hotwav Note 18 Pro vs realme GT8
hotwav
Note 18 Pro
realme
GT8
At a glance
- Brand
- Hotwav
- realme
- Release date
- November 2025, 8 months ago
- October 2025, 9 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 308.681 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 61% of devices
- 3.322.942 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 98% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 2,899.00 ($ 424.88)
Display
- Size
- 7.2"
- 6.79"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1560 px HD+
- 1440 x 3136 px WQHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED BOE Q10+
- Density
- 239 ppi Medium Density
- 508 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, TÜV Low Blue Light, 1-165 Hz refresh rate, Refresh rate 144 Hz, Touch sampling rate 360 Hz, Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 2000 cd/m², Peak brightness - 7000 cd/m², HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Crystal Armor Glass, 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 LYT-700C
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 960 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- UIS, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 16 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.4
- Sensor
- Hynix HI-846
- Sony IMX480
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 1.00 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6200 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 100.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 56h
- —
- Features
- Non-removable
- 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 161.8 mm 8.2 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 225 g
- 214 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Glass , Aluminium
- Colors
- Blue Gold Green
- Black White Violet
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 90 %
- 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: 5 years, Security updates: 5 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Bluetooth 6.0 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), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), 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), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), 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), n18 (850), n26 (850), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n80 (1800), n84 (2100)
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
- Hi-Res Audio, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Proximity
- —
- Yes
