Reality 9 Pro Plus has been launched to compete with mid-range smartphones such as Xiaomi 11 series and OnePlus Nord series of Xiaomi. Now, these questions are made that Realme 9 Pro+ What is new in? Is it Realme 9 Pro Is there a premium smartphone compared to? So without delay, the answers to these questions are known in this review.
Realme 9 Pro+ Price in India
Realme 9 Pro+ comes in three variants. Its base variant has 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, which costs Rs 24,999. The second variant comes with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, which costs Rs 26,999. While the top variant comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, and it is priced at Rs 28,999. I have reviewed its top variant.
Talking about its price, the new smartphone is Realme’s own Realme GT Master Edition Competes with, as the price of GT Master Edition starts at Rs 25,999, which is only Rs 1000 more than the base variant of 9 Pro+. There are some specifications in GT Master Edition, which are better than 9 Pro+, such as its 120Hz refresh rate. However, 9 Pro Plus has a better primary camera and optical image stabilization (OIS), which is not in the master edition. It is a good thing to have more options, but this does not reduce the dilemma among customers about the lineup. Your choice will finally depend on what you want … a good camera or display?
Realme 9 Pro+ Design
Realme 9 Pro Plus also seems to be walking step by step with the trend of color changing smartphones. The company has launched the phone in three finish, including Midnight Black, Aurora Green and Sunrise Blue. Only Sunrise Blue Finnish is going to change color in sunlight, just like Vivo v23 Pro I get to be seen in. In indoor, its bright sky blue color finish turns into a maroon color in sunlight. However, I did not find it as attractive as I did not like to convert from Golden of V23 Pro to green color. Overall, it does not take much premium to see the phone’s look, as its rear glass panel fingerprint catches up very quickly.
If you keep the color changing panel aside, then the design of the phone looks similar to other reality smartphones. Its frame is of polycarbonate, which has side flats and is pressed between two layers of glass. The phone is quite slim and its thickness is only 7.99mm. Being only 184 grams in weight, it is quite comfortable in one hand use.
The phone’s display is flat and a selfie camera has been given in the hole punch. It has an in-display fingerprint reader and the company also gives a heart rate monitoring feature in it, but at the same time it is said that it is only an experimental feature. To use it, it has to go to the Realme Lab section in the Settings app. In its design, I did not like thick chin under the display.
Realme 9 Pro+ Specifications and Software
Realme has given MediaTek Dimensity 920 processor in this phone, which was recently seen in the Xiaomi 11i series. This processor runs at a maximum clock speed of 2.5GHz and is made through 6 nanometers of frabrication process. The phone supports several 5G bands and comes with dual 5G standby. It has a Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and general satellite navigation system. The phone has a 4,500mAh battery, which is soon charged with the 60W Quick Charger found with the box. Realme 9 Pro and 9 Pro+ are among the first smartphones that run on the Realme UI 3.0 based on Android 12. The phone has many unwanted apps already installed with the phone, which can be removed, but there are some native apps of realmes that cannot be removed.
Realme UI 3.0 is not much customized like Vivo’s Funtouch OS and this stock gives experience like Android. This makes it feel like Android 12 with the new Material You design. Realme’s UI widgets are very low compared to Vivo or Samsung, so the widget of Android 12 does not look unusual on the home screen.
The designs and fonts of Realme UI 3.0 look the same, until you go to the Privacy Dashboard in Settings. Here you get stock material you UI, which looks completely different. According to Reality, some sections of Android 12 (Privacy Dashboard, Permissions Manager, Digital Wellbeing) are necessary stock looks, even if there is a skin on the operating system. I saw some minor problems related to the theme in it, such as the grade-out of the text on expanding notifications in a bridge-down tray while using dark mode.
The phone has a dynamic themeing system, as is found in Android 12 on a Pixel device. This feature picks up colors with selected wallpaper and applies them to some elements of interfaces such as notification tray togle, settings menu icon etc. Here you can also choose color from wallpaper yourself. I found that Google apps and Google Keyboard’s Android 12 widows do not change color with the rest of the UI, as they do on the pixel device. In short, I need to do a little more work in this area.
Realme 9 Pro+ Performance
The Reality 9 Pro Plus has a 6.4 -inch AMOLED display, with a protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The color looks very saturated in the default vivid color setting. So I set it on natural mode. The display can also be easily read in sunlight. I did not get the Netflix app, as I had a pre-production unit. But I used video streaming on Amazon Prime, which was a very good experience. In the phone HDR mode, showing the right colors was seen to be a little mistake and the color faded a bit. Reality has said that this problem will soon be abolished through updates. Standard definition was fine, in which black (color) was quite deep. With the help of stereo speakers, the experience of watching the video became better, as the sound was quite loud and clear.
