This Thor Love and Thunder-themed smartphone is the epitome of cheap tie-ins

Date:
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:06:38 +0000

Description:
This new Realme GT Neo 3 is themed around Thor, but it's not actually different to the standard model.

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Realme has been pretty busy pumping out themed spin-offs of its latest
Android phone , the Realme GT Neo 3 , with Naruto and Dragonball Z versions already launched. However, a new version inspired by the latest Marvel movie is a little less impressive.

There's a new version inspired by the latest in the long line of Marvel
films, Thor: Love and Thunder , which has been unveiled in India. It's not clear if it'll go on sale elsewhere, but some of the other themed versions launched in Europe too (not the US though - Realme doesn't sell its phones there).

You probably know what's in the box already, because you've already scrolled past the picture of the 'Realme GT Neo 3 150W Thor Love and Thunder Limited Edition' as they're calling it. You get a Nitro Blue version of the phone as well as some stickers, cards, a badge and a themed SIM removal tool.

Of all phones, the Realme GT Neo 3 is perhaps the best pick to be themed around the God of Thunder, because it charges lightning-fast. It has 150W powering, which gets the phone from empty to full in just 15 minutes - at the time of writing, there isn't a faster charging phone on the market.

So maybe this Thor phone will appeal to Marvel fans... however as mobile tie-ins go, this is a pretty lazy one. Analysis: not exactly a huge redesign

Sometimes, when we see pop-culture versions of Android phones, they have some interesting redesigns - the Naruto version of the Realme GT Neo 3 was bright orange and blue, for example. The Realme GT Neo 3, with the Naturo version on the left. (Image credit: Carlos Pedrs)

So what's special about the Thor: Love and Thunder version? Uh - absolutely nothing. The phone included in the pack is the Nitro Blue one which is
already readily available on sale.

Not only is this a little lazy on Realme's part, but it's not great for Thor fans either. The new design has nothing to do with the new Marvel movie -
it's literally a racing strip on the back.

This isn't the only time we've seen lazy tie-ins, but it's certainly a shame for fans of Thor: Love and Thunder. Don't expect to see this on our list of the weirdest phones of the year .



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