nubia Red Magic 9 Pro review
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Introduction and specs
The Red Magic 9 Pro by nubia has arrived early this year, probably due to Qualcomm making its top-tier chipset available earlier than usual. Either way, this year's top-tier gaming smartphone from Red Magic is out, and it comes along with a slew of meaningful upgrades. A worthy generational improvement.
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In addition to the more powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC on board, the handset boasts a brighter display, twice the standard storage, a new 50MP ultrawide camera, a bigger battery, and the global variant finally gets USB 3.2 Gen2.
ZTE nubia Red Magic 9 Pro specs at a glance:
- Body: 164.0x76.4x8.9mm, 229g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame, glass back; Pressure sensitive zones (520Hz touch-sensing), Built-in cooling fan, Aviation aluminum middle frame.
- Display: 6.80" AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 1600 nits (peak), 1116x2480px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 400ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8650-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm): Octa-core (1x3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 & 5x3.2 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2x2.3 GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 750.
- Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, UFS 4.0.
- OS/Software: Android 14, Redmagic OS 9.
- Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, 1/1.57", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.2, 1/2.76", 0.64µm; Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4.
- Front camera: 16 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1.12µm, under display.
- Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps; Front camera: 1080p@30/60fps.
- Battery: 6500mAh; 80W wired, PD3.0.
- Connectivity: 5G; Dual SIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.3; NFC; Infrared port; 3.5mm jack; IR blaster, USB 3. Gen2.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, optical); stereo speakers.
To handle the powerful chip, nubia has once again upgraded the cooling solution, now called ICE 13. It incorporates a 10-layer heat dissipation sheet with a bigger surface, and the cooling fan now goes up to 22,000 RPM while reducing noise emissions.
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The handset also boasts upgrades to the stereo speaker setup, more gaming features, better LED lighting around, including the shoulder triggers, and a slimmer design. That last bit is impressive, given the 500 mAh battery increase over the last generation.
So, without further ado, let's see how the new Red Magic 9 Pro runs games and how well it fares in our usual set of tests.
Unboxing the nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
The handset comes in a standard box containing the usual user manuals along with a USB-A to USB-C cable for charging and data transfer and a 65W wall charger.
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Nubia provides a protective case too. It's transparent, so it doesn't take away from the nice design.
Reader comments
- phillyrc187
- 24 Apr 2024
- k33
The cameras are much better than some of y'all wanna give credit now grant it I'm coming from an LG V20 to the Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro but the cameras aren't bad, other than the selfie camera seemingly being more of a gimmick than useful...
- Panther G
- 16 Apr 2024
- y6V
This phone is specifically made for gaming, so expect a bad camera. Though ROG Phone 8 has a much better camera than its previous iterations.
- Hasnain
- 05 Apr 2024
- smZ
I sold this phone just because of the front camera it would show my face orange in the light. And at night So dark very bad quality.