Realme 14 Pro+ review

28 January 2025


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Anonymous, 15 hours agoIts an open secret that brands send out "perfect"... moreYeah I pretty much agree but I don't think that's the case here with this phone since I'm already using it and don't have any complains (other than the lack of ir sensor) and also other reviews on YouTube show much better results on battery performance.

It's also weird when you have a more efficient chip with a significantly bigger battery get noticably worse results.. it should be obvious to know there's a defect or lack of optimization that's causing the problem.

    PureOS, 15 hours agoThey are terrible. In the end, Samsung A56 will prove his s... moreby that metric no phone is good cus no one's going to know how the phone is "really" going to be unless they use it. What are you even yapping about lol

    ALL midrange phones SUCK in one way or another. Some have good performance, others have good cameras and the Samsung is just balanced, and that's not a good thing considering the fact that being balanced as a midranger means being kinda bad overall.

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      Anonymous, 5 hours agoHow to know the device is faulty? Maybe this is the real pe... moreIt is much more likely that this unit is defective. And it would be very easy to realize that.

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        Flo, 29 Jan 2025Realme 13 pro + is better except for the perf. Body of the ... moreAgree. This trend of making phones big is terrible.

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          markiz, 11 hours agoWho have they hired to do these reviews? It's one thi... moreHow to know the device is faulty? Maybe this is the real performance of customer units while the other positive ratings are from review units customised to get good test results.

            PureOS, 15 hours agoThey are terrible. In the end, Samsung A56 will prove his s... moreYeah, it will provide consistently outdated design, consistently outdated camera tech, consistently outdated charging speeds, consistently outdated display bezels and consistently outdated chipset with consistently bad performance for consistently high pricing
            And I am saying this as a Galaxy A54 owner.

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              • 11 hours ago

              Who have they hired to do these reviews?
              It's one thing to follow protocol and report as it is, but whoever did this, has at no point questions if the device is faulty, since both battery and charging just don't match anything and are so far off.

                So the MagicGlow is the only good thing

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                  • 13 hours ago

                  "The 1080p videos from the ultrawide camera offer enough detail day and night, good colors, contrast and even the dynamic range is adequate."

                  Am I the only one who doesn't agree with that?
                  I mean, the 1080p daylight video from the ultrawide is far from good and the low-light sample is barely usable.

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                    • 13 hours ago

                    Strange how little things count sometimes. I had a Realme phone for years and it came with screen protector preapplied, good case and fast charger in the box. So when I got my next phone, another brand that didn't have any of it, I really missed them. So for me Realme was more than expected (actually got this mostly because of the favourable review here in GSM arena).

                      Kayak, 18 hours agoWhat the hell is going on with this year's midranges ?They are terrible. In the end, Samsung A56 will prove his spot as best and most consistent midrange device. At least, u know what to expect from Samsung, and cause of their consistency, they are on the top. Many devices are better on paper, but reality is different. Only worth device besides this upcoming one is Poco X7 pro.

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                        • 15 hours ago

                        Josh808, 29 Jan 2025Sorry GSMArena but I think there's definitely somethin... moreIts an open secret that brands send out "perfect" units for reviews. Perfect in the sense the devices are from a batch deemed to have flawless hardware in every way to get as high rating as possible. The chance of reviewers getting a unit with defective hardware is therefore very low barring damages during transit or handling by reviewers.

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                          • 18 hours ago

                          What the hell is going on with this year's midranges ?

                            Jerome69Paris, 29 Jan 2025This smartphone could have been "perfect," but ho... moreBecause Qualcomm decided that the 7S gen3 can't do 4K60 While the only half as Powerful Snap 845 can.


                            They love to gatekeep features from mid range CPUs.

                            I would love so that people complain why certain phone can't do certain thing so the Phone manufacturer will spent on the flagship chipset.

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                              • 19 hours ago

                              Anyone who has this tried with other cameras software like a gcam? Realme camera software is usually heavy handed on noise reduction so an wondering what the absolute quality of the sensor is like with software that retains hi fidelity

                                Tech, 29 Jan 2025Upgraded to realme 14 pro plus (India) from Xiaomi NE lite ... moreThat is not that great. My screen on time is about 16hrs on 60hz and 14 hrs at 120hz, with 7.000mah and LCD screen, which uses more power than oled.

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                                  • 29 Jan 2025

                                  6000mAh that lasts under 10 hours? Who's to blame here, the battery or the chipset? The OS?
                                  Personally I don't want to go back to the days when my phone battery would be drained within a day.

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                                    • s8f
                                    • 29 Jan 2025

                                    Upgraded to realme 14 pro plus (India) from Xiaomi NE lite 11, for battery related (!same settings as before ), for first time 100% charge got a screen on time of @8 hrs highest ever, today at 80% battery 2 hours screen on time so far, all mixed usage, using as daily driver. Guess, gsmarena has a a defective unit or software update issue. my previous NE lite used give to 4+ screen on time.

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                                      • JeC
                                      • 29 Jan 2025

                                      Realme 13 pro + is better except for the perf. Body of the r14 pro+ 163.5x77.3x8.0mm is too much especially the larger 77mm in the hand is not confortable

                                        Sorry GSMArena but I think there's definitely something wrong in your review or the unit you have has some sort of defect.

                                        I have the phone and I'm using it currently, battery life is actually great and the charger comes with the phone in the box and charges to 100% in 50-55 minutes.

                                        Your camera samples of the 2x zoom are so oversharpened compared to the photos it took.

                                        Performance is also better on my device (antutu score is over 820,000 much higher than your score - haven't used geekbench so not sure about its scores to be honest).

                                        Maybe you need to update the phone or review another unit.