hotwav Note 18 Pro vs realme GT7 Pro Racing Edition

hotwav
Note 18 Pro

realme
GT7 Pro Racing Edition
At a glance
- Brand
- Hotwav
- realme
- Release date
- November 2025, 6 months ago
- February 2025, 1 years 3 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 308.681 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 61% of devices
- 2.545.046 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 96% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 3,099.00 ($ 453.19)
Display
- Size
- 7.2"
- 6.78"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1560 px HD+
- 1270 x 2780 px WQHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- Oled Samsung
- Density
- 239 ppi Medium Density
- 451 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), 2.5D curved glass screen, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, In-cell
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, 2600 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Variable refresh rate VRR, Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 6000 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 2000 cd/m², 6000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T615 (T7250)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
- CPU
- 2 x ARM Cortex A75 1.8Ghz + 6 x ARM Cortex A55 1.6Ghz
- 2x4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L+ 6x3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 4.32 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MP1
- Adreno 830
- RAM
- 6 GB
- 12 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- RAM LPDDR5X
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Samsung
- Sony IMX896
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 480 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 16 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.45
- Sensor
- Hynix HI-846
- Sony IMX480
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 1.00 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6200 mAh
- 6500 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 120.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 56h
- —
- Features
- Non-removable
- Bypass Charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 4.1
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 84.0 mm 176.2 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.9 mm 162.4 mm 8.5 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 225 g
- 223 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminium alloy , Glass
- Colors
- Blue Gold Green
- Cyan Bronze
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 89 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68, IP69
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 16 RealmeUI 7.0 (Android 16)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Without Google Mobile services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 4 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B8 (900), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- DTS / DTS X, Stereo Speakers
- Dolby Atmos, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Proximity
- —
- Yes
- Compass
- —
- Yes

















