After having reviewed the Realme 7, it is time to flip our consideration to the extra premium mannequin on this new sequence, the Realme 7 Pro. It’s the non secular successor to the Realme 6 Pro (Review), and in contrast to the Realme 7, it boasts of some large upgrades over its predecessor. The most notable ones are the usage of an AMOLED show, stereo audio system, and 65W quick charging, which sounds very spectacular.
The Realme 7 Pro begins at Rs. 19,999, which is sort of a bit increased than the worth that the 6 Pro launched at. Its principal rivals proper now embrace the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max (Review) and the Poco X2 (Review), and to some extent, increased the variant may compete with the Redmi Okay20 (Review) and Oppo F17 Pro. It’s time to seek out out if the brand new Realme 7 Pro is value shopping for.
Realme 7 Pro design and show: Making an impression
The Realme 7 Pro options the identical mirror-split design on its again because the Realme 7, nevertheless it’s rather a lot slimmer (8.7mm) and lighter (182g), even in comparison with the Realme 6 Pro. This makes it much more comfy to carry and use. The body and again panel are nonetheless made from plastic, however the high quality is superb and the telephone feels sturdy total. The matte end for the again means it does not decide up fingerprints simply, and the Mirror Blue unit that I’ve appears to be like good. The telephone can be obtainable in white.
The buttons are ergonomically positioned across the telephone, and on the backside, you get the usual headphone jack, USB Type-C port and speaker. The first large function to notice is the show. It’s barely smaller in comparison with the one on the 6 Pro at 6.Four inches, nevertheless it’s a Super AMOLED panel with a full-HD+ decision. Realme additionally mentions the usage of Corning Gorilla Glass, though it does not specify the model. The show is brilliant, colors are wealthy, and due to this sort of panel, the 7 Pro has an always-on show mode and an in-display fingerprint sensor. The latter labored nicely in my expertise, and face recognition was equally fast.
The again of the Realme 7 has an fascinating design
Sadly, this telephone ditches one large function from the Realme 6 Pro, and that is a excessive display refresh charge. The Realme 7 Pro has to make do with a 60Hz show, which is somewhat disappointing. I do not assume it is a deal breaker, however contemplating that its predecessor had a 90Hz show and so does its decrease priced sibling, the Realme 7, it feels somewhat incomplete. There’s no HDR10 certification both, which is a giant bummer contemplating lower-priced telephones such because the Motorola One Fusion+ (Review) do supply this.
In the field, you possibly can count on the standard equipment, plus the 65W SuperDart quick charger.
Realme 7 Pro efficiency and options: Pretty good
The Realme 7 Pro carried out nicely within the time I spent with it and I’m not stunned, because it options the identical Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC because the 6 Pro. It’s nonetheless chip; it is energy environment friendly and does not warmth up a lot even when careworn. The base variant of the 7 Pro has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and is priced at Rs. 19,999, whereas the upper priced one has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for Rs. 21,999. I’ve the latter with me for evaluate. The RAM and storage are LPDDR4X and UFS 2.1 respectively. Realme additionally claims that the 7 Pro is the primary smartphone to go TUV Rheinland’s Smartphone Reliability Verification checks.
Realme UI ran fairly easily on the top-end variant that I had. The telephone by no means missed a beat, whether or not I used to be launching an app, switching between a number of apps, or taking part in a heavy sport. The lack of a excessive refresh charge felt somewhat jarring to me, however that may very well be as a result of I’ve only in the near past examined various telephones with 90Hz screens.
Games akin to Battle Prime look nice and run nicely on the Realme 7 Pro
The Super AMOLED show was nice for watching movies on, and this expertise was enhanced by the stereo audio system. The stereo impact is nice, because the earpiece will get nearly as loud because the bottom-firing speaker, and Dolby Atmos helps enhance the amount and audio constancy. Games ran fairly nicely too. Colourful titles akin to Super Clone seemed nice and even heavier ones akin to Battle Prime ran easily on the highest in-game high quality settings.
Realme 7 Pro battery life: Long-lasting
There’s a 4,500mAh battery within the Realme 7 Pro, which on common simply lasted for greater than sooner or later beginning on a full cost. Our HD video loop check additionally confirmed promising outcomes, with the telephone lasting somewhat over 22 hours. It takes barely any time to completely cost it too, due to the 65W quick charging adapter. In my checks, the 7 Pro’s battery charged as much as 87 % in half an hour, and took solely one other 10 minutes or so to achieve 100 %.
