nubia Red Magic 9S Pro review

18 July 2024


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  • 19 Jul 2024

Expect no software update at all. ZTE is known for abandoning already released models.

    The phone has flaws, but it is the only one without a punch hole, with a 3.5mm jack, and no camera bump. When my Poco F2 Pro finally dies, I guess I will have no choice but to buy this phone or its successor.

      Like always Snapdragon didnt disappoint in throttling the crap out of any device... as its nothing better than overclocking old chips put few useless "AI" features that do nothing(like, really they do nothing as they are just some words on paper) and sell it as new...

      After all everyone want to spend more money on phone with "latest" chip that after 30min of using act like Snapdragon 885 from 2018 and after another 30min act like Snapdragon 778

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        • fCP
        • 19 Jul 2024

        Does nubia/ZTE allow bootloader unlocking? How are the spare parts market? What's the price of the display assembly? Can someone please answer me these?

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          • Anonymous
          • vaS
          • 19 Jul 2024

          Anonymous, 19 Jul 2024Gaming phones became a joke after Blackshark, Lenovo Legion... moreBlackshark lost money on some VR trash investment. The others probably could not compete well. Remember the Legion phone 2 splitting apart?

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            • Anonymous
            • vaS
            • 19 Jul 2024

            joy, 19 Jul 2024I really like the look, its refreshing like a "Nothing... moreBecause it was not made exclusively for you. 🤣

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              • JYb
              • 19 Jul 2024

              Is it me or this thread is full of bots lol

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                • Anonymous
                • nFP
                • 19 Jul 2024

                DroidBoye, 19 Jul 2024IDK why Samsung and Apple can't give us 3.5mm jack, in... moreLarge batteries and fan cooling would eat into their profit margins. Also, only a small % of Apple users are hardcore gamers. The vast majority are just scrolling through TikTok.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • tu6
                  • 19 Jul 2024

                  How bad can REDMAGIC go when a famous PC YouTuber make a video our of it. Those who say it sucks, either never have it, or it doesn't meet your fantasies.

                    CamoGeko-XDA, 18 Jul 2024The definition of a MEH phone. Just buy a ROG Phone 6 in... moreYuck, Asus ROG Phones are prone to dead motherboard issues after several months of use due to poor board quality and lack of internal cooling. Goodluck with that. RedMagic is still the best in its class. Don't underestimate a brand because its "Chinese". Note that OnePlus, Huawei, Nothing brand and Xiaomi are chinese brands too but can rival that of Samsung or Apple. Only CCP needs to go but these brands are all competitive lol

                      I've used several RedMagic devices starting from the 5G, 6SPro, 8Pro and now I have my 9Pro. If you're looking for a solid well rounded Gaming phone that you can use as a daily driver, Go for RedMagic. Yes, this phones are built like a tank and has very good battery life.

                      Speakers are super crisp and loud with that 1.xx CC cavity size magnets inside, Cam is good for daily captures. Oh, I enjoyed the Console mode too, where you can play your games upscaled up to 2K resolution on a widescreen TV/monitor. Pass on ROG phones, I've had several dead motherboard issues after months of usage with my old ROG 3Strix, 5S and 6D, so expensive yet so frail Asus.

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                        • 19 Jul 2024

                        I've been using RedMagic devices since there RM7SPro series and now I have the RM9Pro. I can say that it is very well built with super premium materials, and very good thermals.

                        GSMArena might be using a preproduction software RM9SPro as other reviews from Tech Youtubers like TechSpurt, ETAPrime, TechTablets, etc are showing it should've 90+% stability on stress tests.

                        I can say that the UDC selfie cam have really improved. Battery life is also been good with my 9Pro.
                        I don't really like ROG phones as I had 3S, 5 and 6D all got screen and board burnt issues.

                          IDK why Samsung and Apple can't give us 3.5mm jack, internal fan cooling, 6500mAh battery all in one package at the pricepoint they're selling. This Redmagic phone has all that at even lower pricing. At this point the only justification that Sammy and the fruit has is feature gatekeeping just to have slightly higher "feature" just enough for the next generation to be "worth it".

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                            • joy
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                            • 19 Jul 2024

                            I really like the look, its refreshing like a "Nothing phones" but ruined by a gaming moniker heavily compromising the ingress protection via Fan tunnel and a horrible camera quality.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • asm
                              • 19 Jul 2024

                              Gaming phones became a joke after Blackshark, Lenovo Legion and Razer quit the game
                              Now we stuck with overpriced ROG and Chinese e-waste factory ZTE

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                                • Anonymous
                                • tu6
                                • 19 Jul 2024

                                Nubianian Z, 19 Jul 2024RedMagic is still the best jam packed gaming phone as alway... moreMore like ROG phone sells mostly because of the designs, the interior, I can say worst than a RedMagic. Software are somehow okay, not so good. You can imagine a phone cam get itself up to almost 40°C with just watching YouTube, yes, only ROG 7. 8 is worse, the airtrigger doesn't even function when the heat got up to 39°C, sometimes 40°C depending on the emotion of the phone. And 1 big issue, is the Window, when you opened an application on a Window, there you can tap anything, but not everything, like you long press to copy a word, or paste something, you'll get nothing, usually goes into other selections. For RedMagic pretty much matching all my needs, only complain is, why the speaker so bad

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vaS
                                  • 19 Jul 2024

                                  Gensheet is still a hostage to Hoyo's contract with Apple. It's been 4 years now., 🤣

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • vaS
                                    • 19 Jul 2024

                                    Anonymous, 18 Jul 2024why do you insist to review this chionese trash not even tr... moreYou're not the only audience. Just ignore them if you hate them.

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                                      • y6V
                                      • 19 Jul 2024

                                      RedMagic is still the best jam packed gaming phone as always. My RM9Pro not only has a super tanky battery, but it also has improved OIS powered cameras compared to before.

                                      ROG Phones are prone to motherboard issues and software bricks though on updates. Not also too price friendly like RedMagic does with even a RedMagic Console mode not found on ROG ones.

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                                        • Nubianian Z
                                        • y6V
                                        • 19 Jul 2024

                                        Asus ROG phones are prone to motherboard issues and software bricks. RedMagic phones have console mode, has uninterrupted UDC screen, 1.6CC speakers , builtin fan, sweatproof triggers and may more perks that ROG phones lol