realme 10 Pro+ Unboxing and First Impressions


realme today launched the realme 10 Pro+ as the successor to realme 9 Pro+. This is the first phone in the price range to feature a curved AMOLED screen. It is also the first phone to be powered by Dimensity 1080 SoC in india . We got hold of the phone, and here is our unboxing.

Box Contents

  • realme 10 Pro+ 8GB + 128GB version in Hyperspace Gold color
  • 2-pin 80W SuperVOOC fast charger (USB Type-A port)
  • USB Type C Cable
  • SIM Ejector tool
  • Protective case
  • User Guide and Warranty information

The realme 10 Pro+ has a 6.7-inch Full HD+ AMOLED punch-hole screen with a pixel resolution of 2412 × 1080 pixels, 61° curved glass screen with gentle rounded corners. The sunlight legibility is good as well, thanks to 950 nits peak brightness. It has 100% DCI-P3, so the colors are vibrant. The phone has 120Hz refresh rate and 360Hz touch sampling rate, so it is pretty smooth to use.

The phone has a 2160Hz high-frequency dimming technology. In dark environments (brightness below 90 nits) where DC dimming can’t work, the phone will automatically switch to 2160Hz PWM dimming mode to maintain accurate colors on display with a more comfortable eye experience, said the company.

The phone has the punch-hole that houses a 16-megapixel camera. The earpiece is present on the top, and acts as a secondary speaker. The phone as ultra-narrow border, so it has high screen-to-body ratio of about 93.65%. It also has HDR support, which works for supported YouTube videos, but it doesn’t work in Netflix.

The phone has an in-display fingerprint scanner which is quick to unlock the phone. There is also X-touch Anti-mistouch Algorithm that increases the anti-mistouch area by 20%, and has been intelligently optimized to decrease mistouches across the board. Thanks to COP Ultra packaging technology, so it has 2.33mm ultra-narrow chin.

Powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1080 with 5G SA/NA support, it has up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM with up to 8GB of additional RAM expansion. There is up to 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage.

Coming to the button placements and ports, the power button is present on the right side along with the volume rockers. The dual SIM slot, primary microphone, USB Type-C port and the loudspeaker grill are present on the bottom. The secondary microphone is on the top. The phone doesn’t have an expandable storage. Audio from the stereo speakers is good.

It features a 108-megapixel main camera with Samsung HM6 sensor, 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, 2-megapixel macro camera. It has 4K video 30fps recording and portrait video support. Check out some camera samples.

Coming to the design, the phone comes in three colors. The Hyperspace colour that we have has a glossy rear design. The refracted light of the design appears as if light is being stretched to the limit at ultra-high speeds, and creates a dynamic three-dimensional effect.

The Dark Matter and Nebula Blue feature a matte finish. The design is inspired by the concept of hyperspace tunnels.

It has a 5000mAh battery with 67W SuperVOOC fast charging that offers 0 to 50% charge in 17 minutes. Since it has a huge battery, it weighs about 173 grams.

Priced starting Rs. 24,999 for the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version, the phone will be available from Flipkart and realme.com as well as offline stores from December 14th.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram