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Designed with some compromises: We tested the realme GT Master Edition - Walla! technology

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Luxurious design, Super AMOLED screen, full charge in 33 minutes and a surprising photo set: The Chinese cellphone giant's new smartphone offers quite a bit for your money


Designed with some compromises: We tested the realme GT Master Edition

Luxurious design, Super AMOLED screen, full charge in 33 minutes and a surprising photo set: The Chinese cellular giant's new smartphone offers quite a bit for your money.

However, there are some disadvantages that you should know

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Yinon Ben Shoshan

30/11/2021

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 11:00 p.m.

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realme GT Master Edition (Photo: Walla! Technology, Yinon Ben-Shoshan)

The impression left on us by the realme GT Master Edition after spending a little over a week with it can be summed up in two words: impressive and confusing.

This is a new smartphone from the Chinese manufacturer, designed and developed in collaboration with a well-known industrial designer from Japan.

With the local launch we got it for review from Bug Network - the official marketer of realme in the country.

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Design

The realme GT Master Edition, or as we will now call it, the GT Master, looks like any other smartphone from the last two years - at least on the front, with the screen incorporating a "hole" for the front camera (selfie) on the top left side.



The main difference of the GT Master, unlike almost every smartphone on the market, is the back, which is made of vegan leather and inspired by a suitcase - a finish signed by the Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa.

Like any designed product that is not designed for every eye, most people who saw the device thought it was special and beautiful.

However, there is also a group that thought it was ugly.



In any case, the GT Master is thin - 8 mm and (very) comfortable to hold, and the aluminum frame gives it an element that strengthens the elegance of the device.

Comfortable to hold.

Rilmi's GT Master (Photo: Walla! Technology, Yinon Ben-Shoshan)

Screen and performance

realme has incorporated a 6.43-inch Super AMOLED screen here, a panel with an advantage on the high-contrast side, while also watching the screen outdoors in direct sunlight becomes much simpler. Also, the GT Master screen supports a maximum refresh rate of 120 Hz, but for it to work regularly you will need to select this option in display settings.



On the specification side, you can find here the support of the fifth generation network (5G) along with 8 working memory (RAM) and internal storage memory with a volume of 256 GB. However, due to the low price tag, one of the compromises is in the processor - Snapdragon 778G. And here comes the surprising part: the device delivers more great performance with no stutters, bumps or abnormal slowness. Also, the fingerprint mechanism integrated within the screen responds quickly.



On the battery side, realme has integrated a battery with a capacity of 4,300 mAh, including a fast charge (SuperDart) that can charge the device to 100% in 33 minutes.

In practice, the GT Master has managed to provide a day of work in medium to heavy uses - including social media, photography and video watching.

realme GT Master Edition (Photo: Walla! Technology, Yinon Ben-Shoshan)

Chinese Android, but a little different

The model comes with the Android 11 operating system in the shell of realme UI 2.0 - the Chinese manufacturer's user interface.

And unlike other BBK smartphones - which are also the parent company of OnePlus and OPPO - the realme user interface is less cluttered and more reminiscent of the clean version of Google's operating system.



The icons are neatly designed, the menus are neatly arranged, and include clever and not too cluttered use - something that Chinese manufacturers fall into quite a bit.

Like other Android versions, you can hide the app drawer in the display settings menu, and also select a "simple to use" mode that makes the icons bigger and clearer.



Also, here you can increase the layout of the applications in the display settings - and increase the amount of applications on the home screen.

In addition, applications can be locked specifically using an access code.

The photo set is inside a rectangle (Photo: Walla! Technology, Yinon Ben-Shoshan)

Camera

The camera array on the back of the device consists of three sensors, with a 64-megapixel main camera and an f / 1.8 aperture key, a wide-angle camera with an 8-megapixel sensor that offers 119-degree photography, alongside a macro camera with a 2-megapixel sensor.

On the front of the GT Master is a 32-megapixel selfie camera.



How are the actual results?

Let's start with the end, which is also the least happy part: you will not find an optical stabilizer here.

However, the disadvantage is not very noticeable, since under optimal lighting conditions - such as direct sunlight or natural lighting - the images come out successful with rich colors, faithful to the original and a great level of detail.

Good level of detail in the right lighting (Photo: Walla! Technology, Yinon Ben-Shoshan)

Photography with the realme GT (Photo: Walla! Technology, Yinon Ben-Shoshan)

Night photography with the realme GT (Photo: Walla! Technology, Yinon Ben-Shoshan)

Also, close-up photography (macro) provides not bad results.

As for night photography, here too the result was quite reasonable, with no smears or excessive deficiency, but a little over-processing of the brightness - something typical of Chinese manufacturers.

Bottom line

The realme GT Master Edition sells for NIS 1,599 in the Bug chain, and offers a pretty good value for your money: it is well-designed, supports a fifth generation, including an excellent Super AMOLED screen, fast charging and a reasonable photo system that produces good images in optimal conditions.



However, there are two small drawbacks here: the device does not offer water and dust resistance (do not expect to get it at a low price tag).

In addition, there is no support for wireless charging - something that must, in my opinion, become standard on every smartphone.

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