The Realme GT 6 is the latest addition to the company’s GT series of smartphones and boasts premium mid-range specifications at an attractive price point. Powered by Qualcomm’s recently announced Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, the GT 6 offers impressive performance and is equipped with a 50-megapixel triple rear camera setup along with a 32-megapixel front-facing camera, making it a compelling option in a competitive market. But does this handset truly deliver on its promise and stand up against rivals in the same price range? Read on to discover our findings in this in-depth review.
Realme GT 6 price in India
The Realme GT 6 starts at Rs. 40,999 for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The 12GB+256GB and 16GB + 512GB variants are priced at Rs. 42,999 and Rs. 44,999, respectively. The phone is available in Fluid Silver and Razor Green color options.
Realme GT 6 Review: Design
The design of the Realme GT 6 bears a striking resemblance to the more affordable GT 6T model, sharing similar features like the curved edges of the display, rear camera module arrangement, and color options. However, unlike its cheaper sibling, the Realme GT 6 features a glass panel, imparting a more premium feel.
The phone’s rear panel incorporates a reflective section, housing the triple rear camera setup and doubling as a convenient pocket mirror. This section has a smooth finish that attracts fingerprints, smudges, and dust, unfortunately. Although the rest of the panel has a cloudy finish that is better at hiding these blemishes. The cameras are situated on the side of the phone, leading to an imbalance when placed on its back without the included TPU cover.
The front showcases a curved display with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection. The tall 6.78-inch screen, while comfortable to use with both hands, might be a bit challenging for those with smaller hands. The sides of the phone feature a metallic finish, cool to the touch, with the power button and volume rockers residing on the right side. At the top, Realme has included an infrared transmitter for controlling household appliances.
Realme bundles the GT 6 with a charging brick, a USB charging cable, and a TPU cover that showcases the reflective section of the rear panel. While the cover is a welcome addition for protection, the sides of the phone can be slippery, making the cover a practical choice.
Realme GT 6 Review: Specifications and Software
The Realme GT 6 packs a powerful octa-core Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip with an Adreno 735 GPU, built using a 4nm fabrication process. The processor boasts one Arm Cortex X4 core clocked at 3.0GHz, four Cortex-A720 cores clocked at 2.8GHz, and three Cortex-A520 cores clocked at 2GHz, providing excellent performance. This processor is paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, ensuring smooth multitasking and a responsive user experience.
Software-wise, the Realme GT 6 runs on Android 14 with Realme’s custom Realme UI 5 skin layered on top. The phone comes with five preinstalled third-party apps: Amazon, Finshell Pay, Myntra, ORoaming, and Snapchat. While these apps can be uninstalled, their presence might be seen as unnecessary bloatware on a phone in this price range.
Realme UI 5 adds valuable features to Google’s operating system, including a dedicated Gaming Mode, Air Gestures, and the ability to simultaneously use a pair of wired earphones and a wireless headset.
The GT 6 is Realme’s first AI-branded phone, featuring the company’s Next AI. This AI technology improves low-light camera performance, enables object removal from photos, and proactively suggests actions based on the content displayed on the screen. Realme promises three Android OS and security updates initially, followed by a fourth year of security updates.
Connectivity options include support for Wi-Fi 6, 5G, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, and a USB Type-C port for both charging and data transfers. The phone also includes an IR transmitter, allowing control over a wide range of appliances — a useful addition for those who want to cut down on remote controls.
Realme GT 6 Review: Performance
The Realme GT 6 effortlessly handles both everyday tasks and demanding workloads thanks to its powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and ample RAM. Tasks ranging from editing 4K videos on InShot, hours of gaming, and intensive web browsing and social media usage are managed smoothly.
We tested Genshin Impact and Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile on the GT 6, both renowned for their demanding graphics. The phone delivered a flawless experience, with no lag, stuttering, throttling, or overheating even after an hour of gameplay. The built-in Gaming Mode allows you to enable optimizations for HDR content, touch response, and select between battery-saving and performance modes, further enhancing the gaming experience.
