World’s 1st 240W Smartphone Revealed – Full Charge in 9 Minutes!

Realme has announced the GT Neo5 in China. It is the company’s latest smartphone in the GT Neo series. The GT Neo5 comes with a Tianma 6.74”, 144Hz 1.5K flat AMOLED screen. It also has 2160Hz ultra-high frequency PWM dimming, a brightness of up to 1400 nits, and a 2.31mm ultra-narrow chin.

The phone is equipped with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, 16GB RAM, and 1TB storage. There is a variable heat dissipation system max with a cooling area of 6580 mm². A 3D VC cooling area of 4500 mm² and a 1500Hz gaming control engine. The gaming engine is customised for players, and an antenna matrix system 2.0.

A transparent RGB design is inspired by transparent gaming chassis. This includes a transparent double-film zero-noise technology and a deco-integrated metal camera. A halo RGB system with 25 colours, 5-speed adjustments, and customizable settings.

The Purple colour employs the industry’s first matte fusion process in a glass piece with four textures. The white is a translucent and warm combination of black and white. The Black has fine particles that are deep and it uses three different colours of Starlight.

The phone includes a 50MP Sony IMX890 with OIS and HyperShot 2.0. It has Turbo RAW lossless image algorithm and Street shooting mode 3.0. Along with a microscope lens and an 8MP ultra-wide camera.

There are two models available, one with a 4600mAh battery and 240W fast charging. Making it the fastest-charging phone in mass production. Realme claims 2 hours of talk time with 30 seconds of charge. 80 seconds to 20%, 4 minutes to 50%, and 9 minutes to full charge. The 5000mAh battery version has a charging capacity of 150W and can charge to 100% in 16 minutes.

The phone is now available for pre-order and will be available for sale in China on February 15th. During the first sale, the 150W variant will be discounted by 100 yuan. Sky Li, CEO of Realme, has confirmed that the phone will be available globally soon.

Realme GT Neo5 Specifications

• 6.74-inch (2772×1240 pixels) (144Hz/120Hz/90Hz/60Hz/45Hz/40Hz adaptive) AMOLED display
• Up to 1450 nits peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut, 2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming
• Octa Core Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform
• Adreno next-gen GPU
• GT Neo5 – 8GB/12GB/16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage
• GT Neo5 240W – 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB/512GB (UFS 3.1) storage
• Android 13 with realme UI 4.0
• Dual SIM (nano + nano)
• 50MP rear camera with Sony IMX890 sensor, OIS, f/1.88 aperture, 23.6mm equivalent focal length
• 8MP IMX355 112° ultra-wide camera with f/2.2 aperture
• 2MP GC02M microscope lens with f/3.3 aperture, LED flash
• 16MP front-facing camera with Samsung S5K3P9 sensor, f/2.45 aperture
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• Dimensions: 163.85×75.75×8.9
• Weight:199 grams
• USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers
• Dolby Atmos, Hi-Res Audio
• 5G SA/ NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11 ax (2.4GHz + 5GHz)
• Bluetooth 5.2, GPS (L1 + L5)/ GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C
• GT Neo5 – 5000mAh (typical) / 4850mAh (minimum) battery with 150W SuperVOOC fast charging
• GT Neo5 240W – 4600mAh (typical) / 4450mAh (minimum) battery with 240W SuperVOOC fast charging

Realme GT Neo5 Price List

• 150W 8GB+256GB – 2599 yuan (US$ 383 / Rs. 31,635 approx.)
• 150W 12GB+256GB – 2799 yuan (US$ 412 / Rs. 34,070 approx.)
• 150W 16GB+256GB – 2999 yuan (US$ 441 / Rs. 36,485 approx.)
• 240W 16GB+ 256GB – 3199 yuan (US$ 471 / Rs. 38,920 approx.)
• 240W 16GB+1TB – 3499 yuan (US$ 515 / Rs. 42,575 approx.)

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