Realme invited us to Denmark for a first practical experience with the new Realme 14 Pro+. This is more of a preview than a full announcement as key details about the Pro+ and its sibling, the Realme 14 Pro, remain under wraps.
The company will make a full disclosure soon. For now let’s talk about the outside. It’s no coincidence that we are here, Realme has collaborated with Copenhagen-based Valeur Designers for the exterior.
Together they came up with a color-changing look for the rear, one we’ve never seen before. In the past, there have been phones that changed color when illuminated by sunlight (Realme 9 Pro+, for example). This one is different and instead reacts to cold temperatures, quite suitable for the season.
The back of the Realme 14 Pro+ normally appears pearly white, but when the thermometer drops to 16°C (61°F) or lower, vibrant blue swirls appear on the back. Once the phone warms up, they quickly return to off-white. This is the first time such a material has been used on a smartphone. Note that Realme considers this a “bonus feature” – this effect will fade over time as sunlight will cause it to degrade. It is expected to last approximately 12 months under normal use.
Here’s a demonstration. We used an ice bath to speed up the process and, no, Realme isn’t afraid of water, hot or cold. However, you don’t need water to show the effect to your friends, a cold winter’s day will work just as well.
Pearl White is not just a name, by the way, Realme used real conch pearl powder for the back, mixed with microcapsules that contain special color-changing pigments. The powder mixture is not homogeneous, so each phone has a unique pattern on the back panel.
The aquatic theme continues with an underwater photo mode. Since touchscreens don’t work well when submerged, you have to use the volume keys to take a photo. The phone is rated IP68 for submersion and IP69 for hot water jets.
Unfortunately we can’t talk about the camera yet. Not in detail, anyway. We can say that Realme 14 Pro+ will be the only one in the series with a periscope camera.
And take a closer look at the back: There are three LED flash modules arranged in a circle and spaced 120° apart. Realme calls it “MagicGlow” and it is used for uniform illumination of night portraits. This creates more natural lighting for your subjects. When we turn on the flash, you can also notice something else: different color temperatures on the lights. This allows the camera to control the color temperature of the portraits it takes.
The 14 Pro+ will also be the only one in the series with a quad-curved display. The curves are only at the very edge of the display and make the already thin 1.6 mm bezel seem even thinner: the display appears almost bezel-less on all four sides. And it’s a very good quality panel too, but details on it will have to wait for the full reveal.
The back has a matte finish which, together with its light color, makes fingerprints invisible. The frame has a golden tone, as does the frame around the camera island.
The Realme 14 Pro+ is powered by the new Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. Unlike the 7s Gen 2, this one is built on a 4nm TSMC node (instead of a 4nm Samsung node) and uses ARMv9 Cortex-A720 and A520 cores, as well as a next-generation Adreno 810 GPU (compared to the A78/A55 and Adreno 710 CPU cores on the previous chip version).
Qualcomm’s official numbers indicate that the 7s Gen 3 has a much faster GPU (+40%) than the 7s Gen 2, along with better CPU performance (+20%) and a boost for AI tasks (+30%). ). And it uses less power too – 12% overall, but the new CPU cores are a full 45% more efficient than the old ARMv8 cores.
Realme will soon launch the 14 Pro series, which includes the Realme 14 Pro+ that we reviewed, as well as a more affordable Realme 14 Pro model, so stay tuned for more news.
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