Realme GT 7 Pro Review: A Numbers Game

Realme’s GT Professional smartphones are certainly a uncommon breed. Because the model got here to be in 2018, Realme introduced only a handful of highly effective smartphones, and solely two made it to India. The final time round, it was the Realme GT 2 Professional in 2022, which provided flagship efficiency at a premium price ticket of Rs. 49,999.

However quite a bit has modified prior to now two years. Lately, having 8GB of RAM on a flagship machine is not enough, notably with the emergence of synthetic intelligence (AI) options which have solely elevated in quantity since 2024. Priced from Rs. 59,999 for the base 12GB + 256GB variant, Realme’s newest GT 7 Professional debuts a top-notch processor and comes with little compromise in each different space, making it a critical and sensible contender within the premium section.

*Please be aware that we obtained the Chinese language mannequin of the Realme GT 7 Professional. This mannequin has a 6,500mAh battery versus the 5,800mAh capability of the Indian mannequin. Nonetheless, that is the one change between the 2 fashions.

Realme GT 7 Professional Design: Charming

• Dimensions – 162.45mm x 76.89mm x 8.55mm
• Weight – 220.2 grams
• Sturdiness – IP69

The GT 7 Pro differentiates itself from the Realme GT 2 Professional and different GT smartphones within the firm’s lineup. It has a really mature design philosophy with clear strains, flat sides, and a really slim total look because of its 3D-curved glass screens used for its show and its rear panel.

The Realme GT 7 Professional’s design certain is a departure from the cheesy and racing-inspired designs of previous GT smartphones

I obtained the colourful Mars Orange end, however Realme affords a refined Galaxy Gray end. Each finishes have a matte-finished rear panel, however the Mars Orange colourway will get the contrasted (virtually lustrous) orange end, which additionally has a wavy sample that seems like a gradient terrain layer of a map. The metallic bronze color, together with the colourful matte orange again, offers it a really sci-fi kind of look. I additionally like the marginally raised digital camera module, which has a neatly designed off-sided bevelled border round it.

The Realme GT 7 Professional has an IP69-rated design for mud and water resistance

Given its sheer dimension, metallic body, and sizeable battery inside, I anticipated the telephone to really feel heavy. Nonetheless, it isn’t too heavy and lends a premium heft to the machine.

Its IP69 ranking is at the moment the best potential sturdiness ranking a tool can get. The ‘6′ stands for glorious safety towards high-quality mud; the ‘9′ applies to pressurised water and even steam cleansing, that means this telephone can face up to the weather, immersion, and all kinds of wet climate with none issues. This IP ranking additionally is useful when utilizing this telephone underwater, because it additionally packs a particular underwater images mode.

All the time keep in mind that these scores and seals are supposed to shield your telephone in such environments and that guarantee protection won’t cowl harm triggered through the use of it in such situations.

Realme features a soft-feel silicon case within the field, which feels premium

Realme GT 7 Professional Show: Nearly as good because it will get

• Show dimension – 6.78-inch, 2780 x 1,264 pixels
• Show kind – AMOLED, 120Hz refresh fee, 240Hz contact sampling
• Show safety – Gorilla Glass 7i

The Realme GT 7 Professional simply affords top-of-the-line show’s in its section. The corporate claims a most peak brightness of 6,500 nits from its particular show, which was codeveloped with Samsung. Realme additionally claims that this energy-efficient ECO show, together with its LTPO 8T expertise, lets customers achieve an additional 500mAh of battery life, which is spectacular. Whereas these are producer claims, we did discover the outcomes of our battery take a look at to be equally spectacular, as you will note within the Battery part of this assessment.

The Realme GT 7 Professional’s quad-curved show glass will be distracting open air

When it comes to color copy, the show produces refined and pure colors. You may as well crank issues as much as get some punchy hues by heading into Settings> Show & brightness> Display color mode and choosing the Vivid color profile.

The corporate claims it affords a quad-curved show, which offers a extra immersive viewing expertise, however the 3D-curved glass, other than being aesthetic, didn’t really feel particular and reveals some distracting reflections across the edges when viewing video open air. Regardless, I appreciated the thin and uniform bezel.

The show glass is a correct smudge magnet

Realme GT 7 Professional Software program: The standard with a splash of AI

• Software program model – Android 15
• Software program – Realme UI 6.0
• Software program dedication – 3 years of software program + 4 years of safety

Realme appears to have made some aware efforts in the case of slicing down the variety of third-party apps. The telephone comes pre-loaded with solely three third-party apps—Amazon, Myntra, and Fb—all of that are uninstallable.

