The ZTE Nubia Red Magic is now official, the company collaborated with Red Magic to launch this gaming smartphone with a rugged-like body. This is coming days after the United States banned ZTE from purchasing Qualcomm chips for seven years.
However, this Red Magic gaming smartphone houses the Snapdragon 835 chip with an octa-core processor, there’s a version with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. It will be in competition with Xiaomi Black Shark gaming smartphone. Well, let’s meet the ZTE Nubia Red Magic.
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Design
Looking like a Sumarai weapon from the rear, thanks to its exquisite and unique design. Another highlight here is the NEG Dinorex T2X-1 which the entire device is covered with, offering scratch and shock resistant. However, the device is NOT water or splash resistant but it’s stronger than most smartphones with IP67 certifications.
This looks way more attractive than Xiaomi’s Black Shark, thanks to the tall LED light at the rear. The dual antenna lines also adds to the beauty as well, with the rear camera, LED flash and fingerprint scanner. It measures 9.5 mm in thickness, which is really slim for a gaming smartphone. Weighing 185g overall and available in Red and Black colors.
Display
The Gaming Phablet dishes out an 18:9 aspect ratio, with super minimal bezels, giving gamers the Full View experience while playing games. There’s also a Dinorex T2X-1 glass at the front, offering scratch and shock resistant as well from this side.
Furthermore, the 6-inch FHD+ LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen should bring all your games to live. With a resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels and 402 pixels per inch density, enjoy gaming with a sharp screen. The screen stretches up to 78.5% screen to body ratio and has low-temperature polysilicon.
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Hardware and Software
Houses the Snapdragon 835 chip from Qualcomm with Octa-core processor and 64-bit CPU architecture as well. The 8-cores of processor here runs at an impressive clock speed of 2.35GHz with 16nm process technology. Administrating graphics is the Adreno 540 graphics processor from Qualcomm.
There are two versions in terms of RAM and internal storage space. The standard version comes with 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage space, while the cheaper variant has 6GB RAM and 64GB storage space as well. The RAM space reaches a memory speed of over 1.6GHz, while the internal storage is not upgradeable. The Nubia Red Magic runs on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system with a new user interface from Red Magic.
Camera
The modern-day gaming smartphones now come with great cameras and the ZTE Nubia Red Magic didn’t disappoint in this department. The 24MP rear shooter with f/1.7 aperture takes beautiful photographs even in low light areas. Features on the camera include phase detection, autofocus, LED flash, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama, and others. With the device, videos of 2160 pixels can be records at 30fps, while the 8MP selfie camera has f/2.0 aperture.
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Battery
Powering the ZTE Nubia Red Magic is a 3800mAh non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging technology. With the fast charging feature, it shouldn’t take up to 1.9 hours to fully charge up the battery from 0% to 100%.
ZTE Nubia Red Magic Full Technical Specifications
General
Device Type | Smartphone |
Model | ZTE Nubia Red Magic |
Announced | April, 2018 |
Released | April, 2018 |
Status | Available on Shopping stores |
Network
2G Network | Yes |
3G Network | Yes |
4G Network | Yes |
SIM Type | Nano + Nano |
SIM Count | Dual SIM |
Design
Type | Aluminium Frame |
Dimensions | 158.1 x 74.9 x 9.5 mm |
Weight | 185g |
Protection | Yes |
Colours | Black and Red |
Display
Display Type | FHD+ LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
Size | 6-inch |
Resolution | 1080 x 2160 pixels |
Colors | 16M colors |
Pixel Density | 402ppi |
Screen-To-Body Ratio | 78.5% |
Touch Screen | Yes |
Protection | Yes |
Features | Multi-touch, Scratch Resistant |
Secondary Display | No |
Camera
24MP | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Exposure compensation Face detection Geotagging HDR ISO settings Panorama Scene mode Self-timer Touch focus White balance settings |
|
Yes, LED | |
8MP |
Software
Android 8.1 Oreo | |
Red Magic UI | |
Yes | |
Skype | Yes |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Youtube | Yes |
Hardware
Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 | |
CPU | Octa-core 2.35GHz |
GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 540 |
8GB/6GB | |
Internal Storage | 128GB/64GB |
No | |
Fingerprint (Rear) Accelerometer Proximity Ambient Light Gyroscope, Compass |
|
Controls | Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key |
Connectivity
Yes | |
Infrared | No |
Wi-Fi | Yes |
Wi-fi Hotspot | Yes |
USB Type | Yes, microUSB |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
NFC | – |
HDMI | – |
Facial Identification | Yes |
No |
Battery
Battery Type | Li-Po Battery |
Capacity | 3800mAh |
Placement | Non-removable |
Fast Charging | Yes |
Standby | – |
Talk Time | – |
Music Play | – |
Media
Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC | |
Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player | |
– | |
– | |
Vibration, Ringtones | |
MP3, WAV | |
Yes | |
Yes |
Other Features
– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
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