realme GT8 Pro reviews by real users realme GT8 Pro

I’ll be honest: I was skeptical. I hadn’t touched a Realme phone since the X50 Pro about five years ago and I stayed away from the brand. I’ve mostly been a Nubia user, but they messed things up badly with the software on their latest model, so I sent it back after one hour. That’s how I ended up with the Realme GT8 Pro, and the difference is simply colossal.

The build quality is wow. It has a special, wider shape that feels extremely premium and sits perfectly in the hand without feeling heavy. The display is exactly what it should be: very bright, perfectly visible outdoors in direct sunlight, and the refresh rate feels soft and fluid. You also get plenty of options if you like to tweak image settings.

This is where the biggest surprise comes in. It’s not almost like a high end OnePlus, it is on the same level. Performance is fast, clean and consistent, and the software feels just as polished. Zero lag. I pushed it to the limit with hours of Android Auto, heavy multitasking and video calls all running at the same time. The phone stayed completely stable and, unlike many other flagships, it did not heat up at all.

The battery is a champion. It just refuses to die. I used it heavily during my vacation with GPS, constant photos and videos, and most of the time I only had to charge it after two days. Power management is simply excellent.

Daylight photos are wow and video quality is very solid. It’s a true point and shoot phone where you just press the button and get a great result. Night photos are quite good, but in pitch black situations there is still room for improvement, and Realme already announced software updates for this. My only real complaint is that I would have liked a wider field of view on the ultra wide camera.

Realme did an excellent job here. The GT8 Pro is well balanced, powerful and, most importantly, very reliable. After the nightmare experience with Nubia’s software, this phone feels like a breath of fresh air.