Realme demonstrates GT 3 phone’s 240W charging speed, full battery in just 9 minutes

Soumyashree February 21, 2023

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The Realme GT 3 will be showcased at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (2023) in Barcelona on February 28. The device is confirmed to come with 240W fast charging support. The upcoming handset is expected to be a global version of the Realme GT Neo 5 that debuted in China earlier this month. If its true, then the devices will likely sport similar specifications.

The video also showcases the smartphone’s design, which looks similar to the Realme GT Neo 5 that launched in China earlier this month. The video teases a grey body, two large cutouts on the back for the triple rear cameras, and a display with a centrally aligned hole punch for the selfie camera. We can notice the volume rockers on the left side while the power button rests on the right.

The Chinese manufacturer have not revealed the Specifications and features of the upcoming flagship yet.

Now, Realme Vice President Xu Qi confirms that Realme GT 3 will also release in China. The handset is expected to debut in China by the end of this year. The Chinese version of Realme GT 3 is expected to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is expected to go official sometime in the fourth quarter of this year.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC was earlier spotted on Geekbench with 1,930 points in the single-core test and 6,236 in the multi-core test. The upcoming SoC is claimed to offer offer higher CPU performance than its predecessor.

Realme GT Neo 5 specifications

The Realme GT Neo 5 runs on Android 13 with Realme UI 4.0 on top and features a 6.74-inch 1.5K AMOLED (1,240 x 2,772 pixels) display with a refresh rate of 144Hz. It is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, coupled with 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of onboard storage. It has a triple rear camera unit, led by a 50-megapixel Sony IMX890 primary sensor, and a 16-megapixel Samsung S5K3P9 selfie sensor.

The Realme GT Neo 5 comes in two variants with different battery capacities and charging speeds — 4,600mAh with 240W fast charging and a 5,000mAh battery with 150W fast charging.