Realme GT 6 Review: Display
The Realme GT 6 showcases a 6.78-inch Full-HD+ (1,264×2,780 pixels) LTPO AMOLED screen with a dynamic refresh rate that intelligently adjusts between 1Hz and 120Hz, offering smooth scrolling and animations while optimizing power consumption. The phone also boasts a 360Hz touch sampling rate, ensuring quick and responsive touch input.
The display is exceptionally bright, especially when using automatic brightness, making it easily legible even in broad daylight. A toggle lets you boost the screen brightness beyond its default limit, but this results in increased battery drain.
Realme GT 6 Review: Battery and Charging
The Realme GT 6 is powered by a 5,500mAh battery, delivering impressive endurance. In our HD battery video loop test, the phone lasted for 21 hours and 7 minutes, highlighting its prolonged battery life.
Our real-world usage saw a screen-on time of approximately 7 hours before needing to be plugged in at 5 percent. The included 120W SuperVOOC charger enables quick charging, taking just 29 minutes on average to fully charge the phone. However, despite the glass back, wireless charging is not supported.
Realme GT 6 Review: Cameras
The Realme GT 6 features a triple rear camera system:
- 50-megapixel primary camera with a Sony LYT-808 sensor
- 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera with a Sony IMX355 sensor
- 50-megapixel telephoto camera with a Samsung JN5 sensor
The phone also boasts a 32-megapixel selfie camera on the front, utilizing an unspecified sensor.
The primary camera stands out as the best camera sensor on the phone, capturing images that are sharp and boast accurate colors. These images exhibit excellent detail when viewed at close range, especially in well-lit environments. In low-light conditions, the default mode still delivers good results, though switching to the dedicated Night mode further enhances brightness and captures images in less than a second.
The ultra-wide angle camera offers a lower resolution and produces slightly darker images compared to the primary camera. Despite this, it proves useful for capturing larger subjects that are not too far away, with minimal noticeable warping at the edges. However, in low-light scenarios, it struggles to capture images with the same level of detail as the primary camera, leaving you better off using the primary camera in such situations.
The telephoto camera excels in capturing sharp images at 2x optical zoom, offering an additional 4x zoom option. While it provides slightly less vivid colors compared to the primary camera, it captures detailed images of subjects that are far away. In low-light conditions, zooming in on distant subjects can introduce minor noise and softening. The camera interface displays an indicator when zooming past 15x, informing you when to hit the capture button.
Both the primary and telephoto cameras enable capturing video at up to 4K/ 60fps, while the ultra steady mode is available at 1080p/ 60fps using the primary camera. This mode is particularly effective when filming while walking, delivering smooth and stabilized footage. The ultra-wide angle camera supports video recording at up to 1080p/ 30fps.
For selfies, the front-facing camera captures detailed images, especially after disabling “beautification” features. The selfie camera performs well in ample light, but image quality degrades in low-light scenarios.
You can utilize the primary and telephoto cameras to record videos in Dolby Vision, at up to 4K/ 30fps. Dolby Vision videos offer increased brightness and contrast, though they are best viewed on compatible displays. The front-facing camera generates good video quality during the day, but video quality deteriorates at night.
Realme GT 6 Review: Verdict
The Realme GT 6 emerges as a strong contender in the Rs. 40,000 price segment in India, providing a compelling mix of performance, lengthy battery life with fast charging support, and reliable cameras. During our review period, the handset consistently delivered a seamless experience, excelling in everyday tasks, voice calls, and gaming.
The GT 6 faces stiff competition from similarly priced phones. The iQoo Neo 9 Pro and OnePlus 12R, both equipped with the more powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, present alternative choices. However, the Realme GT 6 stands out with its more versatile camera setup.
Prioritizing performance? The Poco F6 shares the same Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor as the GT 6 but comes at a lower price point. Other less powerful options worth considering include the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE and the Google Pixel 7a. These two models are notable for their lack of preinstalled apps and feature exclusive features from Samsung and Google.
