ZTE's Nubia sub-brand today unveiled the Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro gaming smartphone and Red Magic Gaming Tablet. What do the new gaming machines offer?
Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro is maintained in a similar style as the previous model, i.e. Red Magic 8 Pro. Therefore, it has a housing with quite regular, sharp lines, a flat back and a flat display with a narrow and almost symmetrical frame. Of course, there will be a version with a transparent back, and in the white and graphite variant with opaque backs, there will be a new gradient in the form of concentric rings. The display - as I mentioned - remains very impressive, has a diagonal of 6.8 inches, a resolution of 1116 x 2480 pixels, 10-bit colours and a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz. The screen is of course AMOLED, and under it there is not only a fingerprint reader, but also a selfie camera. This camera is 16-megapixel, while on the back of the housing we find familiar cameras with 50, 8 and 2 Mpx matrices - additional ones are used for wide-angle and macro photos.
photo: Nubia
photo: Nubia
The heart of the Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor with a clock frequency of the main core raised to 3.6 Ghz - similarly as was the case with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra model. The processor works with LPDDR5, UFS 4.0 memories. with capacities up to 24 GB and 1 TB, respectively. There was also an extensive cooling system with a high-speed fan, in a transparent version illuminated with LEDs. There are also indispensable tactile triggers helpful in games, as well as a slider activating the gaming mode and stereo speakers. The smartphone powers a battery with a capacity of 6000 mAh and a charging system with a power of 80 W in the Pro model and 165 W in the Pro + variant, but with a battery reduced to 5000 mAh. Unfortunately, there are serious concerns that - as in previous models - such charging will only be available in the version for the Chinese market, and the global variant will receive a weaker ... In both smartphones we will see the modernized Red Magic 8.0 interface based on Android 13. The price list is as follows:
- Red Magic 8S Pro 8+128GB - 3999 yuan, $553
- Red Magic 8S Pro 8+256GB - 4399 yuan, $608
- Red Magic 8S Pro 12+256GB - 4799 yuan, $663
- Red Magic 8S Pro 12+512GB - 5499 yuan, $760
- Red Magic 8S Pro 12+256GB transparent - 4999 yuan, $690
- Red Magic 8S Pro 12+512GB transparent - 5699 yuan, $787
- Red Magic 8S Pro+ 16+256GB - 5499 yuan, $759
- Red Magic 8S Pro+ 16+512GB - 5799 yuan, $801
- Red Magic 8S Pro+ 16+256GB - 5699 yuan, $787
- Red Magic 8S Pro+ 16+512GB - 5999 yuan, $829
- Red Magic 8S Pro+ 16GB+1TB transparent - 6999 yuan, $967
- Red Magic 8S Pro+ 24GB+1TB transparent - 7499 yuan, $1036
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The Red Magic Gaming Tablet is, in turn, an interestingly stylized, slim (6.5 mm) tablet, equipped with a 12.1-inch display by BOE with a resolution of 2K, brightness of 600 nits and a 10-bit colour palette, as well as a narrow frame. The heart of the tablet is the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, cooled by an extensive system with a steam chamber and supported by LPDDR5+UFS3.1 memories. The tablet is powered by a 10,000 mAh battery with an 80-watt charging system. The equipment also includes cameras with 13 and 16 Mpx matrices and four speakers and a 5G modem. The 12+256 GB version costs 3899 yuan, while the 16+512 GB version costs 4599 yuan. Converting, it's $539-635.
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