Realme just launched its 14 Pro phones in India and they come with a party trick: the phones can change color in the cold. That’s in addition to a triple camera flash and a triple IP rating that should protect the phone from extreme water conditions.
Both the Realme 14 Pro and 14 Pro Plus share color-sensitive technology, although it is limited to pearl white versions, with purple and gray models stuck in a lousy color. Co-designed with the Danish studio Valeur Designers, the pearlescent phones Includes thermochromic pigments. which start out as white, but take on blue hues when the temperature drops below 16 degrees Celsius (about 61 degrees Fahrenheit), reversing as it warms again.
Realme says that the colder the temperature, the faster the phone will change. It’s even possible to create short-duration patterns by cooling only specific points, something Indian YouTubers are already enjoying. putting to the test.
However, it comes with an important warning in the fine print: “The cold-sensitive color changing feature will gradually lose effect due to daily use and is not a quality issue.” It remains to be seen how long it will last, but even Realme’s own website it only promises the effect “during initial use.”
The color-changing design isn’t the only oddity of the 14 Pro series. The rear cameras include three separate flash modules, a design that Realme says ” britcommerceally restores natural skin tones in low-light conditions.” On the 14 Pro Plus, those flashes sit between three camera lenses, although the 14 Pro is a bit snappy, including two rear cameras and a third circle that just looks like a lens but is actually empty.
This is also the latest phone to boast an IP69 rating for protection against dust and high-temperature and high-pressure water jets, joining the OnePlus 13, Moto G Power and Honor Magic 7 Pro in adopting the strict standard, which even makes little was limited. to the bulkiest rugged phones. The 14 Pro is also rated IP68 for water immersion and IP66, which also applies to water jets but for higher volumes of water at lower pressures and longer distances.
Otherwise, the two Realme phones are typical mid-range ones. Both feature 50-megapixel main cameras and mid-range chipsets, with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 in the Pro Plus model and a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 in the Pro. However, the large 6000 mAh batteries and speeds of 80W charging is still impressive. Both phones are now available in India and start at Rs 22,999 (around $265).