Realme as we speak expanded its Realme 13 lineup by launching two new smartphones – Realme 13 5G and Realme 13+. We have now the Realme 13+ with us, so let’s shortly unbox it and see what it is all about.
The Realme 13+ is available in a yellow-colored retail field. It features a protecting case, a charging cable, a SIM ejector instrument, and an 80W energy adapter.
The Realme 13+ packs a 6.67″ FullHD+ E4 AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate. Realme is also advertising a 1,200Hz “turbocharged contact sampling fee” for the display screen with assist for Professional-XDR and Sensible Contact tech. The latter helps customers function the cellphone even with moist fingers or water on the display screen.
The show has a 2,000 nits peak brightness and helps HDR, HDR10+, and HLG codecs. It additionally helps Widevine L1, permitting 1080p video streaming on supported apps. Moreover, Realme has marketed 90FPS assist for Free Hearth, Battlegrounds Cell India (BGMI), Cell Legends Bang Bang (MLBB), PUBG Cell, and Name of Obligation: Cell, whereas Honor of Kings helps 120FPS gameplay.
The Realme 13+’s display screen has a centered punch-hole for the 16MP selfie digital camera with f/2.4 aperture and 82.3° FOV. It makes use of a 1/3″ sensor.
Transferring beneath, we get an in-display fingerprint scanner. We discovered it to be quick and correct within the brief time we spent with the smartphone. Nonetheless, it might’ve been positioned larger for ease of attain.
The again of the Realme 13+ flaunts “Victory Speed Design,” which is impressed by the victory interface of racing video games and is a mix of “Speedy Curve Design” and “Speedy Lightning Texture.”
The Speedy Curve Design will be seen beneath the digital camera deco. It is a shoulder line stretching backward and forward, resembling a fast-paced racetrack and separating the higher portion of the panel from the Speedy Lightning Texture on the remainder of the duvet.
We obtained the Darkish Purple mannequin, which will be simply mistaken for black. Different choices are Victory Gold and Speedy Inexperienced. The purple mannequin has a non-glossy end with a bit of little bit of glitter, which is a departure from the Realme 12+’s vegan leather-based again panel, giving the Realme 13+ a much less premium in-hand really feel.
Nonetheless, whereas the Realme 12+’s rear panel was solely flat, the Realme 13+’s again cowl has some curves across the edges, making the cellphone extra comfy to carry than its predecessor.
Just like the Realme 12+, the Realme 13+ additionally sports activities a round digital camera island on the rear, however the design is totally different. It does home three cameras – 50MP major (Sony LYT-600, f/1.8, OIS), 2MP Mono, and a 3rd unknown unit. The Realme 12+’s 50MP primary unit was joined by 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro cameras.
The Realme 13+ additionally has flat frames just like the 12+, however these aren’t shiny, making the cellphone look much less premium. On the upside, they do not get smudged both, that means no fixed wiping is required should you aren’t utilizing a protecting case.
The Realme 13+’s left-side body has the quantity rocker and energy button with respectable suggestions. On the backside is the USB-C port, flanked by a SIM card slot, microphone, and a speaker grille. Up prime is the three.5mm headphone jack, joined by one other speaker and mic.
Realme 13+’s ports and controls
Powering the Realme 13+ is the Dimensity 7300 Vitality SoC, paired with as much as 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The smartphone runs Realme UI 5.0 primarily based on Android 14 and comes with the promise of two Android model upgrades and three years of Android safety updates. Nonetheless, Realme has made no guarantees concerning the frequency of the rollout of the safety updates.
It is also value mentioning that the Realme 13+ comes pre-installed with over a dozen third-party apps (and video games), which is not best, however fortuitously, all of them will be uninstalled.
Holding your entire package deal up and working is a 5,000 mAh battery with 80W charging assist. It is marketed to cost 50% in 19 minutes with the bundled 80W adapter.
Different highlights of the Realme 13+ embrace stereo audio system, GT Mode for players, a 6050mm2 chrome steel vapor cooling system, and an IP65 score.
The Realme 13+ is out there in India by way of Realme’s Indian web site, Flipkart, and mainline channels. It is available in 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB, and 12GB/256GB configurations, priced at INR22,999 ($275/€250), INR24,999 ($300/€270), and INR26,999 ($320/€290), respectively.