Realme P4 Power Review: Do You Need a Smartphone With a 10000mAh Battery?

Realme has canceled the unthinkable trend by discontinuing the concept of smartphones with 7,000mAh batteries (silicon-carbon or otherwise) and launched a production device that had ‘powerbank-like 10,001mAh battery’. Since smartphone chipsets today are much more powerful than smartphones in older big-battery (or Max-branded) smartphones, most of them last for longer than a day or deliver up to 1 as they have been said. 5 days of battery life for the casual user, according to . So, we answer the question Is a smartphone in 2026 really worth it? I have gotten 10,001mAh capacity battery. I am confused about this and should I go for something else that is better than hardware at the same price?

Realme P4 Power Design: Surprisingly slim

• Dimensions – 162.26 x 76.15 x 9.08mm
• Weight – 219g
• Durability – IP69 (dust and water)

The Realme P4 Pro is shockingly slim for a phone that has been designed to provide good battery life, according to . smartphone manufacturers, which have developed a Silicon-carbon battery tech that has designed slimmer smartphones with high standing power but we aren’t talking about 7,000mAh batteries (but one with 10,001mAh capacity).

The Realme P4 Power has a slim silhouette thanks to its rounded corners and curved edges

While silicon-carbon technology is used to power its high-capacity battery, it’s hard to bend the laws of physics as this is a mid-range device and not upscale premium smartphone. So, keeping this in mind is a great thing that Realme did so much to package such. battery into ‘a device which only feels slightly chunky but very softly’. The iPhone 17 Pro Max weighs 233 grams and is lighter than the noticeably heavy weight at 219 grams, which feels light but still heavier than its mass-conscious counterpart (i.e.

This one is surprisingly easy to handle and comfortable to hold as far as big-battery smartphones go, thanks to its curved edges and rounded corners. This phone is very slippery to hold without a case, with its matte plastic rear panel being good at rejecting fingerprints and dust.’ The smooth back (with the matte-finished frame) makes it so hard to handle when you have an iPhone that doesn’t need if there are any cases on your front of this mirror. So I wouldn’t recommend holding it up above your face during late night scrolling, because if it slips over the top of your head you will be injured. Also, the matte-plastic rear is scratched very easily.

Realme P4 Power (top), Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max (bottom)

Most smartphones these days have migrated past curved-edge displays, so Realme may have adopted it (just for this model) to better manage its large battery. Despite its 4D-curved screen, the brand claims it has a “very good” display but from the looks of this device only on left and right edges. A slim profile is achieved by curved edges (also on the rear) that give the phone an attractive appearance even though the rounded edges meet flat sides.

The ‘Dart’ branding comes from Realme’s power and charging accessories

The rear camera module is flat, although it has three camera sensors and an LED flash. In order to make it special, Realme gave the upper third of its rear panel an embossed circuit board-like appearance for the top three of that back panel and a bit more. It looks like a wireless charging coil (obviously not working) with ‘Dart’ branding, which is strange in this weird way. A. Dart’ branding is used for Realme’s power banks and chargers, which are also known to the public as ‘Dart’ in case they do not know about it. If we look at whether it qualifies for doing that, then the battery section is where we go.

Realme P4 Power Display: The good, the bad and the ugly

• Display size – 6.79-inch, 1,280 x 2,800 pixels (full-HD+)
• Display type – AMOLED, LTPS, 144Hz (60-90-120-144Hz)
• Display protection – Corning Gorilla Glass

But I was surprised to see skinny display borders on the Realme P4 Power for a mid-range device. Realme calls it the 4D-curved display, which is aggressively curved only on two sides (as in its name) and has been shown as being aggressive. It is a immersive content because of this, but when seen outside the sun it also shows some unnecessary reflections.

gimmicky at best, the high-refresh rate claim of 144Hz is. When using the Compass and Calculator apps, even if you set the display to run at ‘High’ refresh rate (instead of Auto), maximum 144Hz screen refresh rates is enabled or available. In contrast, the display stick to 120Hz will be seen in most software interactions; 90Hz (unless MEMC is enabled) movies remain 90H and games are by default capped at 90h. Despite the fact that you can use App Specific settings and force the game to run at 120Hz, is still available. No other app or software interface, except the two above mentioned below, is able to access the 144Hz limit.

