Realme 11 Pro+ Review: The Real Deal

At a look

Professional’s Ranking

Professionals

• 120Hz AMOLED curved display screen
• Giant fundamental digital camera with Superzoom
• Battery life and energy effectivity
• 100W quick charging

Cons

• No IP certification
• No wi-fi charging
• CPU efficiency could possibly be higher

Our Verdict

In the event you’re somebody who loves pictures however doesn’t have the price range to purchase a premium smartphone that prices €1,000 or extra, you’ve come to the proper place. That is the perfect digital camera cellphone Realme has ever mde, and its high quality is kind of frankly astonishing.

For one more yr presently, Realme is again with the launch of handsets from considered one of its most emblematic households of mobiles, the sequence that evolves yearly with the numbering rising by yet another digit.

There are two fashions arriving on the European and worldwide markets, costing €399 for the most affordable mannequin and €519 for the costliest, which is the one we’re reviewing beneath.

Design and construct

• Premium design
• Light-weight
• Tremendous-fast fingerprint sensor

As a style of what we’ll see from the Realme 11 Professional+, it’s price noting that considered one of its fundamental property is the design that the model has prioritised on this new growth of a mid-range cellphone with very premium touches.

We are saying this as a result of the again of the cellphone has a really premium really feel, with a vegan leather-based end (the mannequin reviewed right here in ‘dawn beige’ tones), providing a pleasing really feel that emulates actual leather-based very properly, eliminating the presence of fingerprints and providing a sure resistance to the passage of time.

It’s a cell phone prepared for use and not using a case. Realme performs with the fold of the white stitching and golden tones that begin on the backside and cross from prime to backside the set of cameras as if it had been a beam of sunshine.

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The impact is outstanding, along with the truth that the association of the digital camera bump could be very central giving the cellphone larger stability whether it is positioned on a flat floor.

Each the entrance glass and the again are barely curved, each surrounded by a gold-coloured body that makes the cellphone stand out visually from afar. All of its quantity and energy buttons are on one aspect, leaving the opposite aspect fully free.

The fingerprint sensor is built-in into the underside of the show, whereas the dual-SIM slot and USB-C connector are positioned on the backside. There are additionally audio system on the highest and backside bezels of the cellphone, guaranteeing Dolby Atmos stereo sound.

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In comparison with conventional fingerprint unlocking, Realme claims to have mixed an improved system that gives higher adaptability to the setting for those who use it in low temperatures, within the warmth and even with a moist finger now that the recent climate is right here. The velocity of response and reliability was nice in my use.

Lastly, it’s price mentioning that the Realme 11 Professional+ doesn’t exhibit any sort of IP certification to ensure water or mud resistance, which is to be anticipated contemplating the worth vary it’s in.

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In the event you’re searching for a cell phone that gives ensures, you’ll should go for the equally priced Google Pixel 6a with IP67 water and mud resistance. Take a look at our up to date rating of the perfect mid-range telephones you should buy.

Show and audio system

• 6.7-inch curved AMOLED panel
• 2412 x 1080p FHD+ decision
• 120Hz refresh charge
• Twin Atmos stereo audio system

The cellphone has a screen-to-body ratio of 93.65%, which provides you an thought that you simply’re an all-screen machine with hardly any bezels, not even these extra widespread ones that emerge from the underside of the display screen.

The entrance selfie digital camera is centred on the prime, permitting notifications and important working system info to be displayed on both aspect of it, with out interrupting the important thing viewing space.

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On the brightness degree of the Realme 11 Professional+, it’s price noting the trouble made by the model to dim the show and keep essentially the most correct color tones in any scenario, whether or not in low mild or when the solar’s rays are shining on it.

Thus, when the display screen brightness drops beneath 90 nits, the cellphone switches from conventional DC mode to PWM dimming with a purpose to keep an enhanced show whereas avoiding adverse influence on the person’s eyes.

The 120Hz refresh charge is just as anticipated, with clean and fluid animations.

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The audio system are offset to the body of the cellphone’s display screen and handle to emit excessive sound energy, albeit with their limitations. They sound loud and clear and deal with bass properly, the results of their equalisation carried out together with Dolby Atmos, however don’t count on wonderful sound.

Efficiency and specs

• Dimensity 7050 5G processor
• 12GB RAM + 12GB dynamic
• 360-degree NFC
• Matrix System 2.0 antennas

The cellphone makes use of the Dimensity 7050 chipset which incorporates a 6nm manufacturing course of and contains two clusters, in order that the 2 fundamental Cortex A78 cores run at 2.6GHz, whereas the opposite six lower-powered A55 cores clock right down to 2.0GHz.

This makes the Realme 11 Professional+ a really environment friendly cellphone (as we’ll see within the battery life part), guaranteeing efficiency that’s as much as the duty at hand, whether or not it’s dealing with social networking and productiveness apps, or typical gaming.

It’s a mid-range cellphone, let’s not overlook, however that doesn’t cease it from providing a beneficiant 12GB of RAM, expandable through dynamic RAM to an additional 12GB, a determine that it captures from its storage and which permits it to ship Cinebench multi-core values above most of its opponents.

As soon as we run the battery of benchmark checks , which permit us to check its outcomes with these of the opposite smartphones, we see that graphics-wise it is usually capable of sort out video games with a reasonably acceptable fps charge with 23fps in Vulkan or Automotive Chase, and reaching 56 fps in Manhattan 3.1.

The outcomes are very a lot on a par with the Samsung Galaxy A54 which performs very properly for the same worth, and with the Nothing Cellphone (1) which prices much less however has an ideal Snapdragon 778G+ processor.

So it’s clear that the processor is one space the place Realme has chosen to be somewhat extra conservative, integrating a chipset that’s cheaper than comparable Snapdragons, however investing that cash in different areas equivalent to pictures and battery life.

Cameras

• Largest aperture sensor in its worth vary
• Focal size f/1.69
• Constructed-in Autozoom perform

Talking of cameras, we come to some of the thrilling factors of the brand new Realme 11 Professional+. In contrast to its smaller sibling, the 11 Professional, the ‘plus’ tag implies that it has notable variations in a number of areas, together with pictures.

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This cellphone has a 200Mp ISOCELL HP3 sensor with Superzoom that may detect autofocus info in each the vertical and horizontal planes. Consequently, Realme claims that is its greatest digital camera cellphone so far. We’ll see how true that’s.

Recall that the corporate has beforehand put out fashions just like the (greater priced) GT 2 Professional at launch, and whereas that cellphone has higher total efficiency, its cameras are outclassed on numerous fronts.

Realme appears to have labored its digital camera suite in order that the principle digital camera presents as normal and in auto mode as much as 4 completely different zoom ranges to play with out of the field (0.6, 1x, 2x and 4x).

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In the event you select to pressure the digital zoom, the cellular can attain the 20x degree (not very helpful in any case as a result of degree of noise that’s picked up). In any case, as you’ll be able to see within the captured photos, the small print are very considerable, as proven by the statue of Velázquez posing on the gates of the Prado.

I’m more than happy with the white steadiness and hues provided by the Realme 11 Professional+ digital camera, reflecting on the display screen fairly faithfully a detailed approximation of what my eyes are literally seeing in actual life.

On vibrant, clear days, the photographs seem very vivid however with out deviating from actuality or burning out sure tones, one thing that’s instantly noticeable in reddish objects or sunsets.

We took benefit of one of many cloudy and wet days that June has left us this yr (with a thunderstorm included) to place its lenses to the check and we discovered the extent of element to be shocking.

I’ve talked about this in earlier smartphone opinions and it’s one thing I search for when testing cameras; the truth that all of them keep a homogeneity in tonalities, no matter whether or not you utilize the extensive angle, the principle digital camera, or the telephoto lens (the latter is just not represented right here).

The pictures I used to be capable of take of the Ministry of Agriculture constructing, positioned subsequent to Madrid’s Atocha Station, are a transparent reflection of how properly the Realme 11 Professional+ performs, though I did discover that the seize and publicity time in computerized mode is longer than with different telephones just like the model’s Realme GT 3.

Focusing is quick and correct, without having to repeatedly faucet the display screen to get a greater consequence, and it takes full benefit of the bigger sensors to make pictures sharp and stuffed with element whenever you zoom in on the image.

Nevertheless, the wide-angle digital camera is of decrease high quality, so you’ll inevitably discover that the looks of noise is extra seen than when utilizing the principle digital camera. Additionally it is potential to make use of it for close-up taking pictures with a macro mode that has room for enchancment, but in addition finds steadiness in focus.

Inside the principle menu, Realme has included a ‘Excessive Decision’ mode with which we are able to fluctuate between the 200Mp supported by the sensor, or decrease the standard to 50Mp which is already adequate to get giant prints with out dropping high quality.

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The crop proven by the selfie pictures can also be on the top of the perfect in its vary, providing with a 32Mp digital camera a top quality that could be very near compete face to face with essentially the most premium telephones of a better worth.

Battery life and charging

• 5000 mAh battery
• 100W charger included
• Distinctive energy administration
• No wi-fi charging

With a high-capacity 5000mAh battery inside, the Realme 11 Professional+ additionally differs from its smaller 11 Professional sibling on this part in that the charging velocity is quicker on the one below evaluation right here.

