iris Xe core display is integrated, and the GPU frequency has also been increased to 1350MHz. Although the enhanced version still does not have a unique display, its core display performance is comparable to that of the MX350, and the power consumption is lower, which is more in line with the use of thin and light books.
In addition, the enhanced version uses a dual-channel 16GB Samsung LPDDR4X 4266MHz and 512GB Samsung PCLe SSD, which is conducive to the performance of the processor.
The enhanced version is stable in the CINEBENCH R23 test, which mainly tests the single-core and multi-core computing power of the processor, with a single-core 1258 and a multi-core score of 5897. In many tests, its single-core and multi-core computing power can basically maintain this level.
For thin and light costs that don't have a stand alone, I stress tested with a lower-load Stress CPU. The enhanced version has a maximum CPU temperature of 88°C, a stable 71°C, a power consumption of 28W, and a frequency of 4.3GHz, which has reached the maximum value of the full core.
In the higher-load StresS FPU test, the processor power consumption can reach 58W instantaneously at startup, and then gradually begin to decrease and stabilize at about 35W, the temperature is up to 98 °C, and finally stabilizes at about 81 °C, and the frequency is maintained at about 3.4 GHz.
The surface temperature is shown in the figure above, the keyboard keycap temperature is up to 41.6 °C, the arrow key area is 24.8 °C, and the WASD key area is 29.3 °C. Under high loads, the maximum surface temperature is only about 40 ° C, which is quite good in heat dissipation.
The enhanced version of the performance release is radical, relying on the new generation of super VC cold liquid heat dissipation, the core and surface temperature are relatively low control. It can be seen that on this notebook, the performance of the processor and the role of the heat dissipation system have been well played.
In terms of battery life, the enhanced version is equipped with a 54Wh battery, which can continuously play local 1080P video for 12 hours, and in the simulated office test, it has an endurance of 8.5 hours, which can meet the needs of a full day of work.
The charging power is 65W, and it takes only 30 minutes to charge 50% of the power. It is worth noting that the enhanced version of the charger is C-mounted, which means that it can also charge mobile phones, tablets, game consoles and other devices, but the power may vary depending on the device.
As for scalability, the enhanced version is equipped with a full-featured full-speed Thunderbolt 4 interface, which means that it can connect external devices such as graphics card docking stations for better performance, and also comes with 1 USB-C, 1 USB-A and 1 3.5mm headphone jack. However, the charging port will occupy a Thunderbolt 4 interface, so it is still recommended to use it with a docking station.
In general, after upgrading to a standard voltage processor, the performance of the enhanced version is much better than that of the realme Book, and the performance release is radical, and the heat dissipation system can also reduce the temperature very well, which has a greater performance advantage over the same price point products.
At the same time as getting stronger, it also looks better
The enhanced version generally continues the design of the realme Book, but this time it adds a new color scheme - sky blue, which is quite a fresh color scheme that is relatively rare in notebooks.
Although it is called Sky Blue, it looks more like grass and tree green, and the color itself is very low in gray, which is particularly young, which is also in line with the audience of Realme. It is worth noting that the A side, C side and D side of this notebook all use the same color matching, forming a unified aesthetic communication.
In fact, this can also be seen that realme intends to improve the product recognition of this notebook, when the appearance of the thin and light book tends to be homogenized, then adding some highly recognizable colors may be more eye-catching, this idea is also reflected in the realme mobile phone.
As for the appearance of the enhanced version, it is not much different from the realme Book, and it is still very refined. The overall aluminum alloy metal body, CNC diamond cutting process, the texture is quite in place, at least in the visual experience is not lost in the high-end light and thin cost. In addition, its fuselage surface also adopts a precision sandblasting process, which is warm to the touch and will not be too cold in winter.
The exquisite exterior design, coupled with the unique sky blue color scheme, is really eye-catching, and this care extends to every side of the fuselage.
The enhanced A-side design is very simple, with only a "realme" glossy logo, which is consistent with the realme Book. When opened, there is the B-side, which is the screen part of the enhanced version.
The enhanced version is equipped with a 14-inch mirror LCD screen, so there is no need to worry about strobe problems. The resolution is 2160×1440, the display effect is clear and delicate, especially when displaying text, the edge of the font is not blurred, which can bring a good reading experience.
Its screen is still a narrow border design, left and right are 5.3mm, the upper side is 8.45mm, the lower side is 22.5mm, the screen ratio is 90%, the field of view is wide, and the upper border also puts down a 720P camera, which has better picture quality in remote office, online learning, and video conferencing.
This screen also supports 100% sRGB color gamut coverage, which can accurately display the color of the picture. Since this color gamut is one of the mainstream color gamut spaces used in video and retouching work now, the enhanced version has the ability to accurately and fully restore colors when dealing with video entertainment, office, retouching design, video editing, etc. Coupled with a contrast ratio of 1500:1 and a maximum brightness of 400 nits, the light and dark picture is different, and the visual is three-dimensional.
It is worth noting that the enhanced version of the screen ratio is 3:2, which can display more vertical information when paired with a narrow border, such as two more rows of tables in EXCEL.
