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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175799382312420250916040936_d2e9b4a7-f65f-4e84-bb6d-a333342432fd.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>The realme 15 Pro 5G. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News </div>MANILA — Realme has always been a value-for-money brand, and it has again shown this with its latest offering. The realme 15 Pro 5G is a beast of a midrange phone based on specs alone, and it also has a few tricks up its sleeve in the AI department.The realme 15 Pro 5G comes in two colorways: Flowing Silver and Velvet Green. We were sent the latter, which had a leather-textured back.This version of the phone is a real looker. I liked the thinness of the phone and the feel of the &#x27;leather&#x27; back.  It&#x27;s nice to see phone makers foregoing the glossy finish for some of their models and opting for something that feels a lot more organic to the touch. The textured back also helps keep it free from fingerprint smudges.While I personally prefer flat screens, I have to admit that curved screens do give phones that sleek, thin look. This phone does not claim to be as thin as the new “air” or “edge” phones, but looks as if it were.The phone features a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset, 12 GB of RAM, and 256 GB of storage. It also has two 50 megapixel cameras at the back, and another 50MP shooter taking care of selfie duties. It also features a 6.8-inch AMOLED screen with a 1.5K resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. It also has a massive 7,000 mAh battery with an 80W charging capacity.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757993433350realme 15 pro 5g front.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>The realme 15 pro 5G. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div>While the chipset seems standard for a midrange device, the 50 MP cameras, the 144Hz screen and the 7,000 mAh battery make this phone stand out in its segment.But how does the phone perform?The display&#x27;s 1,000 nits of brightness and 6,500 nits of peak brightness are also welcome as they help make the screen easy to read even in bright sunlight. Colors come out crisp, and animations are smooth. Yes, there are better screens out there, but few at the midrange segment.The two 50MP cameras perform well as expected. It has an f/1.8 wide angle main camera with optical image stabilization, and an f/2.0 ultrawide angle camera with electronic image stabilization (EIS).The zoom, however, tops out at 2X, and pushing it beyond that is pushing it too far. While photos taken in the 2X range are still really good, at 3X, the pixelation starts to show.  <div>SAMPLE PHOTOS</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757985784738realme brandenburg bike.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany taken with the realme 15 Pro 5G. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News </div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757985816837realme reichstag.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany taken with the realme 15 Pro 5G. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757985988880realme lubbnau 2.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>A shop in Lübbenau, Germany taken with the realme 15 Pro 5G. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News  </div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757986121319realme lubbnau.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/> A street in Lübbenau, Germany taken with the realme 15 Pro 5G. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News </div>This is because it doesn’t really have a zoom lens. The 2X zoom instead is achieved by cropping the image from the wide angle camera. While the camera module may display three holes, which may lead you to think it has three cameras at the back, the one at the bottom is really just a hole and doesn’t do anything, which is a strange design choice.Photos taken with the main camera are sharp, detailed, rich in color, with good dynamic range–although sometimes, in very bright settings, it does tend to clip highlights. Meanwhile, low-light photos are sharp, clean, and detailed.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757988576705realme friedrichstrasse.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>Dusk at Friedrichstrasse in Berlin, Germany. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757986193139realme selfie.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>Photo taken at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany with the realme 15 Pro 5G. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div>Photos taken with the 50MP selfie camera are also pretty good, although its aperture is understandably lower at f/2.4 than the rear cameras. It also has EIS, which is good for avoiding blurry selfie shots. Optical stabilization would, of course, be better, but for this market segment, EIS is good enough. All three 50MP cameras, even the selfie shooter, can record 4K at 60fps, which is good news for content creators on a budget. Video quality is also pretty good for a midrange phone. The main camera takes decent 4K footage, with vibrant colors, good contrast, wide dynamic range, and sharpness. The ultrawide video is pretty nice. But while the main camera’s stabilization performed well, the ultrawide‘s was not as impressive.Like a lot of phones coming out right now, the realme 15 Pro 5G also boasts of several AI photo editing features–the standout one being the AI Edit Genie. This lets you just talk to the phone about the edit you want. You can speak to the AI Genie to erase a photobomber and it will do that for you–no scrubbing needed. However, the AI Edit Genie-processed photo comes out at a lower resolution than the original. This may be OK for a quick social media post, but if you want to retain the higher resolution of the original photo, it&#x27;s better to stick with the usual AI editing tools. Still, the AI Edit Genie is a welcome party gimmick for this phone. <div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757987176684realme brandenburg photobomber og.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Brandenburg Gate with a man taking a photo</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757987222423realme brandenburg photobomber.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Brandenburg Gate with the photobomber removed by realme 15 Pro 5G&#x27;s AI Edit Genie</div>I was only able to try two games on this phone: Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty. The phone was able to handle both games with decent smoothness. It could handle some of the highest settings of Diablo, although the image accuracy setting was maxed out at &#x27;high&#x27; instead of &#x27;ultra.&#x27; Gameplay was mostly smooth, except during some cutscenes where some frames were clearly dropped. Call of Duty can also be played relatively decently. <div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757988465266diablo.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>Playing Diablo Immortal on the realme 15 pro 5G</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757988507845diablo screenshot.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"/>Screenshot of Diablo Immortal on the realme 15 pro 5G</div>The sound quality from the speakers was also nice–not the best I’ve heard on a phone, but pretty good for this price range. This is not a hardcore gaming phone, but it performs well enough and can guarantee hours of fun playing games.   A real standout feature of the phone is its ginormous 7,000 mAh battery, which is probably the biggest for a midrange phone. For normal, daily use, this phone just refuses to die. If you’re not playing games for 4 or 5 hours straight, this phone can last you more than a day.All in all, this is a solid bet for a midrange phone.

The realme 15 Pro 5G is a beast of a midrange phone based on specs alone, and it also has a few tricks up its sleeve in the AI department.

The realme 15 Pro 5G is a beast of a midrange phone based on specs alone, and it also has a few tricks up its sleeve in the AI department.

REVIEW: Realme 15 Pro 5G is a specs beast of a midranger

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REVIEW: Realme 15 Pro 5G is a specs beast of a midranger

Arthur Fuentes,

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Published Sep 16, 2025 06:00 PM PHT

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