Till just a few years back, getting a full day's battery backup from your smartphone was considered satisfactory. Then, it became a little over a day thanks to bigger battery sizes. Now, we have something bigger: a 10,001mAh battery unit on a smartphone that can go for two days and can also double up as a power bank for your other devices. This is where the new Realme P4 Power comes in. Priced at Rs 25,999 for the base model, let's try and see how long this thing goes and what else it has to offer.
The device weighs about 219g and measures almost 9.1mm in thickness, so it's not the most sleek or lightweight phone. But considering the battery size, you have to say Realme has done a pretty good job of not making the phone too bulky. The 6.8-inch curved display (2.19:1 aspect ratio) has Corning Gorilla Glass 7i on top for added protection. With a plastic frame and a curved back that doesn't catch smudges and fingerprints quickly, you have the protruding camera setup that's like a small island of its own, built over a small partition of the back with some dots, textures, and bolts. On the right side, you have the volume buttons and power/lock key, and the left is all plain. The bottom carries the dual SIM card trays, primary mic, USB Type-C port, and loudspeakers; on the top, you have the secondary mic.
The 6.8-inch full HD+ (1280x2800) AMOLED display supports up to 144Hz refresh rates. It's a bright display that doesn't struggle much under sunlight. You can watch high-resolution videos and images on it, and it does a pretty good job of retaining details with colors a bit on the punchier side. The curved sides are a bit reflective, though, and it's noticeable under different situations, such as typing something in an app with a white background or watching videos at times. It comes in TransOrange (which I used), TransSilver, and TransBlue colour options.
Talking about its triple camera setup – a 50MP (f/1.8) main camera, an 8MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide camera, and a third 2MP camera – the camera performance is decent to good most of the time, but I wouldn't say it's the phone's strength. You can take photos with decent depth and colour accuracy, and Realme's AI chop does come in handy at times in terms of the overall feel of the shot, but it struggles in low-light shots and can deliver disappointing shots for far-away subjects in terms of zoom capabilities. The front-facing 16MP (f/2.4) camera is quite good in terms of details and sharpness for selfies and is good enough for video calls.
Equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultra chipset (up to 2.6GHz octa-core processor and Mali G615 GPU) with 8GB or 12GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB or 256GB UFS3.1 internal storage. It's running on Realme UI 7.0 based on Android 16 with the December security patch. The phone handles daily tasks absolutely fine and doesn't miss a beat when it comes to switching between apps, scrolling inside social media apps, or watching videos in streaming apps. There are some third-party apps pre-installed, but you can uninstall those and disable any unnecessary notifications from things like App Market if you want. In terms of gaming, you can play BGMI at a high frame rate, but it feels best at 90 FPS, which the phone can handle well. Other games such as CoD or Wuthering Waves, though, it can struggle at highest settings. The overall look and feel of the OS is a lot more transparent and glass-esque now. There are AI features for editing photos that work well for removing objects.
Coming to the phone's USP, it's powered by a 10,001mAh Li-po battery unit that can be charged at 45 watts using the bundled 80W UltraDart charger. The phone lasted me two days comfortably on a single full charge. Very rarely did it go below 40 per cent on the first day if it was a heavy usage day. It charges from 1 per cent to full in about 2 hours. What's more, it can charge your other devices, yup, just like a power bank at 27 watts, which is plenty fast considering you're doing this from a smartphone. I didn't see the phone heat up during charging times. There's also bypass charging so you can skip charging the battery and have the charging power the device itself, say, while gaming or something, but of course, wired up.
Call quality on the phone is top-notch with reliable performance outdoors. Wi-Fi and GPS also work reliably, while 5G network reception is decent for working on the go. I did see the phone heat up a bit while using 5G for a few hours with display brightness at 90 per cent or so outdoors.
It's quite clear that Realme is really trying to offer a multiple-day battery life with this device with decent but not the best-in-segment camera performance or performance in general. It does this in a relatively not-so-bulky design for those who care more about their smartphone lasting longer than anything else, even on busy days.