Over the previous 12 months, AI has gained reputation, and Realme has experimented with lighter AI functions by way of software program updates. With the GT 7 Professional, Realme has lastly delivered an entire suite of AI instruments.

The Realme GT 7 Professional with Realme UI 6.0 affords loads of AI instruments, however these don’t carry out as anticipated

The Photographs app throughout the picture editor packs a majority of latest AI-enabled options. The AI UnBlur instrument does a satisfactory job of eradicating blur from photographs or transferring youngsters or pets, however the ensuing picture seems to be removed from excellent or what one would count on from such a instrument. The identical applies to the AI Eraser, which has a Take away folks choice. Whereas the AI Eraser efficiently recognized each individual within the scene, the outcomes aren’t as spectacular as these we have seen on Google’s Pixel gadgets. Regardless of its capabilities, the sketch-to-AI instrument encountered a number of “didn’t generate” messages.

Realme UI 6.0 affords loads of lock display customisation choices

The brand new Reside Alerts characteristic, which mimics Apple’s Dynamic Island characteristic, improves on Realme’s Mini Capsule, which was fully ineffective on its budget C55 smartphone. Mini Capsule advanced into Fluid Cloud (a bubble to the left of the selfie digital camera) throughout ColorOS forks (OnePlus, Oppo, and Realme) and has now changed into Reside Alerts, which lastly copies what Apple does on its iPhones (with a bubble overlapping the selfie digital camera) however with lesser performance. The characteristic nonetheless helps solely Swiggy and Zomato for third-party notifications however can now additionally present music playback, sport timer, private hotspot, and display recording actions in its bubble.

Realme GT 7 Professional Efficiency: Downright spectacular!

• Processor – Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
• RAM – 12/16GB (LPDDR5X)
• Storage – 256/512GB (UFS 4.0)

There have additionally been some uncommon functions of AI. Realme claims to have used AI to enhance each gaming efficiency and high quality.

AAA cellular titles like Genshin Affect labored flawlessly even with the Gaming Tremendous Body AI mode switched on

AI Gaming Tremendous Decision can bump up the decision of a sport from the standard 720p to as much as 1.5K. AI Gaming Tremendous Body, when turned on within the slide-out console after launching a sport does crank up the FPS. So you may take pleasure in flawless MEMC-enhanced framerates in video games like Genshin Affect or Honkai: Star Rail. And it really works as marketed. I used to be capable of play Genshin Affect at 120fps on the Highest graphics setting when the characteristic was switched on. The telephone didn’t overheat throughout the gameplay both.

Even with out the Tremendous Decision characteristic, the Realme GT 7 Professional impressed me by providing a gradual 60fps on the highest graphics setting. 120fps Tremendous Decision enhanced gaming is at the moment supported for choose video games, and this brief record contains Free Fireplace, BGMI and Honor of Kings (HOK).

The desk under reveals how spectacular the benchmarks have been because of the Realme GT 7 Professional’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. Additionally included are some benchmark outcomes from our Apple iPhone 16 Professional Max review for the sake of comparability.

Realme GT 7 Professional Cameras: Properly-equipped

• Main digital camera – 50-megapixel, f/1.8, OIS
• Telephoto digital camera – 50-megapixel, f/2.65, OIS
• Ultrawide digital camera – 8-megapixel, f/2.2, no AF
• Selfie digital camera – 16-megapixel, f/2.45, no AF

Realme GT 7 Professional major digital camera samples. (Faucet to increase photos)

The first digital camera produces vibrant photographs with deep distinction, and it does this with out skimping on dynamic vary, guaranteeing loads of element within the shadows. These photographs come out sharp, however at instances I did really feel that the system overdoes the HDR processing, including pointless element. Nonetheless, these situations have been occasional. In low mild, the digital camera produces spectacular element, however the noise processing tends to flatten textures, which you’ll discover solely whenever you pixel peep.

Realme GT 7 Professional 3X (optical) digital camera samples (Faucet photos to increase)

Realme GT 7 Professional 6X (digital) digital camera pattern (Faucet picture to increase)

The 3X optical zoom telephoto digital camera can be a performer in daylight, and pictures captured at 6X zoom provide sufficient element to be usable. In low mild, the photographs captured by this digital camera nonetheless seem sharp however with a minor drop intimately. The 2X magnification, which is a crop of the first digital camera, stands out like a sore thumb, managing photos which might be smooth in daylight however present a extreme drop in total high quality in low mild.

