realme GT Neo 2 available in Europe with Android 12 out-of-the-box (Updated)

Update: November 15, 2021 (09:43 AM ET): After making its India debut last month and its China debut the month prior, the realme GT Neo 2 is now available in Europe. Find pricing and availability details below.

Original article September 22, 2021 (6:16 AM ET): There’s a brand new Realme mid-ranger in the wild intended for gamers. Today, the realme GT Neo 2 made its debut in China, sporting a clean design, quick internals, and a nifty precious stone-based cooling system.

Aesthetically, it’s reminiscent of current OnePlus devices with a rectangular camera array at the rear and a punch-hole selfie camera in the front left. The GT Neo 2’s AMOLED display stems from Samsung and measures 6.6-inches from corner to corner. You’re also getting a 120Hz refresh rate and a 600Hz touch sampling rate.

Powering this screen is a Snapdragon 870 SoC with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.1 storage. This package is kept tepid through a cooling system that utilizes a vapor chamber, graphene heat pads, and cooling liquid with tiny diamond crystals. This cocktail reportedly keeps temps up to 18 degrees Celsius lower than other solutions, which sounds excellent in theory. In practice, it’s unclear how much more effective this setup is over an active fan-based solution.

Nevertheless, those hunting for a solid camera phone may have to look elsewhere anyway. You’re getting a 64MP primary shooter, an 8MP ultra-wide, and a 2MP macro setup on the GT Neo 2.

As for power delivery, a 5,000mAh battery features on the realme GT Neo 2 and can be topped up using the 65W charging system. realme mentions a 0% to 100% time of 36 minutes.

Everything is powered by Android 12 — skinned over with realme UI 3.0 — out-of-the-box.

realme GT Neo 2: Pricing and availability

In Europe, the realme GT Neo 2 starts at €449 (~$514) for the 8GB/128GB model. If you need some more space and a bit more RAM, you can upgrade to the 12GB/256GB model for €549 (~$629). Either way, your color choices include green, blue, and black.

In India, the realme GT Neo 2 starts at Rs 31,999 (~$424) for the 8GB/128GB variant, and Rs 35,999 (~$477) for the 12GB/256GB option. As for availability, both variants will be on offer from October 17 starting at 12 AM IST (2:30 AM ET) through Flipkart, and other stores. Colorways include green, blue, and black.

In China, the realme GT Neo 2 starts at 2,399 yuan (~$370) for the 6GB/128GB option, but this config is only available in green with a black stripe across its rear. Pricing stretches to 2,999 yuan (~$464) for the 12GB/256GB option. Notably, the green, blue, and black options can all be had with this combo over on Realme’s Chinese store.