Nubia has announced its first 5G gaming smartphone in China called Nubia Red Magic 5G. The handset comes with an in-display Optical fingerprint sensor and comes with special gaming features like Dual Gaming Buttons and 2-stage toggle switch to easily enter gaming mode.
It boots on Android 10 based Red Magic OS. The Red Magic 5G features in 6.55-inch multi-touch AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate. The screen offers FHD+ resolution at 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It has unique in-game frame rate compensation technology which guarantees stability at each frame.
For optimum performance, the Nubia Red Magic 5G features in octa-core Snapdragon 865 SoC. It comes in options of 8GB / 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB / 256GB UFS 3.0 storage options. To keep this gaming smartphone cool during gaming sessions, Nubia has included Air Cooling and Liquid Cooling ICE 3.0, which is 3-dimensional multi-dimensional cooling system.
The Nubia Red Magic 5G specs also include 4500mAh battery which supports 10A air-cooled turbo fast charging. It also supports PPS fast charging protocol (compatible with PD3.0 and QC4.0). Statistically speaking, it can charge up to 56% in 15 minutes, 90% in 30 minutes and 100% in 40 minutes. There are 7 doc points on the side as well.
In terms of optics, there is a triple camera setup at the back. It includes 64MP main camera which houses 1/1.7-inch Sony IMX686 sensor. There are 8MP wide-angle and 2MP macro shooters at the back as well. Selfies are taken from 8MP front camera.
Nubia Red Magic 5G Specifications
- Dimensions: 168.56 x 78 x 9.75 mm
- Weight: 218 grams
- Biometrics: In-display Optical fingerprint sensor
- Operating system: Android 10 based Red Magic OS with game enhancement algorithms, Game Eco, PIP
- Special Features: Dual Gaming buttons (300Hz side dual pressure touch buttons) 2-stage toggle switch to enter game mode, Colorful lights, Dock Magic Box
- Design: A Post modern cyber look for Gen Z, Gaming Touch shoulder key design, newly upgraded dual air outlets, Independent athletic key
- SIM: Dual SIM support
- Display: 6.55-inch AMOLED display with 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 144Hz refresh rate, 240Hz screen touch sampling rate, 6.9ms per frame, 4096 levels of automatic brightness adjustment, TUV Rheiland low blue light certification, multi-touch
- Chipset: Oct-acore Snapdragon 865 mobile platform with Adreno 650 GPU
- Cooling: 40000mm2 Air duct area, 18-degree C CPU temperature reduction, Centrifugal fan (15000 Rotating speed), Liquid cooling pip[e, High thermal conductivity copper foil, thermal gel, multilayer thermal graphite, L-shaped liquid cooling pipe
- RAM: 8GB / 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5
- Storage: 128GB / 256GB UFS 3.0
- Front camera: 12MP
- Rear cameras: Triple rear cameras with LED Flash, PDAF (0.1S), NeoVision Photography Engine
- 64MP with 1/1.7-inch Sony IMX686 sensor, F/1.8 Aperture, 6P lens, BSI, 0.8um large pixels
- 8MP with 120-degree Super-Wide-Angle lens
- 2MP Macro lens
- Battery: 4500mAh (typical) with 55W air-cooled turbo fast charging, 10A high current fast charging solution
- Connectivity: 5G (SA/NSA), Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (2.4/5/5.8GHz), Wi-Fi Hotspot, Bluetooth V5.1, USB Type-C, GPS (L1+L5)/GLONASS/Beidou
- Audio: Stereo Dual Speakers, dual Smart PA, DTS sound, 3.5mm Audio Jack
- Sensors: Geomagnetic, Gyroscope Acceleration, Light, Distance
The Nubia Red Magic 5G colors include Cyber Neon, Mars Red and Hacker Black shades. Pre-orders of the phone starts today while its selling is scheduled for March 19th.
Nubia Red Magic 5G Price
- 8GB RAM + 128GB Storage model: 3799 Yuan (US$ 540 / Rs. 40,300 approx.)
- 12GB RAM + 128GB Storage model: 4099 Yuan (US$ 627 / Rs. 43,500 approx.)
- 12GB RAM + 256GB Storage model: 4999 Yuan (US$ 712 / Rs. 53,050 approx.)
- Nubia Red Magic 5G Transparent Edition with 12GB RAM + 256GB Storage mode: 4599 Yuan (US$ 655 / Rs. 48,800 approx.)
- Nubia Red Magic 5G Transparent Edition with 16GB RAM + 256GB Storage mode: 5199 Yuan (US$ 740 / Rs. 55,170 approx.)