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The realme GT 7 Dream Edition

Arthur Fuentes

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<p>MANILA — The realme GT 7 Dream Edition is an eye-catcher. From the sleek, flowy, sweeping lines to its distinctive emerald green, also called the British Racing Green, this phone is unlike anything you&#x27;ve seen before.  </p><p>Forged from a collaboration with the Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team, this smartphone looks as premium as it gets. The phone&#x27;s striking color is actually the revered carmaker&#x27;s racing color.</p><div><strong>Sleek like an F1 machine</strong></div><p>Lines flow from the sides of the phone, narrowing to the bottom, bringing to mind the aerodynamic beauty of an F1 car. The back even features the Aston Martin racing emblem in shimmering silver and green.</p><p>Even the camera module, along with the lenses, is framed with a subtle lining of gold for that understated elegance. It&#x27;s almost a shame to put a case on this phone, but thankfully, the included case is also specially designed to match the phone, with a precise cutout to show the emblem.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300047724Dream Edition Launch Event.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Realme introducing the GT 7 Dream Edition collaboration with the Aston Martin F1 Racing Team. Handout"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Realme introducing the GT 7 Dream Edition collaboration with the Aston Martin F1 Racing Team. Handout</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754299996504realme gt 7 dream edition bottom.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The realme GT 7 Dream Edition. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner">The realme GT 7 Dream Edition. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300016503realme gt 7 dream edition emblem.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The realme GT 7 Dream Edition. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner">The realme GT 7 Dream Edition. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>And as befits its F1 branding, the realme GT 7 Dream Edition is blazing fast and has enough power to keep up and even lap other flagships that cost much, much more.</p><p>I have been using this phone for several weeks now as a daily driver and gaming phone and I&#x27;m quite impressed. For a phone costing less than P40k, this thing really punches above its weight class.</p><p>But first the specs.  </p><div><strong>What&#x27;s under the hood?</strong></div><p>The realme GT 7 Dream Edition is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400e, and has 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage. This puts it above the standard GT 7 which comes with 12 GB of RAM. Extra memory means it can handle more demanding tasks without any lag.  </p><p>MediaTek&#x27;s Dimensity 9400e chipset is powerful and can handle any task you throw at it. Based on the benchmarking done by different review sites, its performance is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which was used in flagships from 2024. While it&#x27;s not quite equal to those put out by SD 8 Elite in 2025 flagships, I doubt any real-world user will be able to notice the marginal gains.</p><p>What people will notice is that this thing just absolutely refuses to die like other phones when subjected to power-hungry tasks. This is all down to its class-leading battery, but I&#x27;m getting ahead of myself.</p><p>It features a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen with a 1.5k resolution (2780 x 1264) and a refresh rate of 120Hz, which are pretty standard now for midrange to premium phones. What makes the screen stand out, however, is its eye-scorching 6,000 nits of peak brightness--you don&#x27;t need to squint to see your screen even in direct sunlight.    </p><p>The phone also features a triple camera setup. It has a 50 megapixel main camera with f/1.8 aperture, a 50MP 2x telephoto with f/2.0 aperture, and an 8MP f/2.2 ultra wide shooter. In terms of sensor size, the main camera has a 1/1.56&quot; sensor, the telephoto has a smaller 1/2.8&quot; sensor, while the ultrawide has a minuscule 1/4&quot; sensor.</p><p>As expected, the main camera does pretty well, and the telephoto is also quite good, even when you push it to a 5x digital (cropped) zoom. Meanwhile, the ultrawide is just OK.</p><div><strong>SAMPLE IMAGES</strong></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300444644sunflowers.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition"/><span class="fr-inner">Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17543005034012x zoom.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition"/><span class="fr-inner">Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300550605harleys 2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition"/><span class="fr-inner">Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300584061selfie.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition"/><span class="fr-inner">Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300615222dusk shot.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition"/><span class="fr-inner">Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300655582IMG20250713160416.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition"/><span class="fr-inner">Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition</span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754300690164night shot.