realme 13 Pro 256GB

For photography, the Realme 13 Pro sports a 50MP Sony LYT 600 OIS primary sensor (as opposed to the latest LYT-701 on the Pro+), along with an 8MP ultrawide lens, and a 2MP macro sensor. The front camera is a 32MP snapper handling selfies and video calling duties in a punch-hole setup. Much like the Pro+ variant, the handset also rocks AI-based Hyperimage+ technology to enhance the images. Furthermore, the smartphone supports features like AI Portraits, AI Group Photo Enhance feature, and AI Audio Zoom. While the AI takes a bit of time to work its magic, most of the features work as advertised.While the Realme 13 Pro macro and ultrawide cameras are average, the primary and selfie cameras capture good images in daylight with pleasing colours and good exposure to details even around shadowy areas. Here's how the Realme 13 Pro cameras stack up against its close competitors, the Motorola Edge 50 and Nothing Phone (2a) Plus:DaylightThe Realme 13 Pro captures images with near-accurate colours, unlike the Motorola Edge 50, which oversaturates them, and the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus, which brightens images to enhance their appeal. Additionally, the Realme 13 Pro excels in capturing superior details in shadowy areas and offers a better dynamic range, where the Motorola and Nothing smartphones fall short.UltrawideFor ultra wide shots, the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus and Motorola Edge 50 would be better choices than the Realme 13 Pro. The latter offers images with underwhelming details, and there is also a discernible shift in colours from the primary camera.PortraitUnlike Motorola Edge 50, the Realme 13 Pro uses computational skills to separate the foreground from the background, and it appears to excel at that. The handset outputs portraits with minimum warping around the edges of the subject. The skin tones are brighter than they should have been to make the images more appealing. The facial detail levels are on par with the Motorola smartphone.The portrait on the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus was a bit buggy as of writing this article.SelfieThe Realme 13 Pro offers selfies with good facial details and likeable skin tones. However, they are not as detailed as the Motorola Edge 50, which also produces skin colours that are close to real life.Low light (night mode)Both the Motorola Edge 50 and Realme 13 Pro struggle with detail in low light. However, the Realme 13 Pro's night mode handles noise better, though it slightly boosts the colours. The Motorola Edge 50, on the other hand, delivers more accurate colours but with a bit more graininess in the images.

The Realme 13 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoC coupled with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB storage onboard. The handset's performance may not be the best for the price, but it seems to be better justified for the price than the 13 Pro+, which also rocks the same SoC under the hood. The 13 Pro scores 6,64,130 on AnTuTu, which is roughly 50,000 and 1,00,000 short of the similarly priced Motorola Edge 50 and Nothing Phone (2a) Plus respectively. On Geekbench, the handset achieves 872 on single-core and 2,826 on multi-core tests. The phone's performance under intense load is also pretty impressive, with a 77 percent score on the Burnout CPU throttle test.As for its real-world performance, the Realme 13 Pro handles games like BGMI, Call of Duty, and Real Racing smoothly at moderate graphics settings, with minimal thermal issues. In our lab test, the device's temperature rose by approximately 15.6 degrees after playing all three games, which is respectable. The phone also achieved an average frame rate of 36.45 while playing BGMI in Ultra frame rate settings, comparable to its competitors. This suggests that the phone will have no trouble running day-to-day errands like browsing, social media scrolling, and multitasking for you.Similar to the 13 Pro+, the regular Realme 13 Pro also comes with a slew of AI features. The handset boots Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 out of the box, offering features like AI Smart removal to edit images, AI Ultra Clarity to enhance the quality of the images, and AI Smart Loop that recognises content and makes recommendations for the next step, among other things. These features have been discussed in length in our Realme 13 Pro+ review, so don't forget to check it out.Besides AI, the 13 Pro is also loaded with several pre-installed apps - 60 in total, out of which 10 are third-party ones. Furthermore, the handset is expected to receive just two years of major OS updates and three years of security updates.Pre-installed appsOS updatesRealme 13 Pro602 years major, 3 years securityMotorola Edge 50422 years major, 3 years securityNothing Phone (2a) Plus263 years major, 4 years security

The Realme 13 Pro battery performance is also similar to the 13 Pro+. The handset is equipped with a 5,200mAh battery, which scores 10 hours 48 minutes on the PCMark battery test. Additionally, the phone consumed 4 percent battery during our 30-minute video test and a total of 21 percent battery after playing BGMI, Call of Duty, and Real Racing 3 for 30 minutes each. The charging speed is capped at 45W for which a compatible charger is provided in the box. While it takes 52 minutes (which is similar to most competitors within the segment) to charge the device fully to 100 percent from 20 percent, the timing is roughly 12 minutes more than the Realme 13 Pro+ that supports 80W charging.PhoneCharge time (20-100 percent)Realme 13 Pro52 minutesMotorola Edge 5040 minutesNothing Phone (2a) Plus51 minutes