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Included within the field is its cable and corresponding adapter to ensure as much as 100W of charging velocity, which allowed us to cost the cellphone in lower than half-hour (28 to be precise), in addition to reaching 56% in simply quarter-hour.

Along with this excellent news, with the PCMark benchmark we managed to achieve 15 hours and 38 minutes, far surpassing the Galaxy A54 that capped at 10 hours and 57 minutes, or the ten hours and 49 minutes of the Pixel 7a of very related worth.

In actual life, making the most of the truth that on this event we had the cellphone on mortgage for about 20 days earlier than this evaluation, I used to be in a position to make use of it each day, which allowed me to be pleasantly stunned by how effectively its battery and Dimensity processor performs.

Making a typical use of communication apps, social networks and different duties equivalent to answering emails whereas concurrently looking the net, the cellular arrived on the finish of the day with a cost that generally exceeded 60%.

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In the event you occur to be an actual battery eater with video games and intensive use functions, equivalent to Tik Tok, keep in mind that you’ve the SuperVooc S quick charging system as an ally. Nevertheless, the Realme 11 Professional+ doesn’t embody the potential for wi-fi charging.

Software program and updates

• Realme UI 4.0
• Primarily based on Android 13
• 2 years of updates (3 of safety updates)

For the launch of the GT 3, Realme had deployed the newest model of Realme UI 4.0 on Android 13, so the newest model of Google is current on this cellphone too.

As we’ve talked about previously, there’s an fascinating GT mode that you may activate in particular conditions equivalent to enjoying video games with the cellphone, which is activated routinely with a purpose to get additional efficiency.

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Wanting again on the GT 3 mannequin launched earlier this yr by Realme, we miss the LED notification system that this cellphone has on the again, which could be very helpful in your day-to-day life so that you don’t miss necessary messages or app notifications.

In any case, we already know that the corporate is an skilled in one of these implementations, testing in every product vary with capabilities that may be modern and that may captivate the top client.

Value and availability

The really useful retail worth of the Realme 11 Professional+ direct from Realme with a configuration of 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is €519. Nevertheless, throughout its launch interval till 30 June, the worth is decreased to €469.

You will discover them with three completely different finishes on the again, both the ‘Dawn Beige’ with vegan leather-based supplies, or the extra conventional ‘Oasis Inexperienced’ or ‘Astral Black’, essentially the most traditional of all of them.

You possibly can all the time go for the extra economical regular mannequin, however we anticipate ‘as a spoiler’ till we publish the ultimate evaluation , that the lens system chosen for its cameras is of inferior high quality, and that its battery charging know-how stays at 67W, a determine that’s not dangerous both.

Verdict

The corporate’s trump card for its new Realme 11 Collection lies in boosting the photographic part. Maybe within the 11 Professional mannequin the corporate manages to make notable advances (we’ll have to attend for that evaluation), however within the Professional+ it undoubtedly manages to make a giant splash.

We’ve earlier than us the corporate’s cellphone with the perfect set of cameras yow will discover so far, and it appears that evidently on this event, inflating the figures to combine a 200 MP Samsung ISOCELL HP3 sensor with SuperZoom is an actual success for the model.

This digital camera bundle is properly wrapped up in an ideal cellular design, in addition to wonderful battery life so you’ll be able to get pleasure from outside pictures with out having to fret about working out of cost, for which you may make use of its 100W system.

If we had to enhance one thing concerning the new Realme 11 Professional+ it wouldn’t be the display screen, because the AMOLED sort and 120Hz refresh charge are greater than sufficient to be among the many greatest in its vary.

The one factor that could possibly be revised is the processor. Though as we’ve seen, the Dimensity 7050 5G is as much as the duty, players are prone to miss a barely greater refresh charge in video games.

In any other case, it’s a implausible cell phone that, among the finest in its worth vary.

Specs

• 6.7-inch curved AMOLED display screen
• FullHD+ show with 2772 x 1240 decision
• Brightness of 500 nits (most 1200 nits)
• 124 Hz refresh charge
• Dimensity 7050 5G processor
• Mannequin with 12 GB RAM + 512 GB storage
• Cameras:
  • Foremost Samsung ISOCELL HP3 200 MP SuperZoom
  • SuperZoom, f/1.69 focal size with OIS + EIS
  • 8 MP f/2.2 extremely wide-angle
  • 32 MP entrance selfie digital camera
• 5000 mAh battery
• Twin 5G, Bluetooth 5.3 and NFC connectivity
• 100W SuperVooc S charging
• Twin Stereo Dolby Atmos audio system
• Realme UI 4.0 working system with Android 13
• Dimensions of 161.6 x 73.9 x 8.2 mm
• Weight of 183 grams

This text initially appeared in Spanish on Tech Advisor Spain.