2021 realme GT Neo2 Review | High Performance Flagship Breakthrough
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| Photo of realme GT Neo2 Android smartphone. Released: Sep 2021 Key specs: · 6.62″ display · 12GB RAM · 256GB ROM · 5000mAh battery · Snapdragon 870 5G Processor · 65W SuperDart Charge |
Towards the end of 2021, realme has released another ultimate product, targeting the upper class and offering classy performance. The product, named realme GT Neo2, is a smartphone with flagship specifications, but offers a friendly price. Here is a complete review of the realme GT Neo2.
Just a few months ago, realme introduced the GT series to the Indonesian market called the realme GT Master Edition, now realme is trying to complete it with a GT product that offers higher performance, the realme GT Neo2.
In addition to bringing improvements to the hardware, the smartphone called the flagship GT Neo2 also offers new coloring. In keeping with the NEO spirit, this product carries the signature metallic lime green color in one of the variants (NEO Green), still with a bold vertical line that indicates the smartphone’s performance remains good.
Price: IDR 6,499,000
Color Options: NEO Green and NEO Blue
Sales Package: realme GT Neo2 Smartphone, Charger adapter, USB Type C data cable, Silicon Case, manual book, ejector pin
realme GT Neo2 Full Specifications
| realme GT Neo2 Specs | |
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| Dimmension & Weight | 162.9 x 75.8 x 9 mm/ 199.8 gram |
| Network & Connectivity | Dual Nano SIM, 5G, 4G LTE/HSPA+/3G/2G, WiFi 6 |
| Operating System (OS) | realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11 |
| Supported External Storage | No |
| Display | 6.62 inches, ~85.7% screen-to-body ratio, 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~398 ppi density), E4 AMOLED, 120Hz, Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Processor / CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G (7nm); Octa-core (1×3.2 GHz Kryo 585 Prime + 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 585 + 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 585, GPU: Adreno 650 |
| RAM & Internal Storage | 12 GB RAM/ 256 GB ROM |
| Camera | Rear triple: 64 MP f/1.8 8 MP f/2.3 Ultrawide 2 MP f/2.4 Super Macro Video: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps Front Single: 16 MP f/2.5 Video: 1080p@30fps |
| Battery capacity | 5000 mAh Li-po (non-removable), 65W SuperDart Charge |
realme GT Neo2 Features
| Removable battery | No | Fingerprint | Yes |
| Multitouch | Yes | Dual Front Camera | No |
| Dual SIM | Yes | External Memory | No |
| 3G HSDPA | Yes | Gyroscope | Yes |
| 4G LTE | Yes | Stereo Speaker | Yes |
| 5G Ready | Yes | 4K video recording | Yes |
| NFC | Yes | Video player | Yes |
| USB On-the-go | Yes | Music player | Yes |
| GPS | Yes | Sistem Pendingin | Yes |
realme GT Neo2 Advantages & Disadvantages
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
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| Flagship chipset, high-end GPU Effective cooling system Stereo audio with accurate separation 120 Hz E4 AMOLED screen, more contrast, more realistic, good for gaming and browsing Unique design, with attractive green coloring Street Photography Mode GT Mode 2.0 realme UI 2.0 Fast battery charging up to 65 Watts |
No longer using elegant leather material No special game buttons Dark colored silicone case hides the original color of the smartphone |
realme GT Neo2 Reviews
Bright Glossy Material
The realme GT Neo2 smartphone carries a new back cover design that shows an elegant appearance with colors that remain striking. This time in the Neo Green variant, the smartphone is given a bright green color or tends to lime green, with two vertical black lines approaching the right side of the smartphone. Consisting of a small line that says dare to leap and one large line that says realme.
The coloring and bold lines that appear on the back cover are still in line with the GT product theme. Faithfully carrying a decal in the style of a racing car design, which seems to want to emphasize that this smartphone is made for extreme activities. Especially when connected to high-level 3D gaming performance.
