Realme GT 6 Review: A good gaming smartphone in the mid-budget, is it worth buying?

Price of Realme GT 6

Realme has launched this gaming smartphone in India in three storage variants – 8GB RAM + 256GB, 12GB RAM + 256GB and 16GB RAM + 512GB. This phone can be purchased in two color options Razor Green and Fluid Silver. The starting price of this Realme smartphone is Rs 40,999 and its top variant comes for Rs 44,999. We have used the Fluid Silver color and 16GB RAM + 512GB variant of this smartphone.

Realme GT 6 Review

Design of Realme GT 6

The design of the Realme GT 6 is similar to the GT 6T launched earlier. Both phones will look like twin brothers. Dual tone design will be found in the back panel of the phone. The back panel of the phone is quite shiny, in which you can also see your face. Although the company has used a plastic body in the phone, but looking at its shine, it will give you the feel of a premium phone. 

The back panel of the phone is slippery, due to which fingerprints are easily visible. If you are using the phone without a back cover, then you will have to clean it again and again.

This latest phone of the Realme GT series will have a curved divine display in the front. Very thin bezels are provided around the display. USB Type C charging port, speaker grill and SIM card slot are provided at the bottom. 

Microphone will be found on the top. At the same time, the volume as well as power buttons will be available on the left side of the phone. The phone weighs around 199 grams and you can easily grip it in the palm. Realme has worked a lot on the design of the phone. The phone gives a premium feel to look at. However, many users will not like its mirror-like reflection.

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Display of Realme GT 6

This flagship smartphone of Realme has a 6.78-inch curved AMOLED display, which supports FHD + i.e. Full HD Plus resolution. The resolution of the phone’s display is 2780 x 1264 pixels and the screen-to-body ratio is up to 94.2 percent. Very thin bezels are provided around the phone’s display. Also, the peak brightness of the display is up to 6000 nits, which is the highest in this segment.

Talking about the display experience of Realme GT 6, you get a good quality viewing experience in the display of this phone. From watching videos to content viewing, you will get good reflection on the phone’s display. Even during gaming, you will be able to experience ultra high definition graphics in a better way.

Even in direct sunlight, you can easily see the words written on the phone’s display, which is usually a problem with phones with LED displays. Realme has used a flagship quality display in this flagship smartphone.

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Performance of Realme GT 6

This flagship smartphone of Realme has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor with 3nm technology, which is based on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 architecture. In this flagship processor, users get Neural Processing Unit i.e. NPU, which is necessary for AI enabled features. The phone supports up to 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of internal storage. We have used its top end variant.

Talking about the performance of this Realme phone, it can prove to be a heavy performance phone for daily use. No matter how many apps you open in this phone, it does not hang. Apart from this, you will not get any kind of lagging issue even during gaming on the phone. This Realme phone has a GT mode specially for gamers, in which you can run the game smoothly.

However, if you play games on the phone for more than 30-40 minutes, its back panel will get a little hot. This phone has features like screen recording, call blocking during gaming. The phone does not lag even when switching from one app to another. Talking about overall performance, this phone can be compared with any expensive budget flagship phone.

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OS of Realme GT 6

This Realme phone gets Relame UI 5.0 based on Android 14. This customized skin is also similar to the customized UI of OnePlus and Oppo. It already has many pre-installed apps, which you can uninstall. This operating system of the company is user-friendly to use, but can disappoint you a bit due to many bloatware. You do not get the experience of stock Android in the phone, but it has many additional privacy features.

Realme GT 6 is an AI phone, in which you get many AI features based on Google Gemini. It has features like AI Smart Removal Tool, AI Smart Loop, AI Night Vision Mode. You can use them according to your convenience. AI Smart Removal Tool works like Google’s AI Eraser, in which you can remove unwanted objects from any clicked photo. You can use the AI features available in the phone without any problem.

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Battery of Realme GT 6

This Realme phone comes with a big battery of 5,500mAh. A 120W superfast charger is available to charge the phone’s battery. Talking about the battery backup of Realme GT 6, you can easily use this phone for one and a half days after fully charging it once.

You do not need to keep a power bank with this smartphone. Even if you play games on the phone or watch a web series, its battery easily lasts till evening on full charge. It takes only 20 to 25 minutes to charge this phone from 0 to full. Not only this, by charging it for 5 minutes, you will be able to use this phone easily throughout the day.

Camera of Realme GT 6

There is a triple camera setup in the back of Realme GT 6. The phone has a 50MP main camera, which supports OIS i.e. optical image stabilization feature. With this, there is a 50MP telephoto and an 8MP ultra wide angle camera. A 32MP camera will be available in the phone for selfie and video calling. 

This is a gaming phone from Realme, but the company has given a good camera setup in the phone. Talking about its primary camera, Sony LYT-808 sensor has been used in it, whose size is 1/1.4 inches.

Clear pictures can be clicked in daylight with the main camera of this phone. Depth of field has been used in its main camera sensor, which performs better. Due to the AI feature, you can click good pictures even in low light or evening time. It has AI night vision feature, which enhances the picture taken in low light. However, a better picture could have been clicked in low light.

You get different camera modes in the phone’s camera app, which you can set according to your needs. In the picture taken in portrait mode from this phone, you also get the option to blur the background more or less. Talking about the front camera for selfie and video calling, its front camera is also fine. Talking about overall camera performance, its camera is fine in this price point.

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Our verdict

This gaming smartphone from Realme has many features that can impress you. You may like everything from the design of the phone to the camera, battery, display etc. The company has worked hard to make the design of the phone attractive, which you will know by looking at the finishing of the phone. The company has also done justice to the camera of this phone. It has a better camera setup than other brands of phones available in this price range.

The back panel of the phone is quite slippery, due to which there is a high possibility of your phone slipping. In such a situation, you will have to clean the back panel of the phone frequently or you should use the phone by putting a cover on it. We also did not like some things in the phone, which include the slippery design of the phone, many pre-installed apps etc.