realme 11 Pro+ Review: Unique Design, Impressive 200 MP Camera, Excellent Performance

In May 2023, realme introduced the realme 11 Pro+ with changes in design, specifications, and camera system. What's new in the realme 11 Pro+ design? How does the realme 11 Pro+ camera perform? What about its overall performance and battery life? Join me in the realme 11 Pro+ review to explore more about this phone!

Note: This article references images and content from GSMArena.

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realme 11 Pro+ Unique Design, Excellent Grip Experience

Overall, realme 11 Pro+ boasts a unique design with a dominant milky white tone on the back. Highlighted by the large circular camera module and a glossy yellow stripe in the middle, it looks eye-catching, exuding sophistication and youthfulness. Additionally, the back of the realme 11 Pro+ is crafted from faux leather, not only enhancing its overall aesthetics but also providing users with a soft, comfortable grip compared to traditional plastic materials.

Moreover, realme 11 Pro+ features a premium plastic frame with gently curved corners and edges, providing users with a snug and ergonomic grip. The device is also relatively slim and lightweight, measuring approximately 8.7mm in thickness and weighing only 189 grams. This ensures users can conveniently carry the phone without feeling encumbered or experiencing wrist fatigue during extended usage.

In addition to delivering a comfortable grip, the edges of realme 11 Pro+ house functional buttons and ports in familiar locations for realme users. On the right side, you'll find the volume controls and power button. Meanwhile, the bottom edge hosts the Type-C charging port, external speaker, microphone, and SIM card tray.

Turning to the front, the display area of realme 11 Pro+ is designed with a punch-hole cutout housing the selfie camera and an under-display fingerprint sensor—a common trend in mid-range to high-end smartphones in recent years. Additionally, the curved edges on both sides of the realme 11 Pro+ screen provide a sleek and attractive front profile, enhancing user experience with a spacious and aesthetically pleasing operating space.

As for display specifications, realme 11 Pro+ boasts a 6.7-inch screen with Full HD+ resolution (1,800 x 2,412 pixels) and an IPS panel, delivering sharp images, crisp frames, and true-to-life colors. Although the device's screen doesn't support a 120Hz refresh rate like some competitors in the same segment, its display parameters are sufficient to provide users with a good experience within its price range.

Impressive 200 MP Camera on realme 11 Pro+

In addition to its attractive appearance, one of the standout features of the realme 11 Pro+ is its camera system. The device is equipped with a triple-lens setup with the following specifications:

• Main Camera: 200 MP resolution, Samsung HP3 sensor, f/1.69 aperture, OIS support.
• Ultra-wide Camera: 8 MP resolution, f/2.2 aperture, 112-degree wide-angle.
• Macro Camera: 2 MP resolution, f/2.4 aperture.
• Selfie Camera: 32 MP resolution, f/2.45 aperture, 90-degree wide-angle.

From the above specifications, we can see that the realme 11 Pro+ has made significant strides in photography, boasting a triple rear camera system with a main sensor resolution of up to 200 MP. This aims to fully leverage the image processing capabilities of the Dimensity 7050 processor. Now, let's explore the images captured by the realme 11 Pro+.

First is the 200 MP main camera of the realme 11 Pro+, at the default 12.5 MP shooting mode, the device effortlessly produces sharp and noise-free images. The dynamic range and contrast are well-displayed, highlighting details in the photos. Additionally, the colors are accurately reproduced, enhancing the overall aesthetic of the images.

In the 2x zoom shooting mode, images produced by the main camera of the realme 11 Pro+, originally cropped from the central 12.5 MP (or from the 200 MP photo when shooting at 50 MP resolution), may exhibit occasional blurriness in moving subjects. However, the contrast, dynamic range, and colors are consistently represented. On the other hand, the 4x zoom mode proves more useful, offering true-to-life colors, good contrast, a wide dynamic range, and minimal noise.

Additionally, the realme 11 Pro+ provides shooting modes at 50 MP and 200 MP resolutions. In essence, the author appreciates the 50 MP photos more as they often show considerable improvements in sharpness, wide dynamic range, and accurate colors. Meanwhile, photos taken in 200 MP mode tend to lack realism, as details are artificially enhanced through complex AI algorithms, and image processing features like noise reduction, color correction, HDR, etc., are not executed effectively.

In portrait mode, the 2x zoom level and portraits captured at this magnification are highly praised by the author. The subject's display is good, acceptable detail level, true-to-life colors, and a wide dynamic range that ensures comprehensive detail representation, supported by Auto HDR. Note that under less-than-ideal lighting conditions, portrait photos may exhibit noise and blurriness. Additionally, the bokeh effect is convincingly simulated, effectively separating the subject from the background with precise subject isolation and just the right amount of blur.

Turning to the 8 MP ultra-wide lens of realme 11 Pro+, the resulting images showcase sharp details without noise, and the corners are rectilinear rather than curved, unlike the ultra-wide cameras of previous generations. Additionally, contrast and dynamic range are adequately displayed, and while the colors may be slightly saturated, they remain appealing.

Regarding the 2 MP macro camera, the author does not highly rate the macro shots of realme 11 Pro+ as the results are of fairly poor quality with average detail, noticeable noise, and sometimes slightly faded colors compared to the other two lenses.

Finally, for selfies, realme 11 Pro+ has upgraded the lens specifications by increasing the resolution from 16 MP to 32 MP with Quad-Bayer pixel binning technology, allowing the device to capture higher-resolution images. Overall, regular photos are very sharp, even when HDR is activated or deactivated. The device exhibits good noise reduction, vibrant colors, and an impressive dynamic range.

- Photos taken by realme 11 Pro+ in low-light conditions:

In default mode, realme 11 Pro+'s cameras activate automatic night mode to enhance the vibrancy of images. For the main camera, the results exhibit good exposure, a wide enough dynamic range to highlight details on the object's surface, vibrant colors, and optimal handling of noise. However, when night mode is turned off, the photos tend to be darker and may experience overexposure in areas with abundant light sources.

When shooting at 2x zoom with the intervention of night mode, the sharpness and colors of the photos are still well-maintained but become less optimized in extremely low-light conditions. However, the sharpness of details tends to improve significantly when shooting at 4x zoom.

Moving on to the 8MP ultra-wide camera of realme 11 Pro+, with the intervention of night mode, the photos still maintain a reasonable level of detail and color, and the noise remains acceptable. However, similar to the main camera, when turning off night mode, the results produced by the ultra-wide camera become much darker, and the colors are less vibrant.

realme 11 Pro+ packs a powerful configuration featuring Dimensity 7050 and 12 GB of RAM

Before delving into the detailed specifications, let's take a quick look at the hardware specs of realme 11 Pro+:

• Display: 6.7-inch size, IPS LCD panel, Full HD+ resolution (1,080 x 2,412 pixels).
• Processor: Dimensity 7050.
• RAM: 12 GB.
• Internal Storage: 256 GB, 512 GB, or 1 TB.
• Rear Cameras: 200 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP.
• Selfie Camera: 8 MP.
• Battery: 5,000 mAh, 100 W fast charging.

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In terms of performance, realme 11 Pro+ is equipped with the Dimensity 7050 processor recently introduced by MediaTek in 2023. For those unfamiliar, Dimensity 7050 is a chip designed for mid-range to upper-range phones, featuring an octa-core architecture (including 2 high-performance ARM Cortex-A78 cores and 6 power-efficient ARM Cortex-A55 cores) with a maximum clock speed of 2.6 GHz. This means that realme 11 Pro+ can smoothly handle various tasks such as web browsing, gaming, video streaming, providing efficient performance.

Furthermore, realme 11 Pro+ comes with 12 GB of RAM, an ideal capacity for multitasking without experiencing lag or app reloads during gaming or web browsing. Alongside this, realme 11 Pro+ offers 256 GB of internal storage, providing users ample space to store personal data without worrying about running out of storage space.

To get a more detailed insight into the power of the Dimensity 7050 chip on realme 11 Pro+, GSMArena used benchmarking software including GeekBench 5, Antutu 9, and 3DMark. Let's explore the results below!

Firstly, in the GeekBench 5 benchmark, realme 11 Pro+ stands out by delivering excellent results in both single-core and multi-core tests. The device scored 835 points in the single-core test and 2,207 points in the multi-core test. Additionally, the results from the Antutu 9 benchmark are impressive, reaching 558,996 points, surpassing competitors like POCO X5 Pro and its predecessor, the realme 10 Pro+.

In the stability test using CPU Throttle software, after around 60 minutes of intensive use, realme 11 Pro+ still demonstrates superiority by maintaining performance stability above 80%. The device doesn't heat up excessively, as noted by the author.

In the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test, realme 11 Pro+ achieves a stability rating of 99.6%, with the highest temperature reaching 38% after more than 50 rounds of testing. Moreover, the Best Loop Score and Lowest Loop Score only have a slight difference of around 10 points (2,297 - 2,287 = 10).

realme 11 Pro+ with a 5,000 mAh battery providing nearly 18 hours of continuous video playback

Similar to many mid-range and high-end smartphones today, realme 11 Pro+ is equipped with a 5,000 mAh battery to deliver extended device usage. Alongside this, it features fast charging with a speed of up to 100 W, allowing users to shorten the charging time for an optimized experience.

According to GSMArena's battery tests, the 5,000 mAh battery on realme 11 Pro+ can provide users with over 33 hours and 29 minutes of 3G talk time, 17 hours and 34 minutes of web browsing, and 17 hours and 29 minutes of continuous video playback. With such promising results, meeting users' needs for a full day of work and entertainment under real-world usage conditions seems to be quite achievable for realme 11 Pro+.

Moreover, the charging performance of the 100 W fast charger for realme 11 Pro+ is truly impressive. Specifically, when charged from 0%, you get 63% battery in just 15 minutes, ensuring extended usage for hours. It takes approximately 30 minutes to fully charge the device.

Conclusion

Overall, at a price of 2,099 Chinese Yuan (equivalent to 6.91 million VND) in the Chinese market, realme 11 Pro+ delivers more than expected. It's an excellent value proposition, especially for budget-conscious users, including students, providing a unique design, stable performance, and an impressive 200 MP camera.

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