The refresh rate of the display can only be switched between 60Hz and 90Hz. Even after setting on 90Hz, it goes to 60Hz while playing the game and it becomes 90Hz as soon as it comes back to the phone interface. Even after opening the YouTube app, it was locked on 60Hz, while the video seen on the screen was running on 30fps. This means that it only reaches 90Hz on the interface of the phone.
Talking about benchmark scores, the phone did not disappoint and performed equal to its rivals. The smartphone score on AnuTu was 5,07,258 points. At the same time, the phone managed to score 818 in a single-core test on Geekbench and 2,316 in multi-core test. Even after unwanted apps, the Realme UI 3.0 was very smooth and the experience on the user interface was fun with a refresh rate of 90 Hz.
The gaming performance of the phone was also very good. Call of Duty: ‘Medium’ graphics and ‘very high’ frame rate in mobile phones went on without any hassle. There was no decrease in performance even on increasing graphics settings. Asphalt 9: Legends were crashing repeatedly for some reason. So I tried Real Racing 3 instead, which went quite smoothly.
To check the battery life, I passed Realme 9 Pro+ through a video loop test, and it lasted for 23 hours 36 minutes, which is quite a good thing. I was able to run it for one and a half days, using light gaming and camera with simple use. This battery backup is considered good for mid-range devices. Charging was very fast. With the help of 60W charger, the phone ranged from zero to 80 percent in only 30 minutes and was full charge in 50 minutes.
Realme 9 Pro+ Cameras
Talking about the camera department of the phone, it comes with a 50 -megapixel primary camera, along with optical image stabilization. It has no common lens, but a Sony IMX766 lens which is only Oppo Reno 7 Pro And OnePlus 9RT Get in smartphone. In addition, the rear module also has an 8-megapixel ultra wide angle lens and 2 megapixel macro lens. For selfie, the phone has a 16 -megapixel camera sensor.
The camera app is similar to the rest of the reality phone but some light changes are seen. This time, the frame rate selector for the timer and video for the photo is placed in the three dot menu. Like all smartphones running on Android 12, it also shows a green dot near the status icon, which suggests that the camera is current in background or fourground. It is a privacy protection feature.
The phone clicked the photo in day-light with sharpness and good dynamic range. Saturation appeared more in HDR. Potit shots taken from front and rear cameras came with quite sharp and good details. Edge detection was also excellent.
Photos taken from ultra wide angle camera were better than expected. He was not as sharp as a primary camera, but the dynamic range was good and barrel distortion was very low. Photos taken from the macro camera were also good.
In low light, the phone automatically keeps the shutter open for one second, so that more and more lights can come in. This was happening without turning on AI mode. With the help of its optical image stabilization, photos taken in low light, even auto mode were quite sharp and the dynamic range was also very good. On clicking photos in night mode, details came more. A street mode has been given in the camera app, with the help of which you can also click scenes like lights on a street or road on the road. This feature was also in the previous ritime phones but impressed me very much without trying to keep it stable or without a tripod it captured long exposure shots.
Talking about video recording, the videos recorded on 1080p were fine, but not received sharpness as expected. The 4K footage recorded on 30fps was good, but there was a lack of stability. The result was the same in low light.
Verdict
Looking at Realme 9 Pro+ and 9 Pro, you will feel that the specifications of both are the same, but from their hardware it is clear that both come here in different categories.
The Realme 9 Pro starts at Rs 17,999 and the refresh rate of the display is 120Hz. It has a 5,000mAh battery and has a 64 -megapixel primary camera, which looks better than the on paper Reality 9 Pro Plus. While Realme 9 Pro+ has an AMOLED display, which shows deep black. This phone has 60W fast charging support and a better primary camera sensor with OIS. In this sense, it can be said that both are created for different audiences. The Reality 9 Pro is made keeping in mind the Pro gamers, while 9 Pro+ is for users who are fond of photography.
At this price point Xiaomi 11i Best Value for Money proves to be a little better hardware. Other than this Xiaomi 11i Hypercharge Is, with which 120W charging is available. OnePlus Nord Ce There is another option that is in this price range and gives a good camera and clean software experience. OnePlus Nord CE 2 is soon to be replaced by OnePlus Nord CE.
Realme 9 Pro+ may not get too much aggressive specifications, but in some areas this phone proves itself better. One of these is OIS as well as a flagship level primary camera, which performs amazing in day light as well as low-light. The MediaTek Dimensity 920 processor given in the phone is also very strong. Realme UI 3.0, which comes with Android 12, gives highly smooth experience. The battery life of the phone is also good and keeping all these things in mind, Realme 9 Pro+ proves to be a solid value for money device.