The Realme P4 Power’s display has skinny borders and gets plenty bright outdoors

A high-brightness mode of panel is a claimed 1,800 nits and the peak brightness, 6,500 tits (with refresh rate aside), but it’s very bright. A perfect display outside the sun is perfectly legible, and works well with HDR images; it bumps up the brightness levels to show crisp & vibrant visuals where supported by an LED. One-sided The bottom speaker is too loud, but not very clear – and it sounds one-way from top to bottom (i.e. And since there’s only one , it’ll be very easy to accidentally block out the sound when holding the phone. But in fact, the audio experience must be more affluent as such ‘big-battery device would have been for enduring media player and long lifelong playback machine’.

The Hyper Vision+ AI chip also provides an MEMC-based upscaling of regular 30 fps video to 120 hp, which also creates the soap opera effect. But I saw that the chip was always unable to keep track of most OTT videos (streaming content) I played on the device.

Realme P4 Power Software: The usual with a dash of AI

• Android version – 16
• Software – Realme UI 7.0
• Software commitment – 3 years OS + 4 years SMR

Realme UI 7.0 is quite customisable, but comes with many preinstalled third-party apps

The Realme P4 Power thankfully runs Android 16 of the box like most phones launched towards the end of 2025. Realme UI 7 It is 0 that runs smoothly and includes all the bells and whistles in premium devices, including AI.

This latest version of Realme UI is very customisable. The themes, shiny-new Liquid Glass inspired icons, new fonts, plenty of springy animations and transitions are for those who like to customise their devices.

AI Image editing on the Realme P4 Power isn’t perfect, but it’s not bad either

I tried the AI image editing tools, and they work well. AI image editing isn’t perfect, as you can tell from the collage above that it leaves traces or outlines behind but neither bad nor good either. A AI translator tool also exists; the language options for India are now limited to Hindi.

You get out of the box a bunch of preinstalled apps such as Snapchat, PhonePer, Spotify, Netflix, LinkedIn, FinShell Pay and Amazon Music. Uninstall them If you have no use for s, if they are not used then uninstall it.

Realme P4 Power Performance: Good enough

• Processor – MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultra, 2.6GHz, 4nm
• RAM – 8/12GB (LPDDR4X)
• Storage – 128/256GB (UFS 3.1)

Call of Duty Mobile (CODM) defaults to Very High graphics and Max frame rate, where it hits 55-60 fps with mostly smooth gameplay. You can change the speed of 90 fps with some drops by switching to Low graphics and Ultra frame rate, which makes you smoother 90 per cent. When playing the game at its maximum settings (Viry High + Max), a slight difference is seen between being played at about 60 fps and the motion-enhanced 118–120 mp, when using an artificial chip for MEMC-based upscaling called Hyper Vision+. While it is a bit smoother, but not as fluid as on high-end flagships. Despite the game’s AI Hyper Motion feature, even when it was played with the display’refresh rate never reached 144Hz (see developer tool) as indicated by its refresh rate.

Touch sampling rate of the display was a bit slow for first-person shooter (FPS) titles, even after it was increased to ‘Ultra’ in the Game Assistant slide-out console.

| Benchmarks | Realme P4 Power | OnePlus Nord CE 5 | Motorola Edge 60 Pro |
| — | — | — | — |
| Display resolution | FHD+ | FHD+ | 1.5K |
| Chipset | Dimensity 7400 Ultra (4nm) | Dimensity 8350 Ultimate (4nm) | Dimensity 8350 Extreme (4 nm) |
| AnTuTu v10 | 10,36,008 | 14,12,373 | 14,13,220 |
| PCMark Work 3.0 | 13,707 | 13,435 | 19,111 |
| Geekbench 6 Single | 1,053 | 1,317 | 1,368 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi | 2,971 | 3,989 | 4,466 |
| Geekbench AI CPU (Quantized) | 2,077 | NA | NA |
| Geekbench AI GPU (Quantized) | 662 | NA | NA |
| 3DM Wild Life | 3,689 | Maxed Out | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Wild Life Unlimited | 3,650 | 11,038 | 11,148 |
| 3DM Steel Nomad Light | 410 | NA | NA |

