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Realme India has announced another GT series smartphone, the Realme GT Neo 3, which is the third version of the company’s GT Neo series and succeeds the Realme GT NEO 2 from last year. The phone is powered by MediaTek’s new Dimensity 8100 5G processor and features an enormous 150W UltraDart rapid charger, making it the country’s quickest charging smartphone. Besides its fast charging, some highlights of the Realme GT Neo 3 are its 6.7-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, Dimensity 8100 5G octa-core SoC, and 50MP IMX766 OIS camera, and storage RAM capacity of up to 12 GB and storage capacity of up to 256 GB. Our Realme GT Neo 3 review shows you the design, cameras, performance, gaming, and battery life.
The Realme GT Neo 3 is the successor of the Realme GT NEO 2, the one we saw last year, and we can see the difference in the display quality, the processor, which is now from MediaTek, a new OIS camera, and 80W fast charging (compared to 65W charging). The design, however, has changed slightly. The back sports a racing stripe pattern, and the rear and front cameras have been updated.
Design-wise, the Realme GT Neo 3 has an impressive overall design. The Realme GT Neo 3 has a sleek, sturdy build quality and a concrete style thanks to its matte AG glass back and metal frames. It certainly delivers among the best builds in its class.
The Realme GT Neo 3 is available in three color variants: Nitro Blue, Asphalt Black, and Sprint White. Although it comes in two distinct models—one with faster 150W charging and another with 80W that you can choose from.
The 6.7-inch AMOLED display on the Realme GT Neo 3 has a 10-bit depth (1 GB of color), Full HD+ resolution (2412 x 1080 pixels), and a 120Hz refresh rate. The display has changed from the previous generation. You now have the 1B color display, which offers better overall image quality compared to a 16M color display.
Other screen specs include a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, a 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and the display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on top. You’ll find an in-display fingerprint scanner that also supports heart rate testing. You can already see the triple camera on the back, which supports OIS, while the front has an in-screen selfie camera that offers 16 MP.
The right side has a power button, the left side has volume controls, the top has a microphone and speaker, while the bottom side also offers a speaker giving stereo effects. The underside also offers USB Type-C, a microphone, and a dual SIM tray.
The tray supports dual 5G SIMs with dual standby. There is no MicroSD card slot on the phone. You also need to get a USB Type-C to 3.5mm adapter separately so you can plug any 3.5mm earphones/headphones into this phone.
Just like its high-end sibling, the Realme GT2 Pro, you will find Realme UI 3.0 on the Realme GT Neo 3, and it is based on the Android 12 operating system. Realme UI 3.0 was introduced last year, and it has been installed on a lot of Realme smartphones. The new Realme 3.0 UI is packed with features.
The Realme GT Neo 3 runs Android 12 and includes a March 5, 2022 security patch. You can also see Android 12, CPU, as well as RAM expansion technology in the About section, where you can choose the RAM size to expand on its dedicated RAM.
The Realme UI 3.0 is lightweight and smooth. Note that the 120Hz display provides a smoother experience. The Realme UI 3.0 has been seamlessly optimized for Android 12 and it is improved from its previous versions. Realme UI 3.0 introduces a new look and feel for Fluid Space, as well as UI customization, better animations, a configurable always-on display, additional privacy options, and more.
Some of the features you can see are its Sketchpad AOD (Always On Display) for a personalized lock screen experience, Smart Theming with Wallpaper Coloring based on the current theme, Floating Window 2.0 which helps in better multitasking, and Privacy & Safety Features to easily take control of your data and applications. Take a look at some of the main features of the Realme 3.0 UI.
Of the apps that come with this phone, you will find some bloatware that can be removed. A handful of third-party apps can be seen, such as Facebook, Josh, Dailyhunt, Booking.com, Moj, Snapchat, LinkedIn, PhonePe, Amazon, and a few others, including apps from Realme.
On the hardware side, the Realme GT Neo 3 offers a new CPU from MediaTek, the Dimensity 8100 5G which is a flagship SoC as we can see, the CPU-Z shows you the summary of the processor. The second-generation NEO 2 phone has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC instead, which is a slight upgrade from its flagship Snapdragon 865 SoC.
The MediaTek Dimensity 8100 5G is clocked at 2.85 GHz with the Mali-T610 MC6 GPU (6 cores) for smooth gaming. The processor is one of the main highlights of the smartphone after its 150W and 80W fast charging. The performance seems faster than its predecessor and seems similar to the Snapdragon 888. of the most energy-efficient premium chipsets in the segment, leaving behind the Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 888.
