preface
The current mobile phone market has ushered in the darkest moment of involution, with an all-time high of 30 million mobile phone inventory, which is a major challenge for all mobile phone manufacturers. The Russian-Ukrainian war, consumer inflation, the impact of the epidemic, and the fading of consumers' desire to buy phones have made the competition in the low-end mobile phone market of 1,000-3,000 yuan more intense. Whoever can break through first, the winner-take-all law will further increase its advantages, which is conducive to further seizing market share throughout 2023.
In the 2000-3000 yuan mid-range sub-flagship mobile phone market, among which the Redmi K60, OnePlus Ace2 and the recently popular Realme GT Neo5 stand out. This review is divided into three parts, with a comprehensive evaluation of each mobile phone, providing corresponding reference for consumers who are ready to buy this price range.
The Realme GT Neo5 is positioned as a flagship mid-range mobile phone, but the Realme official is very familiar with the dimensionality reduction play of Tianji horse racing. The 240W fast charging technology and IT large storage version that originally belong to the flagship mobile phone can be directly delegated to the sub-flagship mobile phone, and its cost performance is further highlighted without reducing the configuration in other configurations, making it stand out in the mid-range machine market, forming a horse racing effect of the upper and middle phones, thus becoming a popular fried chicken in the mid-range machine market.
First, let's take a look at the configuration table of the Realme GT Neo5.
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The Realme GT Neo5 150W offers three color schemes: Purple Fantasy, Holy Realm White, and Night Black. The body size is 163.85*75.75*8.9mm, the screen-to-body ratio has reached 93.69%, the chin has been narrowed to 2.31mm, the 54.2-degree gaming back waistline, and the weight is 199g, bringing an excellent sense of holding.
The night is dark
Purple Domain Fantasy
Holy Realm White
The back cover of the mobile phone adopts diffuse reflection AG glass technology. Compared with the high-end sense of plain leather material, coarse frosted glass is not easy to leave fingerprints on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is more in line with the aesthetics of young people. The right side of the metal camera DECO adopts a transparent RGB lighting effect design, with the awakening halo system, and there will be changes in RGB lighting effect under different scenes. 25 colors can adjust the lighting frequency, and even make exclusive lighting effect settings for a contact or APP, bringing more rich gameplay and cooler.
From the color and appearance design and the shell material, it is not difficult to see that the phone is mainly aimed at young people. Coupled with the selling points of large storage and high-speed charging, it can be seen that it is still very outstanding as a trendy gaming mobile phone with the main cost performance.
In terms of performance, the Realme GT Neo5 is equipped with the performance audio-triangle combination of Snapdragon 8+, LPDDR5X and overclocked UFS 3.1, as well as a maximum of 16GB+1TB full-level memory, and the measured AnTuTu running score reached 110W+, and the performance can be said to be very outstanding.
Although it is positioned as the flagship e-sports machine of the trendy game, the Realme GT Neo5 does not take the route of e-sports mobile phones such as Black Shark mobile phones, but holds the route of cost-effectiveness + performance to fully cover the use needs of more people. Therefore, in terms of performance, the Realme GT Neo5 does not overly pursue the ultimate in performance, but pays more attention to the use experience, which also reflects the success philosophy of a mid-range sub-flagship mobile phone.
In the Honor of Kings test, the Realme GT Neo5 achieved an average frame rate of 120 frames, and the frame drops in the picture were caused by switching between games, and the maximum temperature of the body was 33.1°C.
In Genshin's test, the Realme GT Neo5 achieved an average frame rate of 54.3 frames and a temperature of 39.8°C. The actual use is a little hot, and the whole process of game operation is relatively smooth and smooth.
In addition, the Realme GT Neo5 is also equipped with a superframe independent graphics chip Plus, which supports 2x interpolation (90/120FPS), which has a higher frame rate and lower power consumption game interpolation experience.
In terms of battery life, the Realme GT Neo5 King Honor consumes 21% of power in 1h, Peace Elite consumes 9% of power in 30min, Genshin consumes 21% of power in 30min, and 12% of power consumption for 1 hour of online video playback, for a total of 63% of power. Compared with the other two mobile phones, it is relatively weak in actual battery life, but the gap is not particularly large.
Although the battery life is dragged down by the relatively small capacity of the 4600mAh battery, it has achieved a perfect surpass in the actual charging evaluation due to the industry's highest 240W fast charging technology. 30s charging can achieve 120 minutes of talk, 80s can be charged to 20%, 9 minutes 38 seconds to reach 100% charging, about 11-12 minutes charging prompt light completely off. This kind of charging performance can not be described as not strong.
In addition to the 240W fast charge version, the Realme GT Neo5 also offers a 150W Lightspeed Seconds Charge Enhanced version as a candidate. Compared to the 240W version, except for the difference in charging power and battery capacity, everything else is consistent. Compared with the previous generation of 150W charging speed, 16 minutes can be fully charged 5000mAh large battery.
In terms of actual operation experience, the Realme GT Neo5 adapts to the 144-frame high-frame mode of many mainstream mobile games, with black technology optimizations such as 1500Hz instantaneous touch sampling rate and O-sync overclocking response, and the game operation is relatively comfortable.
In terms of imaging, the Realme GT Neo5 is equipped with a 50MP Sony IMX890 OIS main camera, an 8MP 112° IMX355 ultra-wide angle and a 2MP microscope lens. Combined with the newly upgraded HyperShot 2.0 image architecture and the newly equipped Super Cloud Step Stabilization algorithm, the Realme GT Neo5 performs very well in terms of imaging speed, image quality, image stabilization, and color. Compared to the Omniway 64 million pixels, the actual shooting effect of the Realme GT Neo5 is still better.
