Realme GT Master review

When it comes to smartphone naming

schemes it's best not to think about

them too hard and that's probably never

been more true than with realm's new

mid-ranger the real me gt master what

can we expect from the master I'm will

for gsm arena and let's find out in our

full review

the realme gt master is a mid-range

a phone that aims to take on some of those

shiny flagship killers, we've seen lately

it brings a similar design to the

high-end real gt explorer master but

with some toned-down specs

both the gt master and explorer master

were designed by Naoto fukusawa and his

the concept was based on the appearance of

luggage for the travelers at heart it's

a faux leather design with 3d accents

and his signature

but if you're not into that there's the

option for the more minimalistic luna

white which we have here it's a matte

finish that doesn't pick up fingerprints

that easily the rear panel and glossy

frames seem to be plastic and the phone

feels comfy in the hand

on the front of the master is a 6.43

inch AMOLED display with a 1080p

resolution a punch hole for the selfie

cam and a fast 120hz refresh rate

the high refresh rate smooths out your

swiping and scrolling and it will also

adapt to what's going on on the screen

to save energy if you stop interacting

with the UI for example it'll dial down

to 60 hertz and the default for games is

60 hertz as well

this display is quite nice thanks to

OLED technology blacks are super deep

and the picture is plenty sharp at 409

PPI

colors aren't the most accurate out of

the box but there are plenty of colors

settings to tweak them with and although

there's no official hdr10 support in the

specs we did get hdr playback in youtube

at least

as far as brightness goes it's good

enough for legibility outdoors but not

class-leading we measured around 440

nits maximum with a manual slider which

boosts to around 640 nits in auto mode

when in bright conditions

and there's an optical fingerprint

scanner sitting under the display for

your biometrics's quite fast and

reliable to wake up and unlock the phone

even if it is placed a bit lower than

we're used to

for audio, the gt master has a headphone

jack and a single speaker at the bottom

this is a bit of a disadvantage compared

to other mid-rangers with stereo setups

it's not particularly loud scoring

the average on our loudness chart and sound

quality is okay but nothing special

storage wise you get 128 or 256 gigs on

board and that's it it isn't expandable

the interface of the gt master is realme

UI 2.0 based on Android 11. it's the

same UI we've seen on other recent

realme phones are heavily customized but

still smooth and bloat-free

Do you have support for an app drawer or

you can opt to keep all of your apps on

the home screen

multimedia is handled by realms apps

which include the photos app music and

videos and the file manager is

proprietary too

through the task switcher, you're able to

minimize an app into a mini window or a

floating window great for less intrusive

multitasking

Realme GT Master review

Nyomi UI provides a personalizations

the panel which allows you to customize

various aspects of the interface from

font styles to the always-on display

and there's a game space for organizing

your game titles and managing

notifications while playing

behind all of these features is a

snapdragon 778g chipset built on a six

nanometer process CPU-wise it's actually

in the same ballpark as last year's

flagships as well as the realm gt

explorer master which has a snapdragon

a70 graphics tests are a different story

where it does fall behind the flagships

but is still competitive for the class

you get 5g connectivity and as far as

thermals go the master does a good job

with very little thermal throttling in

our sustained stress tests overall the

the performance here is not quite a flagship

grade but is excellent for a mid-ranger

and everyday tasks and games run without

a hitch

the room gt master has a 4300 milliamp

hour battery and considering its size it

provides great battery life the phone

was able to score an endurance rating of

114 hours in our proprietary tests

and when it comes to charging speed it's

hard to beat the master it comes with a

65-watt dart charger in the box and with

it can charge from zero to 100

percent in half an hour

moving on to the real me gt masters

triple cameras there's a 64 megapixel

quad Bayer main camera an 8 megapixel

ultra-wide cam and a 2-megapixel macro

cam

during the day 16 megapixel photos from

the main cam is very good they have an

excellent level of detail and balance

sharpening but the colors are really

saturated and together with the high

the contrast you get very vibrant looking

photos that may not appeal to everyone

portraits generally come out good with

fairly competent subject separation and

excellent dynamic range

eight-megapixel photos from the ultra

wide are okay there's good sharpness and

the distortion correction works well but

there's also not that much detail and

dynamic range is limited and while the

color rendition is likable it doesn't

match the main cams

2-megapixel photos from the macro cam

are far from impressive though it's nice

to have the option for close-ups the

detail level is limited by the

the resolution you also get muted colors and

narrow dynamic range and the fixed focus

makes shooting a chore

in low light photos from the main cam

aren't great they're soft and noisy and

dynamic range is limited at least the

colors are saturated enough

turning on night mode makes a dramatic

difference in quality

detail is improved throughout the frame

and the highlights and shadows in

particular are much more developed

we did notice one flaw with the

processing through moving cars often end

up surrounded by bright blobs

the ultra-wide cams low light photos are

poor in quality they're soft dark and

underexposed with blown highlights

there is support for night mode on the

ultra-wide and these photos are much

better they have superior sharpness and

detail and the exposure and dynamic

the range is vastly improved

selfies are taken with the 32 megapixel

front-facing cam and they are very good

with excellent detail wide dynamic range

and pleasing colors

Realme GT Master review

the file size is rather large though

because of the high resolution

videos from the main cam can be recorded

in up to 4k resolution at 30fps the

colors and contrast are good but you

don't get a lot of detail and the over

sharpening is pretty excessive

the ultra-wide cam can record 1080p

video and it's decent you get a good

amount of detail for the resolution but

the colors and exposure are different

from the main cams

there's support for electronic

stabilization but it's not the best

we've seen it smooths out handshake and

pans but if you're walking the footage

will still be wobbly

there is an ultra steady mode though

which will iron out even the walking but

is limited to any dp resolution

so that's the real me gt master you get a

the nice-looking design which is quite

unique if you opt for the suitcase

variant the high refresh rate AMOLED

the display is pretty nice and on top of

that you get a powerful mid-range

chipset great battery life and chart

topping charging speed

plus the cameras do a good job at least

when it comes to taking stills