The processor, the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 5G, is a fast SoC fabricated in a 5nm process consisting of four 4+4 core configurations; four high-performance ARM Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.85GHz; four ARM Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.85GHz, and four ARM Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz.
In a single-core CPU benchmark, one of our Geekbench 5 benchmarks earned 963 points, and in a multi-core CPU benchmark, it achieved 3,963 points. The GPU scored 5,524 points, which means it has enough power to handle high-end GPU tasks.
For gaming, it incorporates the Mali-T610 MC6 GPU, which is a 6-core GPU and best suited for gamers. Gaming performance is excellent, it runs games very smoothly and lag-free even at maximum graphics settings. Some games we tested are Battlegrounds Mobile India, Call Of Duty, Asphalt 9 Legends, and others.
The smartphone is aided by its stainless steel vapor cooling system, which helps to cool the phone while you are playing on it or when the processor is under load. You will also find a RAM expansion technology that helps you increase the RAM to an additional 7GB, making 19GB of RAM on the phone (12GB RAM variant).
When it comes to RAM and storage, the Realme GT Neo 3 has fast LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. There are two RAM variations, namely 8GB RAM and 12GB RAM, as well as storage options of 128GB and 256GB on the phone. You cannot expand the storage via a microSD card slot due to missing microSD card support.
A total of three variants of the phone are available, with the 12GB + 256GB variant being the top-end variant with 150W fast charging, while the 8GB RAM and 128GB storage Realme and the 8GB RAM and 256 GB of storage are the other two. Realme GT Neo 3 is available in three colors. Nitro Blue, Asphalt Black, and Sprint White. Two distinct models are available, one with a faster 150W charging option and another with 80W charging.
Realme GT Neo 3 price starts at BDT 40,000 (8GB+128GB), BDT42,000 (8GB+256GB), and BDT46,000 (12GB+256GB). You might even qualify for ongoing discounts to lower the price even further.
The Realme GT Neo 3 has a triple camera setup on the back, and now it has OIS support and a new camera compared to its predecessor. The main camera is a 50 MP using the Sony IMX766 sensor and supports OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), while the other two cameras are 8 MP ultra-wide and 2 MP macro. The front has a 16 MP camera for selfie needs and video calls.
The camera has a Street Photography Mode, Pro Mode, Ultra Macro, Dual View Video, Movie, Slow Motion, Pan, Tilt-Shift, plus the usual features. Some features like Starry Mode, which we saw on the recently released Realme 9 Pro+, as well as Neon Trail, Light Trail Portrait, and Light Painting filters, are also not available. The camera features seem identical to the Realme GT Neo 2.
0.6x (wide angle), and a 20x maximum zoom. You can take ultra macro photos and portraits, as well as slow-mo videos at 1080p at 240 fps, and also record 4K video at 60 fps. The camera In our experience, it performs admirably. In fact, we got some amazingly amazing photos. Take a look at some of the sample cameras we have shared below. The main camera has been revamped compared to its predecessor, and it seems that the quality has been improved.
What is surprising is its super-fast 150W charging, which is only available with the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage variant, while the other two variants, i.e. 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, offer 80W SuperDart fast charging.
In terms of battery capacity, the Realme GT Neo 3 comes with a 4500mAh battery for the 150W variant and a larger 5000mAh battery for the 80W edition. We have the 150W model with a 150W battery. The 4,500mAh lasts up to 1.5–2 days, while the 5,000mAh model will last a little longer than that.
Its 150W UltraDart fast charging is super fast and is currently the fastest charging available in India. This phone can be charged to 50% in just 12 minutes through its 80W charger, while the 150W charger only takes 5 minutes to charge 50% and probably 12–13 minutes to fully charge the phone. The charging speed is even faster than its flagship sibling, the Realme GT2 Pro, which offers 65W SuperDart charging.
The Realme GT Neo 3 offers a massive 150W UltraDart fast charger and fast flagship-grade performance that attracts many gamers. The new 120Hz display with 1B colors is amazing. It offers better image quality compared to its predecessor. The 50 MP main camera supports OIS and takes much better photos thanks to its hardware stabilization. You also get Realme UI 3.0 features, RAM expansion technology, and stereo speakers, which makes the smartphone overall good value for money. The Realme GT Neo 3 is powerful and is a good choice for its price.