During games, the phone did not noticeably heat up during play (even with the AI Hyper Motion feature enabled for increased frame rates) even though it was playing in game mode. Even if the camera app is used to record basic 1080p video, it warms up the phone even when recording simple footage but does not make uncomfortably hot. Also I noticed that in the viewfinder, a video preview was being lagging or stuttering heavily (especially when recording 1080p 60 fps video). No 4K 60 fps video recording is provided by the phone for paraphrasingr.

Realme P4 Power Cameras: Not so mid-range

• Primary camera – 50-megapixel, f/1.8, AF, OIS
• Ultra-wide camera – 8-megapixel, f/2.2
• Selfie camera – 16-megapixel f/2.4

The Realme P4 Power has two rear-facing user-accessible cameras

The brand has two colour processing options Vibrant and Natural, as with most recent Realme smartphones. Depending on their tags, one offers bright, punchy colours while the other has darker-toned-down natural colours that may appear slightly fade. I opted for this review, which is the default Vibrant of s. There’s no option to opt out of either mode but it was my default vibration (i.e.

Realme P4 Power primary camera samples (tap images to expand)

This primary camera takes good photos with a high dynamic range and enough detail for ‘near mid-range to budget devices. The aggressive sharpening is a bit of detail loss, which can be seen after you zoom into the photos and shows up to. Colours are slightly diluted, with an apparent warmer tone to all the images.

Under light situations or street-lit environments, the total level of detail falls. When zoomed in, noise is controlled and suppresses but this makes the sharpness of photos more soft (a bit soft) and textures like paintings. I thought this camera has optical image stabilisation so, if it is an optical camera, I was more likely to get better results. It is not enough for the phone to tackle dimly lit scenes, and you will get soft images with no detail.

Realme P4 Power ultrawide camera samples (tap to expand image)

Ultra-wide camera is clearly on display to fill the spec sheet, as it has been described as being an ultra wide camera. The low resolution sensor and shabby processing of images, which are used to create soft but lack sufficient detail even in daylight, provide the image that is captured by its high resolution camera.

Portrait mode from the primary camera (top), Portrait mode on the selfie camera (bottom) (tap to expand images)

A good portrait of the main camera, with high detail and average edge detection, look alright – in fact. But the samples of selfie cameras are soft and fuzzy edge detection is a bit soft, but they’re still very soft.

The video recordings are fine in daylight, with good detail at 1080p and better details when shooting at 30 fps. AUTOFAST Autofocus is also very fast, too. Stabilisation is good and the dynamic range is average, with a few objects in the distance not visible under bright conditions. These colours are still untouched, but the aggressive noise reduction leads to soft videos that do not have detail because of blotchy textures and is more difficult for them to be described in low-light or street-lit conditions.

The frames of 1080p 60 fps video recordings are higher, but I noticed some focus hopping when shooting in daylight and low light. If so, the phone also gets a warning when it is hot and the viewfinder cannot display the recorded video, which has been left unmarked and stuttering. However, thankfully recorded footage did not show the same output as . Among recording resolutions, one of the most important details to note is that view is very cropped (by 1). Possibly to help stabilisation, 5X-2X), or for the sake of improving stability.

Realme P4 Power Battery: A powerbank with a catch

• Battery capacity – 10,001mAh,
• Wired charging – 80W Ultra Charge/SuperVOOC, 55W PPS
• Reverse wired charging – 27W
• Charger in the box – Yes

All per cent begins to matter as the battery pack capacity increases. With 5 percent left, if you have the Realme P4 Power, your phone will work as usual for about 1-1. During Power Saver mode, 5 hours without going into power saver? Realme also claims that a different charging algorithm has been used to control battery degradation for those who are worried about longevity, as users won’t charge such. device like if it is just sexy smartphone. The brand says its massive battery should last 8 years before it shows any signs of struggle (at least 80 percent of its original capacity) and this needs to be done.