Although for some horizontal content, such as videos, there will be a wide black edge on the top and bottom, which is slightly prominent, and some of the screen information on the left and right sides will be lost when playing the game. But at this price point, the enhanced version is one of the few laptops with a 3:2 ratio screen, and most of the screens of this proportion before were concentrated on high-end notebooks, and the refinement and recognition comparison of the same price point products naturally belong to the dimensionality reduction blow.
It is worth noting that the metal border on the edge of the enhanced screen is slightly higher than the screen, so the advantage of this design is that after the computer is closed, it can avoid the screen directly touching the keyboard, and will not leave keyboard marks or dust on the screen.
The screen quality of the enhanced version is very good at this price point, which belongs to the first echelon level. However, this screen also has room for upgrades, such as high refresh rates, color management software, touch, etc., which may appear in the next generation or higher realme notebooks.
Next up is the enhanced version of the C-side, very clean, all the logo stickers are all placed at the bottom of the notebook, likes.
The enhanced version of the keyboard key range is 1.3mm, the key range is moderate, the keycap area is large and made into a curved surface, it will be more neat when typing, but the keyboard rebound is stronger, the feel is general, and it is easy to fatigue for a long time typing input. But this also varies from person to person. In addition, its power button also integrates fingerprint unlocking.
The enhanced version integrates a large area trackpad, which gives it a lot of touch space, but the button rebound is harder and the overall feel is average. Probably because of the problem of material selection, there is a certain color difference between the trackpad and the metal part of the C-side, and it is easy to hit the oil, which will affect the unity and feel of this side to a certain extent.
Overall, the appearance and screen of the enhanced version continue the previous level, and the texture comparable to that of high-end notebooks and the screen of the first echelon of the same price are made at a competitive price, which is really not easy, so that it maintains a large product advantage in the competition.
Competitors have a rare cross-screen interconnection advantage
Consistent with realme Book, the enhanced version can also be interconnected across screens with realme's phones.
It is worth noting that when interconnecting with the enhanced version, it is recommended to upgrade the phone to the realme UI 3.0 version first, and the following interconnection experience in this article is based on the true self GT2 Pro. The first time you connect, you need to turn on the cross-screen interconnection switch on your phone, and then close to the PC, the connection prompt will pop up.
After the cross-screen interconnection, the enhanced version can open up to three windows, WeChat reply, query map, browse Weibo, order takeaway and other functions originally completed on the mobile phone can be operated on the PC.
For productivity, the True My GT2 Pro can realize the two-way sending of pictures and files after linkage with the enhanced version. In addition, the software received by WeChat, QQ, and DingTalk can be directly dragged and dropped to the PC desktop for processing, or the files saved in the mobile phone can be processed on the PC. This is undoubtedly a very useful feature for files that require users' PCs and mobile phones to receive and publish frequently.
In addition, realme has also developed some dessert-level functions for the characteristics of cross-screen interconnection. For example, after linkage, after taking pictures and taking screenshots on the mobile phone, it will be transmitted to the PC in the form of pop-up windows, and then it can be directly viewed, copied and dragged and dropped; the message received on the mobile phone from the computer, SMS, WeChat or other applications will be directly synchronized to the PC; the cross-device real-time sharing clipboard, the text copied by the mobile phone, the PC can also be directly pasted.
In addition, in some details, the enhanced version of the projection screen quality can be adjusted independently, it is recommended to choose the highest 1440P, you can play the advantages of 2K screen as much as possible.
Of course, there is still some room for optimization in the enhanced version of the cross-screen collaboration function, the current screen projection screen frame number is low, and it is easy to appear stuttering, WeChat, QQ and other common applications can not open the sub-window to display separately and so on.
Although cross-screen interconnection may not be a feature that is used every day in terms of functionality itself, it can really help solve some problems, especially cross-device file transfer. And this is also an imaginative function, given to people in different professions to use, often can play some special effects.
This wave of upgrade perception is very strong
Although there are still some small slots, but the flaws are not hidden, the enhanced version has indeed carried out a wave of real upgrades, especially after replacing the standard voltage processor, stronger performance can bring a better experience, coupled with a delicate body comparable to high-end notebooks and a good cross-screen interconnection, making the enhanced version a good productivity tool.
More importantly, this notebook is currently priced at 4899 yuan, and most of the notebooks at this price point use low-voltage processors and lack cross-device capabilities, and the advantages of the enhanced version are self-evident.
What about the Realme Book Enhanced Air?
Its configuration parameters and functions are exactly the same as those of the enhanced version, which is also only 16GB+512GB, and it is lighter, only 1.38kg. The only difference between the two is the material of the screen border, the enhanced version is glass, and the Air is a polyester polymer, so the refinement of the screen part is not as good as the enhanced version, but it is also exchanged for a more competitive price.
The enhanced version of Air is currently priced at only 4399 yuan, which has a higher cost performance. If you look at it from a budget point of view, it's clearly worth buying, and it has even a bigger advantage than the enhanced version compared to laptops at the same price point.
Comprehensive competitive price and configuration, the enhanced version and the enhanced version of the Air have completed the mission of realme "dare to cross the level", so that the notebook market has more variables and points to see, perhaps the official mention of "double-sided transcendence" refers to them.