The Realme 7 Pro costs shortly due to the 65W charger
Realme 7 Pro cameras: Quite succesful
The rear cameras on the Realme 7 Pro are just like these of the Realme 7. These are a 64-megapixel Sony IMX682 principal digital camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle digital camera, a 2-megapixel depth digital camera, and a 2-megapixel macro digital camera. For selfies, there is a single 32-megapixel digital camera with a somewhat slender f/2.5 aperture. Compared to the Realme 6 Pro, the 7 Pro misses out on the extremely wide-angle selfie digital camera and the rear telephoto digital camera. Realme claims that the brand new 64-megapixel main digital camera ought to supply related if not higher readability in comparison with a 2x optical telephoto digital camera.
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Let’s check this declare towards Realme’s personal 6 Pro. In the primary shot, we targeted on this tree, a big object at a distance. If we zoom in to look at each pictures, the Realme 7 Pro produced very related particulars in comparison with the picture taken utilizing the telephoto digital camera on the 6 Pro. Using 2x digital zoom on the 7 Pro, the outcome was fairly respectable, however the 6 Pro’s telephoto digital camera did nonetheless produce barely higher particulars and smoother depth of discipline. However, the variations have been very minor. The backside line is if you wish to take good zoomed-in photographs with the 7 Pro, it is best to shoot a 64-megapixel picture after which amplify and crop it later.
Realme 7 Pro principal digital camera pattern (faucet to see bigger picture)
Realme 7 Pro extremely wide-angle digital camera pattern (faucet to see bigger picture)
Realme 7 Pro close-up digital camera pattern (faucet to see bigger picture)
Regular pictures taken in daylight usually seemed good. HDR was dealt with nicely, particulars have been good, and colors seemed pure. The identical was true for close-ups, which had a clean, pure background blur. The extremely wide-angle digital camera did not produce one of the best particulars, and in daylight, I observed some very obvious chromatic aberration in panorama photographs.
Realme 7 Pro Portrait mode digital camera pattern (faucet to see bigger picture)
Portrait photographs have been dealt with nicely, with good edge detection and pleasing background blur. The macro digital camera was alright and it may produce some respectable photos if I used to be regular sufficient.
Low-light pictures have been respectable, with out a lot seen grain, and particulars have been pretty good even in darker areas. You can brighten issues up through the use of Night mode, which makes a giant distinction. The Realme 7 Pro options all the additional Night mode enhancements that we first noticed within the Realme X3 SuperZoom, together with Starry mode and Pro Night mode. The 7 Pro additionally will get some new filters for Night mode, akin to Modern Gold, Cyberpunk and Flamingo. Each filter applies its personal distinct color scheme, which creates some fascinating results. It’s just like the filters we noticed on Vivo’s X50 sequence. The extremely wide-angle digital camera does not produce excellent ends in low gentle.
Realme 7 Pro low-light digital camera samples (faucet to see bigger picture)
Realme 7 Pro selfie digital camera samples (faucet to see bigger picture)
The entrance digital camera captured detailed selfies through the day, at its the native 32-megapixel decision. Portrait mode additionally labored nicely. The selfie digital camera’s HDR capabilities have been equally spectacular, and it managed to correctly expose brightly lit backgrounds with out shedding element on the topic’s face. Selfies taken indoors underneath good synthetic gentle additionally seemed good. However, in very low-light circumstances, particulars take a success.
The Realme 7 Pro can file movies at as much as 4K 30fps, with digital stabilisation. The high quality is respectable and there is solely a light shimmer as a result of stabilisation when shifting about. The Ultra Steady mode helps repair this, however take into account that it closely crops the body, and the standard is a bit decrease. Videos shot in low gentle do not look excellent, with comparatively poor particulars and visual grain. However, Realme has added an Ultra Night mode for video which bumps up the publicity. This could make a giant distinction when making an attempt to seize footage in darkish environments.
Verdict: Should you purchase the Realme 7 Pro?
All issues thought of, I believe Realme has completed a reasonably good job in crafting the 7 Pro. It brings some significant upgrades to the Realme 6 Pro within the type of an AMOLED display, stereo audio system, and far sooner charging. The main rear digital camera has improved, due to the brand new sensor, however total, I believe all of the cameras generally may nonetheless do higher in low gentle. I’m undecided if ditching the extremely wide-angle selfie digital camera was one of the best transfer, as not like a depth digital camera, it may really be fairly helpful.
Looking on the competitors on this phase, I do not assume the Realme 7 Pro is a clear-cut winner. It’s onerous to disregard the great worth supplied by the Motorola One Fusion+, which has a pop-up selfie digital camera, a barely sooner SoC, and a HDR10-certified show. Poco can be gearing as much as launch the Poco X3, and Samsung will quickly launch the Galaxy M51, each of which ought to fall within the Realme 7 Pro’s worth territory and make issues much more fascinating.
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This post was last modified on September 4, 2020 3:12 pm