I shouldn’t compare this product with the previous realme, but as an illustration, especially in terms of design, you might be able to read the realme GT review that we wrote some time ago. The design is almost the same, right? Only the color and position of the black lines are different.
Oh yeah and the material! This time realme chose to use glossy and matte materials. Giving a sparkling impression, while strengthening the racing car design with fresh coloring.
The glossy finish is on the black line stretching from top to bottom and on the small black ribbon, while the neon green color uses a matte finish. Even so, the back surface of this smartphone is not easily dirty due to fingerprints. This is recognized by realme because the material used has gone through a 7 nano-multilayer process.
In addition to the unique NEO Green color, for those of you who want to look more low profile, you can choose another color variant, namely NEO Blue. The manufacturing process is the same, even capable of displaying 8 color gradations inspired by the color gradations of the sky at sunrise.
E4 AMOLED 120 Hz Screen
Moving on to the screen section, the realme GT Neo2 is accompanied by a latest generation Super AMOLED screen, typical of flagship products. It is a development of Dynamic AMOLED which is named E4 AMOLED. It has improved in all aspects, such as brightness, contrast, and color accuracy, but on the other hand can save power better.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the screen of this smartphone is one of the parts that is superior to the realme GT Neo2. Stretching 6.62 inches and offering a refresh rate of 120 Hz, this smartphone screen is pleasing to the eye and comfortable when used to quickly switch menu pages.
In addition to the 120 Hz screen refresh rate, this smartphone screen also carries a touch sampling rate of up to 600 Hz. On paper, it is quite capable of playing games comfortably, according to our needs. As long as the games also support this feature.
realme UI 2.0
Still carrying the latest realme UI, namely realme UI version 2.0, realme GT Neo2 offers a neat, clean and relatively complete menu display offering built-in applications that are appropriate and on target.
Joining the Android 11 features, it is not an exaggeration if this realme UI interface is one of the most comfortable to use for those who have just switched to Android. Or those who use this smartphone for special purposes. For example, Gaming, because in addition to the GT version 2 mode, this smartphone has Game Space which will help the gaming experience become more focused. Or if you are a content creator, a number of built-in applications will make it easy to edit videos, upload them to social media, or edit them to have a uniform and distinctive “yours” color tone. Also included is the Dynamic RAM Expansion feature of up to 7 GB which can increase the size of RAM by temporarily borrowing some internal memory. Even though the RAM on this smartphone is already 12 GB, right? Interesting, isn’t it? All of this is then wrapped in capable audio technology, both for gaming and watching videos. Namely two speakers when the smartphone is positioned in landscape conditions, with Dolby Atmos technology.
Flagship Chipset and Cooling System That Must Be Present
The realme GT Neo2‘s decision to carry Qualcomm’s flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 series, on the one hand makes us very interested in trying it. Because so far we ourselves have been using Android products with the 8 series chipset. But on the other hand we are also worried, because of the reputation of the 8 series which often produces excessive heat.
Before getting there, we need to know the chipset carried by this smartphone. Namely the Snapdragon 870 5G which is a new series that has a performance below the SD888 carried by the realme GT.
This chipset is built with a 7nm fabrication process, so it is able to load more chips with more varied functions. For the processor itself, this chipset carries 8 processor cores with an interesting configuration.
The hero of this CPU is of course 1 Kryo 585 core with a high clock speed of 3.2 GHz. It is a Cortex-A77 core that will ensure the smartphone’s performance remains optimal when needed. Then there are 3 Kryo 585 cores with a speed of 2.42 GHz, which will also work when the smartphone starts to enter heavy work. And the rest are 4 Kryo 585 cores with a speed of 1.8 GHz, which will be responsible for daily smartphone activities.
Then as a graphics processor, there is the Adreno 650 GPU. It is a fairly high-end mobile GPU. Becoming a benchmark for the flagship class to below the flagship.
As previously mentioned, this chipset is also supported by 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of ROM or storage media.
