Nubia Magic 3 smartphone was published on April 28th priced at 2899 Yuan.
There are not so much phone manufacturers having a step in the gaming phone area. Nubia is one of the first batches, and Nubia Red Magic 3 is their third gaming smartphone. The features of the phone are not only the strong performance, but also the design, heat dissipation, battery life and so on.
Nubia Red Magic 3 comes with 6.65-inch OLED screen having the resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The gaming handset is powered by Snapdragon 855 chipset, and offers 6/8/12GB of RAM and 64/128/256GB of internal storage. It is fueled by 5000mAh battery with 27W fast charging.
Design:
Red Magic 3 offers four colors, which are Black, Red, Camouflage and Red/Blue, and we got the Black variant.
The dominant tone of Red Magic 3 package is black.
There are the features and basic spec on the package back side.
Because of the 19.5:9 aspect ratio, the handset is a bit longer than other phones. What’s more, the touch feeling is better with the transition processing of R angle.
As a gaming-focused smartphone, the screen of Red Magic 3 is incredible, which has 90Hz refresh rate, 1ms respond speed, DC dimming technology, HDR visual effects, and 87.7% screen-to-body ratio. The official says that the touchscreen polling rate can be automatic regulated between 120Hz to 240Hz combined with the practical application scene, and the touch latency is 40.02ms.
There is a front-facing camera, sensor and phone receiver on the front top bezel.
The back panel of Red Magic 3 is made of nano-metal with radium carving, and it is continued to use the X style and symmetrical design with diamond cutting technology. The RGB LED strip also makes a comeback on the new model, and there is a Red Magic logo LED light called Red Magic Eye, which can be always on or flickered. In addition, the air duct is changed to the camera module below and side.
The weight of Red Magic 3 is 215g, so the handset is not suitable for holding with one hand.
From top to bottom are flash light, camera, air duct, fingerprint sensor.
The new logo light can be always on or flickered, and the RGB LED strip can flicker when playing game, listening to music, charging and notification.
On the right side, there is the cooling hole, volume key, power button, and the two gaming buttons with U shape supporting all games.
There is an e-sports button, a SIM card slot, and an e-sports magic box interface on the left side.
The e-sports magic box interface is convenient for users to use 3.5mm earphone, charging cable and other expanded appliances. You can push the e-sports button to open the game mode.
On the top of the Red Magic 3, it keeps the 3.5mm earphone jack. I like it.
On the bottom of the phone, there is a speaker, a Type-C port and a noise cancelling microphone.
Performance
Nubia Red Magic 3 is powered by Snapdragon 855 processor and UFS 2.1, and the most important is that the phone has a built-in ICE 2.0 multi-dimensional cooling system. What’s more, the Red Magic 3 built-in a fan with forced air cooling. When you open the cooling fan, you can hear the sound of fans running, but the noise is controlled under 32dBA in the 30m.
According to the officials, ICE 2.0 possesses 32000mm total effective cooling area, 14000 R.P.M fan speed and 0.26CFM, which can make the phone core temperature lower by 18℃, CPU core temperature lower by 5℃, and the phone’s surface temperature lower by 3℃.
The Antutu Benchmark of Nubia Red Magic 3 is up to 396885, which is the top of the ranking list. The high score is benefited by the super cooling capacity.
When you turn on the e-sports button, the phone will get in the game mode which has network selection, gaming status, cooling fan, RGB LED strip and other options.
In addition, the built-in fan can automatically control and regulate temperature. For example, the fan will open at higher temperatures. And the fan will turn off automatically at the lower temperature. Of course, users can turn on the fan by themselves.
On the phone’s back panel, there is a RGB LED strip and a logo light. The strip will gleam when the phone is charging, playing games, listening to music and other notification. Also, you can change the lightning effect by yourselves. The Red Magic Eye can be always on or gleamed.
Because of the gaming buttons on the bezels and rear fingerprint sensor, the operation of tester become faster and more flexible especially in the PUBG. After experience, games are run at full frame.
Camera
Red Magic 3 comes with 48MP rear camera with IMX 586 sensor having f/1.7 aperture, and 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.
Look at the camera samples shot in day light.
[envira-gallery id=”251418″]As a gaming-centric phone, the camera of Red Magic 3 performs well. It’s worth mentioning is that the Red Magic 3 comes with Neovison algorithm, which supports ultra HD 8K video recording and 1920FPS 64x slow-motion video shooting.
Battery Life
Red Magic 3 is fueled by 5000mAh battery. The official said that the power consumption of running the fan continuously for an hour is less than 1%.
We tested the battery life by playing video continuously. After playing video for an hour, the battery decreased from 64% to 54%.
We played game for 30minutes with high effects and cooling fan, the battery decreased from 52% to 41%.
In addition, the phone charges from 10% to full in 85minutes.
Conclusion
There’s no doubt that Red Magic 3 is a gaming-centric smartphone. All details are designed for playing games, for example, the 19.5:9 aspect ratio offers comfort gaming holding feeling. However, the weight of 215g is not suitable for holding the phone by one hand.
The RGB LED strip and the Red Magic Eye make the phone more fantastic and e-sports style.
Red Magic 3 comes with 6.65-inch screen having the 90Hz refresh rate, and is powered by Snapdragon 855 processor. Also, the cooling system is combined with air cooling and liquid cooling, which makes sure the phone will have no lag in long playing time. What’s more, Nubia cooperates with game manufacturers to optimize and adapt games with Red Magic 3.
Red Magic 3 is fueled by 5000mAh battery with 27W fast charging. Through our test, it is enough for long playing game time.
Nubia Red Magic 3 is an incredible gaming smartphone. If you want to buy a gaming phone, it is a good choice for you.
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