realme 16T
₹27,999
Realme 16T has been officially released on May 26, 2026.
The phone measures 166.4 × 78.2 × 8.8mm and weighs 224g, with a glass front, plastic frame and plastic back. It has strong durability credentials with IP68/IP69K protection, water resistance up to 2.5m for 30 minutes, and MIL-STD-810H compliance. The display is a large 6.81-inch IPS LCD with a 144Hz refresh rate and up to 1,200 nits HBM brightness.
However, the 720 × 1570 resolution gives only around 254 ppi, so sharpness is considerably lower than AMOLED displays with Full HD+ or higher resolution. Performance comes from the MediaTek Dimensity 6300, featuring two Cortex-A76 cores at 2.4GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0GHz, with a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU.
Realme 16T offers 6GB or 8GB RAM, 128GB or 256GB UFS 2.2 storage, and a microSDXC card slot for additional storage. The rear camera system consists of a 50MP f/1.8 main camera with PDAF and an auxiliary lens. Video recording supports 1080p at 30/60fps, while the 16MP selfie camera records at 1080p30. This is a relatively straightforward camera setup without OIS or 4K video recording.
Audio is handled by a single loudspeaker, and there is no 3.5mm headphone jack. Connectivity includes dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BDS and QZSS, while NFC and FM radio are absent. The phone uses USB Type-C 2.0 with OTG and has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, accelerometer, proximity sensor and compass.
It runs Android 16 with Realme UI 7.0 and supports dual Nano-SIM connectivity. The 8,000mAh battery supports 45W wired charging through PPS, PD and QC, along with 15W reverse wired charging and bypass charging. The available colours are Starlight Red, Starlight Black and Aurora Green.
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