The realme GT3 has caught everyone’s attention with its class-leading 240w wired charging solution. Being a flagship killer, we were curious about the thought process of selecting features to include with the realme GT3. To answer all of our questions about the GT3, we talked to realme Vice President Chase Xu to explain how they selected the features to go along with the GT3 as their flagship killer.
One of the key things that got us wondering was realme’s decision to use a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and not the latest Gen 2 processor. While there’s no question that Qualcomm’s previous generation chip is still powerful, Xu explained that they chose that processor as the perfect balance between offering flagship-like performance while being able to incorporate its 240w wired charging solution.
“It has a lot more to do with being able to find that type of stability in something that you can count on and rely on when you’re putting forth some sort of new technology that hasn’t been mass-produced for commercial use before,” Xu explained to us.
Being the first brand to make 240w wired charging available to consumer devices, realme understood the concerns about pushing charging limits when it comes to battery life. As a response, Xu said that aside from having a TÃœV Rheinland certification to assure that its 240w charging solution is safe, they have incorporated several safety features as well. These include 13 different temperature sensors on the phone, along with a new 10C dual-cell battery that’s designed to maintain 80% of its capacity even after 1600 charge cycles.
The battery itself has also been tested to handle extreme temperatures ranging from -20 degrees to 85 degrees Celsius. There are also software-based safety features that realme implemented on the GT3 to ensure better battery longevity. These include keeping the charge level to 80% when it is being charged overnight and spacing out its three 100w charging chips to minimize heat.
The tech for the 240w charging solution does not end there, as realme also used a special 12A USB-C cable to deliver the maximum charging speed safely from the 240w SuperVOOC charging brick to the GT3 itself.
Another unique feature of the realme GT3 is its notification light in the back. While not as complex as what we saw on the Nothing Phone (1), Xu personally likes the feature. “The practicality of the pulse interface is something that may be looked at as something that is flashy or a design aspect, but I think that it’s practical in many easy as well.”
The notification light is customizable according to the user’s needs and has RGB lighting that’s subtle while being seamless with the GT3’s user interface. Beyond that, Xu told us that they are working to add other customization options like leaving the LED light on or making it dynamically adapt to the music you are listening to.
How about the inclusion of a 2-megapixel microscope camera? While we do think that brands should skip it, Xu explained that the microscope camera on the GT3 is something their fans like–especially when they do photo challenges in shooting extreme close-ups and different perspectives of items we see in our daily lives.
