Weekly poll: would you buy the Realme GT 7 or the GT 7T?
The Realme GT series is home to some of the best value-for-money phones on the market and the latest generation is showing great promise. Is the GT 7 or the GT 7T the right phone for you?
The Realme GT 7 has excellent build quality, a bright, colorful LTPO display, good stereo sound and a solid camera performance. The Dimensity 9400e chipset is pretty speedy, as is the 120W charging (you have to buy your own adapter, though). The 7,000mAh Si/C battery currently holds the top spot in our battery life chart by quite some margin.
Realme GT 7
The Realme GT 7T makes some cutbacks to hit a lower price point. That means a non-LTPO display (otherwise it's a similar 6.8' OLED panel with 6,000 nits peak brightness), a mid-range Dimensity 8400 Max chipset and no telephoto camera. The phone is still rated IP69 and it still has a 7,000mAh Si/C battery with 120W charging, though.
Realme GT 7T
You can read more about the Realme GT 7 camera in our review. In short the 50MP main camera (1/1.56', OIS) produces good but not great photos day and night, the 50MP 2x telephoto camera (1/2.76', no OIS) is okay but it is held back by the short focal length. On the downside, the 8MP ultra-wide is a bit of a letdown (no 4K videos and no AF), the 32MP selfie camera could have been better too.
Realme GT 7 and GT 7T at a glance
The GT 7T has basically the same set of cameras, minus the telephoto module. The different chipset will have different processing too, of course.
Note that the Realme GT 7 and GT 7T will receive 4 major OS updates and a total of six years of security patches. They launch with Realme UI 6 based on Android 15.
Here are the prices for European and Indian markets: Configuration Realme GT 7 Realme GT 7T 12GB/256GB €750/₹43,000 €650/₹38,000 12GB/512GB €800/₹47,000 €700/₹42,000 Realme GT 7 5G Realme GT 7T 5G
The GT models compete against the likes of the Poco F7 Ultra (SD 8 Elite, €700), OnePlus 13R (SD 8 Gen 3, €600) and Samsung Galaxy S25+ (SD 8 Elite, €1,150). They all have telephoto cameras – 50MP 2x for the Poco and OnePlus, 10MP 3x for the Galaxy. So, the GT 7T misses out on zooming in, but it still has strengths.
The batteries of these phones are smaller, even the 13R with its 6,000mAh capacity is significantly behind. Also, their water resistance ratings aren't as good, the 13R only has IP65, which isn't great for a near flagship.
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra • OnePlus 13R • Samsung Galaxy S25+ • Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
The Poco X7 Pro (Dimensity 8400 Ultra, €300) doesn't have a tele camera and its 50MP main has a small 1/1.95' sensor. It is cheap, though, and still had enough budget for an IP69 certification. The battery has 6,000mAh capacity in Europe and 6,550mAh in India, charging is 90W in both cases.
With all that in mind, is the Realme GT 7 on the short list of phones to consider for your next upgrade?
What about the Realme GT 7T, does its slightly lower price tag make it more appealing despite having certain downgrades?
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