Realme GT 7 Pro review

Super-bright 6.78-inch OLED display

The GT 7 Pro has a 6.78-inch display - this has become an oddly standard size. It's an Eco2 LTPO OLED panel from Samsung with a 120Hz refresh rate, extra high max brightness, and Dolby Vision support.

The resolution is 1,220x2,670px which works out to 450ppi in a 19.8:9 aspect ratio (2.2:1 if you're the other type of person). Realme promises up to 6,000nits of peak brightness in HDR applications, 2,000nits global maximum brightness, and 1000nits on the slider. The promo materials also mention 120% DCI-P3 coverage, DC dimming, 2,600Hz touch sampling (occasionally, but most often 240Hz, really), and all sorts of eye care certifications.

In our brightness testing, the 2336 units we saw were even higher than Realme's claims (we test with a 75% white patch against a black background, which helps increase the max output a bit). This test result in auto mode is just shy of the Pixel 9 Pro XL's achievement and comfortably higher than competitors or other more expensive handsets.

The nearly 1,100nits in manual operation is also a remarkable feat - that's achieved by enabling the Extra brightness toggle in settings. Otherwise, it's a more pedestrian 617nits.

Refresh rate

The GT 7 Pro supports refresh rates in the 1-120Hz range, and it will pick what it deems most appropriate for each use case. We also found it to refuse to drop below 60Hz in dim environments even with brightness manually dialed way up, which was a moderately curious observation - normally, it's lower display brightness that prevents low refresh rates and even that hasn't been the case with some of the recent panels. Either way, it can do 120Hz and it can do 1Hz - we'll leave it to Realme's logic to know when to do what.

One limitation that persists with most implementations of Realme UI and Color OS (OnePlus seemingly excluded as of late) is the refresh rate and frame rate cap on most games - it's still 60Hz/60fps. Only a handful of titles can go up to 120fps - FreeFire Max, PUBG (Battlegrounds Mobile India), Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Honor of Kings.

Streaming and HDR

The GT 7 Pro complies with all major HDR standards, including Dolby Vision. We didn't get HDR in Netflix at the time of review, but we think that's because we tested the phone a little early before all the certifications went through - we'll check back and update as needed. However, the Widevine L1 does ensure FullHD playback of DRM-protected content. YouTube did serve us HDR clips, just fine.

The phone also supports the Android Ultra HDR standard for displaying HDR photos with enhanced tone mapping and a brightness boost for highlights. It works in the in-house Photos gallery, where you get a button to turn it off on a photo-by-photo basis for comparison and switch it off globally in settings. It also works in Google Photos (minus the temporary preview button) and in Chrome for images from other compliant phones. It's nice when a 'standard' actually becomes a standard.

Realme GT 7 Pro battery life

The GT 7 Pro, at least in the version we have for review, is powered by a 6,500mAh battery - quite the number indeed. An India-specific variant may exist with a different capacity, though.

Realme has named it a 'Titan' battery, and it's that newish type of tech with a silicon carbon anode. Realme says this is the largest capacity for that battery type in the industry and it should be fully functional in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius.

We maintain a more comfortable environment in our offices, and in those conditions, the GT 7 Pro posted excellent numbers in our Active Use test. Perhaps most impressive is the 18+-hour result in web browsing - the second longest one we've gotten, with a nearly 2-hour lead on the phone in third position. The video playback time of just over 21 hours is also remarkable, if not quite as chart-topping. The 9:26h time in gaming is a more routine showing, but pretty great still.

The overall Active Use Score of 17:31h places the GT 7 Pro near the top of our all-time chart, making this Realme a top choice for long days away from a power outlet.

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Charging speed

The GT 7 Pro is specced to support 120W charging and comes bundled with an adapter with the same rating. With the latest silicon carbon batteries, the focus appears to have shifted from maximum charging speed to density and large capacity, but Realme still quotes a 37-minute empty to full time and 50% in just 13 minutes, which is pretty impressive for a 6,500mAh power pack.

In our testing, the GT 7 Pro peaked at around 95W very briefly at the very start of the process and then dropped to 80W for the next few minutes. We timed the charging to 100% from just after power on with an empty battery at 35 minutes. The phone then took a few extra minutes to actually stop drawing significant power from the adapter and reach a true 'full' state - more or less the normal behavior.

Some 12 minutes after the phone powered on, we were already looking at 50% in the battery indicator - impressive indeed. So, Realme's numbers appear to be accurate and the charging speed on the GT 7 Pro is excellent.

The GT 7 Pro does not feature wireless charging. The GT5 Pro before it did have that check mark in its specsheet, but it was the only Realme ever to do so, so we wouldn't say we're surprised that the brand has rolled back on including the feature, in favor of other priorities.

The phone has a set of battery-saving options, as well as a couple of features for protecting the battery health in the long run. It has the Smart charging toggle that learns your charging habits (if you have those) and does the final top off just before it predicts you'll be needing the phone. It also has the option to limit the charge to 80% when it detects you've got the phone plugged in for prolonged amounts of time. You can also turn off the Smart rapid charging and have the GT 7 Pro charge slower than its maximum capability.

Speaker test

The GT 7 Pro has a hybrid stereo speaker setup with one speaker on the bottom and another one up top. That second one has a slit above the display for earpiece duty, but also an opening on the top portion of the frame, so it can output sound in more directions.

The top speaker gets the left channel track in portrait orientation, and the phone will assign the tracks depending on how it's positioned in space in landscape mode. Either way, both speakers will play back both channels' audio, only the 'opposite' channel's level will be lower.

Bottom speaker • Earpiece • Extra speaker opening up top

The GT 7 Pro earned a 'Very Good' rating for loudness in our test, same as the GT5 Pro and the Xiaomi 14T Pro, and a notch above the OnePlus 12. The new model has gotten a bit of a nudge in mids, while the GT5 Pro was more neutral. We'd probably pick the Xiaomi 14T Pro for sound quality out of what we perceive is the GT 7 Pro's competition, but the Realme isn't half bad either.

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.