All three phones from the Realme 16 series have arrived in Pakistan. We have a Realme 16 5G at the bottom. The upper two models are the Realme 16 Pro and Pro Plus. Each phone has a 7000mAh battery, by the way, with Realme UI 7 for the OS. And they are all IP69K rated. The trio will be available for offline retail from 11th April. This is everything you need to know.
Realme 16 Pro Plus
A curved and more premium design is chosen for the top model. The others have flat builds. Realme 16 Pro Plus uses a 3D AMOLED 6.8” display that has a 144Hz refresh rate. They claim 6,500 nits, but the phone only hits up to 1,800 nits for normal use. The resolution is 1.5K with insane 4608Hz PWM dimming.
This model also has the fastest performance of all. But it’s not upgraded. Realme 15 Pro also had the same SoC last time. It’s a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 at 2.8 GHz. The generations were only six months apart, so they kept the upgrades to a minimum. There’s the same 80W charging and 7,000 mAh battery here.
The upgrade that actually matters on this series is the camera. Realme 16 Pro Plus leveled up with a 200MP (f/1.9) main shooter and a 50MP telephoto pericope 3.5x lens. There’s another 8MP ultrawide sensor on the back, and its selfie shooter is also 50MP. Realme 16 Pro+ is the only version in this series with 4K 60 FPS recording.
The newcomer grabs an IP69K rating. So it’s water, dust, temperature, and even safe from pressured jets. The screen also has Gorilla Glass 7i. It’s the only phone here with a metal (aluminum) build. Realme 16 Pro+ in Pakistan will cost Rs 199,999 for the 12/512GB trim.
Realme 16 Pro
It has a flat profile. The screen size is also a bit smaller here at 6.78”, but the Realme 16 Pro has a similar 1.5K resolution with a 144Hz motion rate. You’ll also have the same 6,500 nits local peak brightness. But its HBM limit is reduced to 1,400 nits. HDR10+ rating and high PWM dimming are shared on both handsets.
Dimensity 7300 Max chip on the Realme 16 Pro isn’t as fast as SD 7 Gen 4, but it’s decent for the phone’s range. This is also a 4nm platform, but the clock speed is only 2.5 GHz. The RAM type is LPDDR5X, and the storage is UFS 3.1 for the Pro and Pro+.
A 7,000 mAh battery is seen across the board. The Pro even has the same 80W charging. They also have the same Android 16 OS with at least 3 years of OS support down the road. There’s no telephoto camera on the Realme 16 Pro. It does use a main 200MP OIS sensor and an 8MP ultrawide.
Then comes the Realme 16 Pro’s selfie snapper, which is also 50MP. IP69K rating is a recurring theme in the entire lineup, and so is the Infrared remote tool and dual speakers. The screen protection is knocked down to AGC DT star D+ glass. 12/512GB is the only memory version they launched. And its local price is Rs 169,999.
Realme 16 5G
This phone doesn’t assimilate with the lineup. Realme 16 5G has a camera bar on the back, and it completely changes the phone’s look. There’s only one usable camera there. Its specialty is not the variety, but the use of a 50MP main camera as a selfie snapper.
You can see a selfie mirror on the camera bar to help with facial alignment. So the rear camera turns into a make-shift selfie shooter. Its main selfie lens on the screen is not too shabby either. It’s also a 50MP outsole. This newcomer is built around a flat AMOLED 6.57” screen.
Realme 16 5G’s AMOLED is only 120Hz and locked to 4,500 nits local peak brightness. The resolution is 1080p or FHD+. Well, it’s also built around Android 16, but the chipset is a much slower Dimensity 6400 Turbo. And they only used UFS 2.2 storage here. It’s basically an entry-level 5G handset.
The safety rating goes all the way up to IP69K. There’s a 7000mAh battery, but its charging speed is lowered to 60W. The others have WiFi 6. Realme 16 5G only has WiFi 5. Infrared Remote, Dual Speaker, and screen optical fingerprint are the things you’ll find on all three devices. Realme 16 5G sits at the bottom, and its price is Rs. 129,999 in Pakistan for the 8/256GB option.