nubia Red Magic 9S Pro review

18 July 2024


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I'm still using the Red Magic 5G and it's still going strong as well. I still get a full day of battery although on some heavier use days I have had to charge twice that day. When it was new, I would get two or three days in between charges. This past year I didn't receive any updates, so I guess support is finally over. Even on this older model I always thought the pictures were fine but honestly I couldn't care less about pictures. People talk about sales gimmicks, pictures are the sales gimmicks. You're full of yourself and deceiving yourself if you think anyone cares about pictures of your last meal. Any honestly any picture quality is fine for a stupid purpose like that. When I first got the phone I really did want to play games on it but mobile games are trash and emulators are terrible with touchscreen controls. So yes, until those 2 issues are dealt with, gaming on a phone is a gimmick as well. I never game on it anymore because of those 2 issues, trash games and lack of physical buttons. As an everyday phone tho, you're not gonna get a better phone for the price. Plenty of power to get you through anything you throw at it. Tough as nails, I should know because I've dropped it quite a few times over the years and slung it through the car a couple of times when braking hard. And lastly, you don't have to worry about keeping a charge. As far as security goes, I didn't do much side loading anymore except games I build myself, so must apps I download are through the play store and are normal apps like Outlook or something generic like that. So those said have already gone through several layers of security. If I lose the phone, I have Google's find my phone feature on and I have security measures for unlocking the phone on. All in all, it's a fantastic phone for half the price of phones you're going to do the same things on; which are make calls, texts, browse the Internet, download the same apps and scroll through them, scroll through the same feeds, and take a random picture that you're never going to look back at again. This comment is so long that it could've been the article. Consider this as my GSMArena resume, lol.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 22 Jul 2024

    FredrickX, 21 Jul 2024reviewers get special "media tweaked" phones that... moreMost of these youtubers and reviewers are just advertisement agencies at this point, no integrity at all.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 22 Jul 2024

      execyahweh, 19 Jul 2024The phone has flaws, but it is the only one without a punch... moreThe Poco F5 was the last F series with a headphone jack.

        Anonymous, 19 Jul 2024More like ROG phone sells mostly because of the designs, th... moreWell all of these gaming phone brands have their own flaws. But RedMagic has proved to be way sturdier and more affordable for all it offers compared to ROG phones have. I both used these brands and I've happily stayed with Redmagic cause of its sustained/toptier thermal management + durability. Here in Asia, RedMagic has been selling well like hotcakes also than their ROG phones counterpart due to awesome performance to price ratio and popularity.

          Garmarna, 19 Jul 2024Expect no software update at all. ZTE is known for abandoni... moreRedmagic has been updating their older devices up til now. My RedMagic 7 from 2022 just got 2 security & performance updates + game space features updates this year. Ever had any RedMagic devices before? Jeez. They're almost the same with Asus when it comes to updates though just a bit slower.

            Gsmarena might've gotten a preproduction software version RM9sPro then cause on most tech youtubers, they're getting a 90%+ stability. A few commenters here also stated. I second that motion.

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              • 21 Jul 2024

              FredrickX, 21 Jul 2024reviewers get special "media tweaked" phones that... moreSource? And GSMArena isn't a reviewer?

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                • 21 Jul 2024

                FredrickX, 21 Jul 2024reviewers get special "media tweaked" phones that... moreI guess that's all the gamer wants

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                  • 21 Jul 2024

                  FR4M3, 19 Jul 2024Does nubia/ZTE allow bootloader unlocking? How are the spar... moreYour comment here would not get a reply, go Reddit

                    pocketbook89, 20 Jul 2024strange almost all reviewer in youtube techtablet, chinese ... morereviewers get special "media tweaked" phones that generally perform better than your average consumer phones, it's very common in China

                      Akinaro, 19 Jul 2024Like always Snapdragon didnt disappoint in throttling the c... moreYep that's why I still using Black Shark 4 Sd870
                      Till it dies

                        WhatsUpD, 19 Jul 2024Is it me or this thread is full of bots lolThe possibility of that statement turning out to be true is indeed very high, human. 🤖🤖🤖 How did you come to such a conclusion?

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 20 Jul 2024

                          pocketbook89, 20 Jul 2024strange almost all reviewer in youtube techtablet, chinese ... moreIt's very unlikely that it's a firmware issue. The Red Magic 9 Pro was released last year.

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                            • 20 Jul 2024

                            Anonymous, 20 Jul 2024Small phones would still be around if they weren't exc... moreThe Sony Xperia 10 V.

                              strange almost all reviewer in youtube techtablet, chinese reviewer shown 90+ stability test yet the phone didnt pass gsmarena test..same as older redmagic 9pro gsmarena result contradicts most test from other reviewer... maybe global ver firmware arent being updated yet no wonder

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 20 Jul 2024

                                Anonymous, 20 Jul 2024Small phones would still be around if they weren't exc... moreThey've been dead for longer than 5 years. Apple took a brief try but even Apple fans hated it, that should tell you something when the most mindless group of people don't go for it.

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                                  • 20 Jul 2024

                                  Bond, 20 Jul 2024Do not buy Nubia phones in India.Thlere is zero after sales... morei'd never ever expect after-sale support on chinese brand, but what exactly make yours broken so fast?
                                  but anyway if it's have anything to do with factory defect then you have my condolence, as i'm still cant wrap my head on how india getting plagued with enormous ammount of defective phones in the first place, i mean it's happened too many years now.

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                                    • 20 Jul 2024

                                    Do not buy Nubia phones in India.Thlere is zero after sales service after you buy the phone. The condition is so bad that they do not have a service center in mumbai.

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                                      • 20 Jul 2024

                                      Anonymous, 19 Jul 2024Small phones were very much a YouTube bubble kind of thing.... moreSmall phones would still be around if they weren't exclusive to either flagships or outdated low end crap from some dubious brand. Tell me a sub 6.3" budget/midrange phone released in the past 4-5 years and i will agree with you that low sales killed small phones. Please dont say the Iphone SE 2, that thing was just a scam.

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                                        • 20 Jul 2024

                                        SD Cardigan, 19 Jul 2024A gaming phone seems like a very specific slice of the phon... moreThe fact that a 9S Pro is released indicates that the phones sell quite well or at the very least meet the expectations.

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