realme recently introduced the GT Neo5, the successor to the GT Neo3 launched last year. The advantage of the GT Neo5 comes from its beautiful design and powerful hardware configuration with ultra-fast charging technology.
GT Neo5 was launched in two versions: a standard version that supports 150W fast charging, and a 240W fast charging version called GT Neo5 240W from realme. The device we have in this article is the 150W version, although it is not the fastest 240W version, but still very fast charging capacity, even the fastest in the smartphone market in Vietnam.
The GT Neo5 has a purple box that matches the color of the device. Included accessories include a fast charger, USB-C charging cable, and black silicone case
If in GT Neo3 realme launched the banana green option as a special color, in Neo5 the device has a beautiful purple color. There are also more black and white colors for users to choose
The back of the GT Neo5 is made of glass, curved at the edges, and the black camera cluster stands out on the top half. The frame is finished in plastic like most mid-range to high-end smartphones today
The GT Neo5 camera kit includes 3 lenses: a 50MP wide-angle camera using IMX890 sensor, an 8MP wide-angle camera with a 112° angle of view and a 2MP macro camera
The right side of the camera stack is also a customizable RGB LED, which acts as a status notification light. This LED is built around the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip with a transparent pattern
Users can customize the color and speed of the LED through the settings in the device
The front of the realme GT Neo5 is a 6.74-inch screen, using a 10-bit color AMOLED panel, with a resolution of 1240 x 2772 (QHD + equivalent) with a refresh rate of 144Hz.
The device’s screen is a flat screen with a thin screen bezel, using a “mall” design with a 16-megapixel selfie camera placed in the center of the upper border.
The screen contains an optical fingerprint sensor
In terms of hardware, the Realme GT Neo5 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, which is a flagship chip in the second half of last year. Although it is inferior to Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the device still provides very powerful performance, and it can smoothly play any popular game in the market.
AnTuTu Benchmark 9 and Geekbench 6 performance scores of the Realme GT Neo5 with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1: Still very strong
We will be reviewing the gaming performance of this device in the near future
The GT Neo5 150W fast charging version will have a 5000mAh battery, while the 240W version is 4600mAh
Despite supporting a maximum capacity of 150W, this version is integrated by realme with a 160W charger, allowing 100% of the device’s battery to be fully charged in just 15 minutes of plugging in. With the 240W version, the number is even more impressive with 9 minutes
Despite its ultra-fast capacity, realme promises that the device’s battery will still work stably after 1,600 charge cycles. This is a new technology to help improve battery life, and it is equipped with many recently launched realme, OPPO, and OnePlus smartphones.
Being a laptop from the Chinese domestic market, realme GT Neo5 does not have the Google Play app store, which users will have to install manually. The device also comes with many unwanted apps and will be network locked, and will not be able to use Vietnamese carrier sim cards. Currently, there are many other solutions to fix network lock error for realme mobile models
realme GT Neo5 is sold in China with a starting price for the 150W and 240W versions of 2,499 yuan and 3,199 yuan, respectively, equivalent to 8.7 million and 11.1 million dong. In Vietnam, some stores sell at prices starting at VND 8.9 million and VND 11.8 million, respectively.