In addition, the Realme GT Neo5 also supports 2160Hz UHF PWN dimming, which will feel more comfortable during actual screen use. Effectively reduce screen flicker, reduce visual fatigue, and retain the accuracy of screen color at low brightness.
Among the three phones, the popularity of the Realme GT Neo5 is currently the highest, which is also due to the ultra-cost-effective of its high-memory version. In this regard, raising the banner of value for money is the most successful point that the True GT Neo5 has done so far.
The price advantage of the high-storage version is obvious
To some extent, the GT Neo5 further accelerates the popularity of IT flash memory, and for many "digital hamsters", IT's large storage space can perfectly solve their depression about storage space. The price of 3499 yuan is also close enough to the people, and it is only 300 yuan more expensive than the 256G version, which further highlights the cost performance of the top-equipped version.
240W fast charge solves charging anxiety
The second biggest killer of the Realme GT Neo5 is its 240W fast charging technology, which can largely solve many people's power anxiety. The 10-minute fully charged Realme GT Neo5 has a clear speed advantage over the 24 minutes of the OnePlus Ace 2 and 54 minutes of the Redmi K60.
Balanced performance
As a sub-flagship, the Realme GT Neo5 is still relatively balanced in terms of configuration. IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN SOME PLACES, SUCH AS THE 144MHZ HIGH BRUSH IN TERMS OF SCREEN, 2160HF PWN DIMMING THAT IS QUITE FRIENDLY TO HEAVY MOBILE PHONE PARTIES, AND THE NIGHT SCENE SHOOTING OF THE REAL ME GT NEO5 IN TERMS OF CAMERA. Coupled with the configuration of flagship devices such as intelligent infrared remote control, enhanced NFC, X-axis linear motor, and Dolby Atmos dual speaker, its performance is more balanced and covers the needs of more people.
While pursuing cost-effectiveness, the Realme GT Neo5 must not be able to do everything, especially when comparing with the OnePlus Ace 2 and Redmi K60, there will still be some shortcomings. Of course, under the excellent tuning of the real self, the real self GT Neo5 is still outstanding in all aspects, and it can be said that it is flawed.
The positioning of e-sports is still not extreme enough
Realme GT Neo5 is positioned as a trendy game of e-sports, in addition to configuration, there are also optimizations such as appearance, ice core dual-phase change heat dissipation system Max, etc. However, on the road of trendy e-sports, the Realme GT Neo5 is slightly weaker in terms of frame rate, heat, and battery life, and there are still many competitors.
Recently, there is the Nubia Z50 performance crazy version, with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the first price of 16+256 is only 3699, and the gap between Snapdragon 8+ and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is still relatively obvious.
Far away there is OnePlus Ace 2, using the full blood version of Snapdragon 8+, and the unique Lingxi touch, plus superframe hyperpicture engine, HyperBoost 2.0 and game cloud computing private network, the experience will be better in the actual operation of the game.
The battery is not enough to charge
Due to the main cost performance, the Realme GT Neo5 uses a 4600mAh long-life version battery at the top. The battery has passed the Rheinland safety certification, and the effective capacity of the battery is not less than 80% after charging and discharging 1600 times, which is still excellent for users who pay attention to cost performance.
However, compared with the large-capacity battery of 5500mAh and 6000mAh, 4600mAh is still somewhat weak in terms of battery life. For people who often engage in external activities, low capacity means that they need to charge frequently, and using a power bank also means that there is no point in how fast to charge.
The 512GB flash version is missing
Although the realme GT Neo5 suddenly pulled IT flash memory into the era of popularization, it suddenly stepped from 256GB to 1TGB, and the fault in the middle still made some users who paid more attention to cost performance but did not have the need for massive data storage feel a little embarrassed.
Choosing 256GB is enough for now, but it will inevitably not be enough after too long. After all, not all users are performance players or data hamsters, and a large enough flash memory can meet their needs.
Individual places still need to be optimized
In addition, the Realme GT Neo5 also has some optimization shortcomings. ALTHOUGH IT SUPPORTS FOUR LEVELS OF REFRESH ADJUSTMENT UP TO 144MHZ, 144MHZ CANNOT BE FULLY APPLIED, AND CAN ONLY BE SET AND CLOSED FOR EACH APP. Although the setting of the Realme GT Neo5 is due to the need for high brushing for some games, in other use cases it uses a relatively lower refresh rate to reduce the power efficiency. However, in the actual use is still a little cumbersome, to put it bluntly, the battery capacity is not large enough.
The aesthetic significance of the back RGB breathing light is greater than the application significance. Although it is cool enough in terms of exterior design, it is somewhat chicken because it is not visible in daily use on the back. For example, the color change when charging, most people charge face up, and the charging is also full in ten minutes, whether there is a color prompt is not so important. Only if you need to check the back of the phone, such as time-lapse photos, breathing lights may still be useful.
To sum up, in the 2000-3000 yuan range, the cost-effective advantage of the Realme GT Neo5 is still relatively obvious. Although this phone is positioned to play e-sports, it takes into account the needs of all groups of people. It is still a good choice for game parties, student parties, and performance parties. After all, under 16GB+1T and 240W fast charging, the slight difference in game performance and battery capacity are not a problem. At the same time, in terms of camera, not only in terms of configuration or adjustment, the real GT Neo5 has done better, and the microscope lens has also had some more ways to play for shooting, which is still more suitable for the photographer. In the face of the needs of business people, because the real GT Neo5 has added trendy elements to the appearance, it is relatively not so compatible with other mobile phones that use the plain business style. In particular, the battery capacity of 4600mAh is not friendly enough for some people who often run in the field, so there will still be some points lost in the business crowd.