Realme GT 7 Professional ultrawide digital camera samples (Faucet to increase photos)

The ultra-wide-angle digital camera is low-resolution, and as anticipated, it didn’t produce high quality outcomes. Daylight photographs seem smooth and lack texture and element. Low-light photographs appeared defocused.

Selfie digital camera pattern (Faucet picture to increase)

Selfies look sharp and have near-accurate edge detection in daylight. In low mild, the extent of element drops considerably, however the outcomes are nonetheless usable, supplied there may be some ambient lighting within the neighborhood.

Video high quality is common for a smartphone at this value level. Capturing 4K video at 30fps confirmed little or no element due to the digital camera’s aggressive noise discount. Stabilisation is sweet, however I did discover some minor flickering.

4K 60fps video affords the smoothest framerate and element in daylight. 8K video recordings captured at 24fps are a gimmick and never usable. In low mild, 4K 60fps mode managed the highest quality. One element to notice is that the ultrawide-angle digital camera doesn’t provide 4K video recording due to its low-resolution sensor.

Realme GT 7 Professional Battery: Unbelievable!

• Battery capability – 6,500mAh (5,800mAh on the India mannequin)
• Charging fee – 120W SuperVOOC (wired)
• Wi-fi charging – NA

There are massive batteries, and there may be what Realme calls a “Titan” battery. And the branding certain is smart, as this energy-dense battery is the largest we now have examined on a flagship smartphone up to now. And it is all in regards to the numbers. It managed a really spectacular 27 hours and 35 minutes in our video loop battery life take a look at.

The telephone additionally expenses up rapidly because of SuperVOOC wired charging tech that manages a 56 p.c cost in simply quarter-hour, a 99 p.c cost in half-hour and completes the charging course of in 40 minutes. And that is downright spectacular on condition that it’s charging a 6,500mAh battery.

The Realme GT 7 Professional’s 6.500mAh (in our Chinese language unit) expenses rapidly

As anticipated, given Realme’s already spectacular battery optimisations, the telephone lasted me 2 entire days on a single cost with average utilization, which additionally included minor digital camera utilization and a few 3D gaming other than the standard social media scrolling and video streaming. Certainly, it’s a excellent match not only for street warriors but in addition for avid gamers, as this telephone packs a really highly effective processor. To offer you an concept about how properly this battery (and Realme’s optimisations) work. I spoke for an hour on 5G on a full battery, and it didn’t even budge from 100%.

Sadly, Realme has solely managed to incorporate a 5,800mAh battery within the Indian mannequin attributable to certifications, which we didn’t have entry to for assessment. This could drop the utilization figures we talked about above, as there’s a very noticeable distinction between the 2. Nonetheless, Realme claims the decrease capability lets it cost from 0-100% in half-hour. Certainly, these are Realme’s claims, however given the speeds we now have skilled on the 6,500mAh mannequin, we do not discover this tough to consider.

Realme GT 7 Professional Verdict

After a two-year hole, it does really feel that Realme has accomplished its analysis and got here well-prepared to tackle the competitors that exists on this section. Realme has managed to ship a really succesful machine. And in doing so, it has lastly established itself properly within the premium section.

The Realme GT 7 Professional’s IP69-rated design, efficiency (as seen from the efficiency chart above), and battery life can simply crush a few of the high-end premium flagships that retail at a a lot increased price ticket, making it a superb value-for-money proposition.

It fumbles a bit in the case of its cameras (particularly video recording), however there’s nonetheless room for some updates that would enhance its efficiency for the higher. In case you are looking for higher cameras at this value level, the OnePlus 12 (Review) is unquestionably a better option. And in the event you aren’t in a rush, the OnePlus 13 is simply on the horizon. The upcoming iQoo 13 also needs to be a great candidate for these solely fascinated with efficiency or gaming.

The GT 7 Professional’s AI instruments are removed from what’s accessible on a Pixel or a Samsung smartphone, each by way of polish and functionality. So, in case you are in search of an AI buffet, this isn’t the best telephone.

Whereas the Indian mannequin’s battery utilization figures stay a thriller, Realme has performed its numbers sport properly, providing a flagship telephone with a sizeable battery, quick charging, and spectacular uncooked efficiency. This makes it tough to disregard—not less than till the Snapdragon 8 Elite begins displaying up in different premium gadgets. And as soon as that occurs, a value lower may make it a really engaging proposition.