Realme has formally unveiled its subsequent flagship telephone, the Realme GT 3 at MWC Barcelona 2023. This new smartphone comes with 240W charging, the joint-fastest seen in the marketplace to date.
An commercial for the telephone reveals that the charger within the field can juice the Realme GT 3’s 4600mAh battery from flat to full in a whopping 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The telephone additionally comes with Realme’s specialist 12A customized cable and a 240W twin GaN (Gallium Nitride) mini charger.
The GT 3 is getting a world launch in Might or June (as confirmed to me in a Q&A after the occasion) and will likely be on sale for $649, with UK pricing nonetheless to be confirmed. The telephone is basically a rebranded model of the Chinese language-exclusive Realme GT Neo 5, which additionally comes with the identical speedy charging tech.
Realme’s sister firm Oppo first unveiled an idea of the 240W quick charging at MWC 2022. Now, the tech is on sale in Asia and Europe – however no different telephone producer has bought telephones with these charging speeds aside from Realme – in step with its basic ‘dare to leap’ motto.
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It was the quickest charging pace ever seen on a smartphone… till in the present day, paradoxically. Xiaomi cheekily confirmed off a demo telephone, which has 300W fast-charging that may take it from flat to full in below 5 minutes (actually, it’s getting foolish now). When that may arrive in a industrial telephone is anybody’s guess, although.
As that is comparatively new tech, there isn’t any telling if there are any long-term results on the telephone’s general battery life. Realme doesn’t appear to consider it ought to be. On the launch, the corporate claimed that it may possibly final 1600 cycles while retaining 80% of the unique battery capability.
Earlier telephones reviewed by Tech Advisor with fast-charging speeds have typically produced heating points, although we don’t but know if that is additionally an issue with the GT 3. Realme has confirmed that the telephone options battery cooling tech, however we gained’t know the way efficient that is till testing the telephone.
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Alongside the headline characteristic, the GT 3 additionally comes with a 144Hz OLED display screen, and is accessible in a alternative of two colors: black and white. The digital camera module options RGB lighting alongside the skin, which glows for incoming notifications, and might point out battery life by lighting up pink.
Efficiency smart, it sports activities the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, with 5 totally different RAM and storage choices obtainable. It additionally contains a triple 50Mp rear digital camera with OIS.
You possibly can learn up on the total specs for the Realme GT 3 right here. We even have all the newest information from MWC, together with the newly introduced OnePlus foldable and Lenovo’s new price range 2-in-1 system.