Realme GT 6T review

Design, build quality, handling

The Realme GT 6T doesn't particularly stand out in the design department. It feels comfortable enough in the hand thanks to its aggressively curved sides on both the front and the back. However, the phone is very slippery and tends to gather a lot of grime and pocket lint in day-to-day use. Keeping the glossy back surface of the GT 6T clean is a Sisyphean chore.

Speaking of the back cover, it does have a rather unique dual-material finish. The area around the cameras utilizes nano-level mirror coating tech, white the major part of the back is made with the Misty AG Process.

The Realme GT 6T is available in Fluid Silver and Razor Green. Neither is particularly flashy or eye-catching. We would call the overall design quite subdued.

Realme GT 6T in Silver and Green

Tipping the scale at 191 grams, the Realme GT 6T is a relatively lightweight device and definitely feels that way in the hand. We can only imagine that a lot of this is thanks to the lightweight materials used in its construction. The back of the phone and the midframe are made of glass.

The back may be plastic but there is the excellent Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the front.

Despite its lightweight construction, the Realme GT 6T feels pretty solid with pretty much no flex to the chassis. There is a little bit of hollowness to the back, but nothing too severe.

The situation regarding ingress protection is interesting. Technically, the Realme GT 6T has an IP65 rating in some markets. It comes with a nice big rugger gasket on the SIM tray and everything. However, the caveat is that the official ingress protection rating does not cover all markets, but our best guess is it's a licensing issue, and every unit, regardless of origin, technically has IP65 protection, even if it's not official.

The front of the phone looks pretty unassuming. The display is kind of aggressively curved on both sides. The bezels aren't particularly big, but they are still there. The top bezel above the display is big enough to house the earpiece/speaker but not much else. There are no visible sensors anywhere. Everything is hidden underneath the display.

The Realme GT 6T uses an under-display optical fingerprint reader. It is fast and accurate, but it could have been positioned higher for better comfort and usability. Still, we have no complaints about how it works other than that.

The Realme GT 6T comes with an IR blaster on the phone's top frame, which you can only see on the higher-end phones in Realme's portfolio.

It doesn't have a 3.5mm audio jack, just in case you were wondering.

Realme GT 6T

Another interesting design choice is the additional speaker hole on the top frame, which helps guide sound better for improved stereo separation.

The buttons on the right side of the frame feel great. They are well-positioned, nice and clicky, with good tactile feedback. No complaints there.