Realme 11 Pro+ review

A premium 6.7-inch AMOLED screen

The Realme 11 Pro+ utilizes a 6.7-inch AMOLED panel of extended 1080p resolution (394ppi) and with a ton of premium specs such as 10-bit color depth, 120Hz refresh rate, 360Hz touch response, 2160Hz PWM dimming, and even HDR10+ support.

The panel has one of the tiniest punch holes to make way for the selfie camera, and it is protected by slightly curved tempered glass.

The 10-bit color depth allows the screen to display over one billion colors, while the high refresh rate will allow the UI and compatible apps to be rendered at 90fps and 120fps for an incredibly smooth experience. And the games will surely appreciate the fast 360Hz touch response. Finally, the 2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming should reduce strain on the eyes when using the screen at brightness lower than 100 nits or so.

We've completed our display test, and the Realme 11 Pro+ did very well. We recorded 470nits of maximum brightness when manually controlling it, and 793nits of max automatic brightness when we faced the screen with a bright light.

Realme is promising 950 nits of peak brightness, and the screen is indeed capable of such when showing HDR content with smaller white patches.

The minimum brightness at point white is just 1.8 nit.

Color accuracy

The Realme 11 Pro+ has four color modes in Settings - Vivid that corresponds to DCI-P3 color space, Natural - sRGB color space, and two Pro modes where you can choose between Cinematic (accurate P3) and Brilliant (widest color available) options. Each of these modes offers a color temperature slider.

The default Vivid color option offers very good accuracy towards P3 targets, with the only exceptions being the bluish white and grays. The Cinematic Pro mode, and the Natural one, on the other hand, have an outstanding accuracy to P3 and sRGB spaces, accordingly.

Refresh rate

The Realme 11 Pro+ has three refresh rate modes - Auto Select, High, and Standard.

The High and Auto modes work in a similar way - they use the maximum 120Hz across the user interface and some supported apps, and switch to 60Hz for static picture, video playback (but not video UI) and incompatible apps like Google Maps and Camera app.

The Auto Mode is a bit more restrictive - it analyzes the app, and then decides if it's worth using 120Hz or not. We found that many apps, like web browsers, video apps like Netflix, office apps, among others to be limited to 60Hz.

The only time we saw the screen use 90Hz was on the lockscreen.

Finally, the Standard option is straightforward - the phone always uses 60Hz refresh rate, and all apps are capped at 60fps.

HDR and streaming

The Realme 11 Pro+ comes with an HDR10+ certified display and Widevine L1 DRM support. It is recognized as HDR10-capable by YouTube, but Netflix serves 1080p SD content and detects no HDR support.

Visual enhancements

The Realme Display options menu offers two visual enhancements - Video Color Boost and Bright HDR Video Mode. The first one tries to widen the color gamut in SDR content and increases the battery consumption. It is available in a limited selection of apps.

Display options

The Bright HDR Video Mode increases the brightness when playing HDR videos and improves the overall HDR experience. It also increases power consumption, of course.

Battery life

The Realme 11 Pro+ is powered by a 5,000mAh battery, the same capacity as the one inside the Realme 10 Pro+, and 500mAh more than the cell inside the Realme 9 Pro+.

Realme has shared some official test numbers in its press materials - the phone should last over 29 hours on calls, over 18 hours on videos, over 400 hours on standby, almost a day when listening to music, and 8 and a half hours when gaming.

Well, we don't test all of these, but the test we did are a close match to Realme's promises.

The Realme 11 pro+ scored a total endurance rating of 112 hours. It did great across all tests - over 33 hours of talking, over 17 hours of web browsing, and over 17 hours of video playback. Note that our video test ends when the battery reaches 10%, so we consider the phone capable of delivering over 18 hours of videos.

Our battery tests were automated thanks to SmartViser, using its viSerDevice app. The endurance rating denotes how long the battery charge will last you if you use the device for an hour of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. More details can be found here.

The standby consumption was quite frugal, too.

Video test carried out in 60Hz refresh rate mode. Web browsing test done at the display's highest refresh rate whenever possible. Refer to the respective reviews for specifics. To adjust the endurance rating formula to match your own usage patterns check out our all-time battery test results chart where you can also find all phones we've tested.

Charging speed

The Realme 11 Pro+ supports the whooping 100W SuperVOOC fast wired charging. The phone ships with a 100W GaN charger in the box, which is just great.

Realme advertises a full charge in 26 minutes and 17% charge in just 3 minutes.

Well, the charging is indeed that fast. We captured 27% charge in 5 minutes and 63% in 15 minutes.

A full charge took exactly 28 minutes.

The Realme 11 Pro+ supports Wise Charging, and it's turned on by default. It learns your charging habits and fast recharges 80% of your battery, while the last 20% are filled up just before you start using the phone.

Realme has implemented multiple levels of protection in case anything goes wrong with the fast charging or whatever abnormality occurs. Additionally, the whole phone has been fireproofed from the inside, so should the worst happen, you should still be protected from fire and burns.

Speakers - loudness and audio quality

The Realme 11 Pro+ offers stereo speakers, just like the Realme 9 Pro+ and 10 Pro+. This setup is of the hybrid variety, where the top speaker has both front-facing and top-facing grilles, while the bottom one has just one grille and appears to be louder.

The speakers are balanced and offer similar audio quality, although the bottom one is louder and maybe a bit more bassy. Then again, because of their positioning and multiple outlets, when watching movies, playing games or just listening to music, the sound balance is great.

The Realme 11 Pro+ scored a Good mark on our loudness test. The sound quality is good, too, the vocals are great, there is good high frequency representation, and we can hear some bass, too.

Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.