Realme’s rolling out the Realme 16 Pro Plus 5G in India on January 6, 2026. You’ll find it on Flipkart and Realme’s own site. They’re pushing it hard as a portrait powerhouse, and honestly, the specs back that up a giant 7000 mAh battery, a wild 200 MP camera, and IP69 durability, so it’s built tough. Leaks and certifications pretty much confirm it’s going head-to-head with rivals like the Poco X7 Pro and iQOO Neo 10.
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OVERVIEW: REALME 16 PRO PLUS
Display and Design
You get a 6.8-inch OLED screen here, super sharp at 1280×2800, sitting around 453 pixels per inch. It’s got a 120 Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, and hits a wild 6500 nits peak brightness. PWM dimming keeps things easy on your eyes. The glass is scratch-resistant, and the brand already teased the 1.5K resolution, so you know it’s ready for movies and gaming.
Slim, 8.5 mm thick, and 203 g in weight with a premium glass back, aluminum frame, and MIL-STD-810H compliance for drops/vibrations. Boasts an IP68/IP69 rating—dust-tight, survives high-pressure jets and 2m immersion for 30 min—rare in the mid-range. Triple camera module in vertical strip, under-display fingerprint, stereo speakers (no 3.5mm jack).
Camera
This phone packs a triple camera setup on the back: a sharp 200MP main lens with f/1.9 aperture, fast autofocus, and optical image stabilization. There’s also a 50MP periscope telephoto that gives you 3.5x optical zoom and keeps shots steady with OIS, plus an 8MP ultrawide for wider scenes. You get LED flash, HDR, and panorama, and it shoots video in crisp 4K at 60fps with both gyro and optical stabilization. Up front, the 50MP selfie camera also handles 4K at 60fps. The “Luma Color” AI tuning steps in for portraits or stage shots, making group and solo photos look great. That periscope zoom? Honestly, it stands toe-to-toe with the pricier flagships.
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Performance
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (4 nm) runs the show here—octa-core, with a main Cortex-A720 core clocked at 2.8GHz, plus four 2.4 GHz cores and three at 1.8GHz. The Adreno 722 GPU pushes AnTuTu scores past 900,000, so performance isn’t an issue. You get either 8GB or 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and storage options go from 128GB all the way to 512GB (UFS, no microSD slot though). It ships with Android 16 and Realme UI 7.0, and they’re promising three big OS updates. There are also some AI tricks for portraits and battery life.
The Titan packs a 7000 mAh silicon-carbon battery—yep, that’s official. Plug it in, and the 80W fast charger takes you from empty to full in around 40 minutes. It’s got an AI Long-life chip plus Super Power Saving mode, so you can leave it on standby for over two days without stressing. And if you’re into gaming, the VC cooling keeps things running smoothly.
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Connectivity
You get 5G support across a bunch of bands (1, 3, 5, 8, 28, 40, 41, 77, 78, both SA and NSA). There’s Wi-Fi 6 on both bands, Bluetooth 5.4, and NFC, though that depends on your region. It also packs an IR blaster and full GPS support, including GLONASS, GALILEO, and BDS. For ports and sensors, you have USB-C 2.0, an under-display optical fingerprint scanner, plus the usual accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, and compass.
Availability of lunch and price in india:
Realme teases the 16 Pro series as “Portrait Master” for the January 6 event at 12 PM IST, with the realme 16 Pro plus as the flagship sibling to the base 16 Pro. Expected pricing: base 8GB/128GB at ₹31,999-₹34,999, scaling to 12GB/512GB at ₹41,999-₹43,999 MRP (possible launch discounts). Colors: Master Gold, Master Grey, Camellia Pink, Orchid Purple; available online/offline post-launch.
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