PCMark’s Work Battery Life test showed impressive results of 28 hours 41minutes. My phone battery was unusually generous, I noticed some weird s. The phone will be a single charge for more than two days of use, and is easily used by casual users who don’t play games. This is the phone that will be longer than 1-1 if it’s on heavy users who are constantly on calls, constant messaging and even playing games (including camera usage) for all those people. 5 days without plugging in ?

The 80W SuperVOOC charger provides enough power to charge the phone quickly

A very impressive speed of charging can be seen, as the bundled 80W charger is charging an abnormally large battery. It is applause-worthy because the charger has charged up to 7,000mAh in this period, and it fully charged the 10,001mAh battery from 0 to 31 per cent in 30 minutes and back to an hour. The telephone reached a full-charged state in 1 hour and 55 minutes.

The P4 Power can power an iPhone 16 Pro up to 50 percent in 27 minutes, according to Realme. I didn’t have the device with me and couldn’T test this claim out. But I did have an iPhone 15 Pro Max with a 4,441 mAh battery. In 30 minutes, the Realme P4 Power charged the iPhone 15 Pro Max from 42 percent to 76 percent and up to 90 percent in an hour (or down) so that speed is drastically reduced or changed after the first 30 minute.

The Realme P4 Power charging an iPhone 15 Pro Max

Essentially the P4 Power delivered 49 percent charge (for its smaller battery) in 1 hour, while the PS4 power lost 28 percent of their battery power during this process — not bad when you really need it. But still, it’s not as good as normal power banks – which typically charge at 30W or more.

In any case, Realme’s claim of charging an iPhone 16 Pro to 50 percent in 27 minutes is a bit true. Yet, keep in mind that the iPhone 16 Pro is a rather low battery ( 3,582mAh)? The battery life of basic budget Android devices is 5,000mAh (the highest-rated and most mid range, high-end device) with the batteries in between 6,000 and 7,000mAh for all smartphones. Just as short, you can charge iPhones and Android devices with batteries up to 5,000mAh but it’s going to take really long until it is fully charged.

Realme P4 Power Verdict

The Realme P4 Power’s 10,001mAh battery will be a bit over the top of today’, in fact most smartphones can deliver about 1-1 at all. smart use of 5 days of battery life if used wisely,’ . However, for those that stay away from a charging port and are always on the road warriors who will be interested in buying this smartphone because it delivers what it says without the bulk. But the Realme P4 Power sure is a few new standards for ‘big-battery smartphone’. It gives you the battery backup of two phones stacked into one, without the bulk of carrying a power bank with you (to charge the same phone) Battery life isn’t everything, though — it doesn’T just mean battery life. Aside from its camera hardware and overall raw performance, the Realme P4 Power cuts a few corners with some of these features other than Powerbank-like features. As always, the market has a lot of options.

The closest rival is the OnePlus Nord CE 5 (last year’s Redmi Note 14 Pro+ coming second in last year). Nord CE5 at Rs. A 4,999 (8+128GB) is better at the same price, has capable cameras and a 7,100mAh battery which (despite its “lower capacity”), also delivered about 2 days of battery life with casual use. We think Redmi Note 14 Pro+ (at Rs. 15 Pro) is already gaining price for the Red Mi note 15 pro, which has been rising this year. With a clean IP68-rated design, good cameras with telephoto capability and impressive battery life, 27,000) is more valuable. And if you can go up to Rs., let’s say that last? In a very high-end package, Motorola’s Edge 60 Pro (8+256GB) (29999), offers even better raw performance and an impressive set of cameras at comparatively higher prices than the Nord CE 5 or P4 Power in terms of battery life but is not as good as the North CE 5, nor its rivalry.

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