Realme GT 8 Pro Aston Martin Limited Edition: F1 styling on a proven flagship

Realme GT 8 Pro Aston Martin Limited Edition brings F1 flair to a familiar flagship

Realme has taken a checkered-flag lap with the GT 8 Pro Aston Martin Limited Edition, a China-first variant that swaps subtlety for paddock glamour. The back panel goes full pit-lane with a striking turquoise finish, an Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team badge, and neon-yellow accents that continue to the power key. Inside the box, owners get two swappable carbon-fiber camera deco plates so the phone can look track-ready or understated on demand, plus two coordinated cases, a custom F1-style SIM ejector, and an in-box charger – collector packaging and all.

Boot it up and the theme takes pole position: a bespoke Aston Martin interface with redesigned icons, wallpapers, and lockscreen animations. Early reactions are already split – some love the cockpit vibe, others think the icon pack is too plain once third-party apps enter the grid. Thankfully, you can revert to a standard theme if the F1 aesthetics aren’t your pace.

Under the livery, nothing changes versus the regular GT 8 Pro – and that’s not a complaint. Power comes from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, driving a 6.79-inch AMOLED panel and a hefty 7,000 mAh battery to outlast double-header race weekends. Photography leans into tele reach with a Ricoh GR-branded triple rear array featuring a 200 MP periscope telephoto unit; the idea is sharp pit-wall shots and distant grandstands without leaving your seat. Realme sticks to a single capacious trim here: 16 GB RAM and 1 TB storage.

The pitch is clear: a premium hardware platform dressed in team colors for fans who want their daily driver to nod at the grid. Priced at CNY 5,499 (about $770) and already on sale in China, the Limited Edition isn’t a spec bump; it’s a design and memorabilia play. That means modders hoping for custom ROMs will likely be disappointed at launch, and anyone indifferent to the F1 tie-in can grab the standard GT 8 Pro for the same performance without the extras.

As collab phones go, this one feels deliberate rather than wild – closer to a pit-stop refresh than a new chassis. Motorsport lovers will appreciate the details (the carbon textures, the neon cues, the themed UI, the lavish box). Everyone else might simply weigh the price against broader deals and availability outside China. Either way, Realme’s latest special edition keeps the GT 8 Pro firmly in contention – only now it’s wearing a team badge.