Based on our experience using Android smartphones with the SD 8 series chipset, heat is something that cannot be avoided. But when trying the realme GT with SD888, we found that the heat dissipation was much better than similar smartphones using the same chipset.
This is what makes us sure that we will feel the same thing on the realme GT Neo2. And sure enough, although it still leaves a little warmth when forced to play games for a long time, the heat generated is still arguably not too high to the point of being disturbing. Not at all.
How this happens is believed to be the result of the presence of an effective cooling system on this smartphone. The realme GT Neo2 series adopts a cooling system using 4129 mm square Stainless Steel Vapor Cooling Plus. Then apply a steel-copper composite internal structure in this cooling area. The combination of stainless steel and copper has high durability, greatly affecting temperature control so that the temperature in the chamber will be maintained and its release occurs efficiently.
realme GT Neo2 carries 8 layers of cooling system. With the application of diamond thermal gel in the middle, as an effective heat damper. This is the first time realme has used it.
To make diamond thermal gel, realme uses diamond particles measuring 0-50um to speed up the cooling process. In addition, the realme GT Neo2 offered through the pre-order scheme on Shopee, realme.com/id and akulaku also uses copper as the layer behind it.
With the configuration of CPU, GPU, Memory, cooling system, and other functions embedded in the chipset, it will be easier to pursue maximum performance that can be done by the smartphone.
PUBG Mobile players, for example, can play this game with the highest graphics level. Without any problems. Especially when GT Mode is activated, where the screen will be set at 120 Hz and all processes that occur on the smartphone will tend to be used only for playing games.
For Genshin Impact players, even though the top bar in the graphics options will turn red aka overclocked, we can play this game at 60 fps relatively comfortably. Even with Game space we can adjust the sensitivity of the touch screen to suit the playing style and thumb size, making it more comfortable to play on the touch screen.
POKEMON UNITE players are the same. Can feel the 60 fps setting from the start of playing without the need for additional settings. Because the system in the game recognizes it as a smartphone that is capable of doing so.
In other words, in terms of heavy gaming performance, the realme GT Neo2 can handle it well.
Battery and Super Fast Charging
The realme GT Neo2 smartphone carries a 5000 mAh battery. It is quite capable of maintaining the durability of the smartphone for a whole day of playing games. But even if it misses, we can charge the smartphone quickly.
Through the 65 Watt SuperDart Charge technology, this smartphone can charge the smartphone battery from completely empty to 100% in just 36 minutes. Don’t worry about safety, because this technology has been proven safe, both for the smartphone itself, for the battery and for the charging process.
The Return of Street Photography
realme GT Neo2 carries a total of 4 camera lenses. 1 in front, 3 in the back. All four have the following configuration. First, the front camera, consisting of one 16 MP selfie camera that offers autofocus and video recording with EIS assisted by Gyro. So making videos with the front camera can be done without extreme shaking.
Moving to the back, there are 3 camera lenses arranged quite uniquely, zigzag. There is one main camera with a resolution of 64 MP, has an aperture of f / 1.8. This camera can be relied on to take pictures in less than optimal lighting conditions.
Then there is an 8 MP lens for ultra-wide photo needs up to 119 degrees. And finally there is a 2 MP camera lens for macro photo needs with an optimal distance of 4 cm from the photo object.
Utilizing the gesture system brought by realme UI 2.0, the realme GT Neo2 flagship phone camera also has a Street Photography feature. When the screen is off, we can press the volume button twice to immediately open the camera.
But it’s not just on the control side, guys, because when we enter the camera from this quick control, we are immediately presented with a different shooting mode, namely Street Mode. Here we can directly capture precious moments, even with the possibility of changing the “lens length”, adding film filter simulations or photos in RAW format.
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Conclusion
The realme GT Neo2 smartphone is an alternative flagship for those who like to play games but don’t want to spend more money to buy expensive flagship products. Because it offers equivalent performance, there is no reason not to try this product, especially with attractive coloring and a number of relatively complete supporting features for a better smartphone life at the best price.