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition"/><span class="fr-inner">Shot with the realme GT 7 Dream Edition</span></span></span></div><div><strong>8K on a sub-40k phone?</strong></div><p>Compared to flagships, the camera system on the realme GT 7 Dream Edition holds its own, but is not really exceptional. Photos are decent, with good details and colors, but not really comparable to the best of the best flagships.</p><p>Where it excels, though, is video. This phone can record in 8K at 30 fps, and 4K at up to 120 fps. That is pretty amazing, as some flagship phones don&#x27;t even go all the way to 8K, and only record 4K at 60 fps max.</p><p>Since I didn&#x27;t have an 8K monitor, I couldn&#x27;t really verify how good the quality is at this resolution. But it does capture really nice 4K videos with its main camera. A bonus for content creators is the ability to slow down the action thanks to its 120 fps mode at 4K. At 2x zoom, videos still look crisp and clean, but beyond this, there is already some digital upscaling, which is not as good as optical.</p><p>By default, the main camera has stabilization, and it is pretty good. But if you&#x27;re taking a video while running or biking, you can also activate the Ultra Steady mode, but this limits the resolution to 1080p. It also has 2 mics that take care of audio capture, and they do a pretty good job.</p><p>Up front is a 32MP selfie camera that can also record 4K at 60 fps. If you plan to do make content for social media, the GT &amp; Dream Edition&#x27;s high resolution and high frame rate video will definitely be a big help.</p><p>When it comes to gaming, this phone is excellent. I played Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty on the phone, both at their highest settings, and the phone handled them without any noticeable lag. I guess the 16GB of RAM really makes a difference.</p><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754302630646diablo.jpg" style="width:550px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>Sound quality is also pretty good when playing games, although I found that maxing the speakers makes the sound less than ideal, as is often the case even with the best phones.  </p><p>The phone doesn&#x27;t get overly warm either when gaming, which is great for those who want to spend hours on games. Realme says it has a 7700mm² large vapor chamber cooling system that keeps things cool even at peak performance.</p><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754302651006games.jpg" style="width:550px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><strong>Enough juice for days</strong></div><p>While stuck at the Kuala Lumpur airport waiting for my flight back to Manila, I played Diablo Immortal at max settings, on and off, for around 3 hours. I started with the phone&#x27;s battery at around 90 percent.  When it was finally time to board the plane, I still had over 50 percent.</p><p>This is all thanks to its massive 7,000mAh battery. It&#x27;s crazy to think how they were able to pack this much juice in a phone, because my iPad 10th Gen, which has a 10.9-inch has roughly a 7,600 mAh battery. So this phone, with roughly 1/4 of the screen of my iPad has almost the same size battery. </p><p>I once left it idle for almost a week and when I picked it up, it still had a lot of juice in it. Another plus is its rapid 120W charging, which allows it to be charged from zero to 100 percent in around 40 minutes.</p><p>But let&#x27;s also talk about the excellent packaging that this phone comes in. The phone comes in a very elegant box, which is also in Aston Martin Racing Green. Unboxing this was like unboxing an expensive watch or whiskey, with all the trimmings.</p><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754302901847unboxing.jpg" style="width:550px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>Aside from the phone, a special phone case, the 120W charger, and a USB cable, the box set also contains a special Aston Martin SIM tool, and a special booklet with information about Aston Martin&#x27;s racing history and the GT 7&#x27;s design.</p><p>The only thing I&#x27;m not really a fan of about this phone is the custom Aston Martin &#x27;skin&#x27; that realme layered on top of the UI. While it is consistent with the overall look of the phone and has a futuristic racing vibe, I think it&#x27;s a bit over the top, and the new icons are a bit confusing. You have the option of switching to a more familiar color and icon scheme.</p><p>But other than that, the phone is a solid performer. The realme GT 7 Dream Edition retails for P39,999, which is a very good price for such a stylish and powerful device. </p>

<p>This phone takes inspiration from the Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team and performs like a race car. It also has a battery bigger than most flagships. </p>

This phone takes inspiration from the Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team and performs like a race car. It also has a battery bigger than most flagships.

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REVIEW: realme GT 7 Dream Edition is sleek, blazing fast, has massive battery

Arthur Fuentes,

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Published Aug 05, 2025 08:30 AM PHT

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Updated Aug 05, 2025 02:56 PM PHT

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