SpecEagle review · Realme

Realme GT Neo 2 review: Snapdragon 870 value flagship with big battery.

Item: Realme GT Neo 2
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2021·$420

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#71 of 206

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

The Snapdragon 870 sweet spot.

GT Neo 2 picked the cool, efficient Snapdragon 870 over the hotter 888 and added a 5000 mAh battery — making it one of the best-balanced value flagships of 2021 for gaming and battery life.

01Display

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

TypeSuper AMOLED, 120Hz

Size6.62 inches

Resolution1080 x 2400 px

02Camera

76/100

76/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2021.

Main64 MP, f/1.8

Ultrawide8 MP, 119 deg

Macro2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 83-point average for flagship phones of 2021.

ChipsetSnapdragon 870 (7nm)

GPUAdreno 650

CoolingDiamond thermal gel vapor chamber

04Battery

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2021 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging65W SuperDart

05Build

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

What works

Snapdragon 870 stays cool and efficient
5000 mAh + 65W charging
Stereo + 3.5 mm jack

What doesn't

64 MP cam is average
2 MP macro filler
realme UI 2 bloated

Cross-shop it against

Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

$1200 · score 89/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 206-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .