After the announcement of the Snapdragon 855 plus yesterday, a bunch of Chinese manufacturers hinted at the launch of new phones that will be powered by the new SoC. One of such manufacturers is Nubia‘s Red Magic, and today it confirmed there will be a special edition Red Magic 3 powered by the new chipset.
The Weibo post says the phone is “coming soon” and includes a poster that shows the Snapdragon 855+ processor. It also has a bunch of text in different fonts including the name of its latest device, the Red Magic 3.
We can’t say if this new version will replace the still new Snapdragon 855 version or if both will exist side-by-side. If it will be the latter, expect to shell out more cash to get that CPU and GPU performance boosts which the Snapdragon 855+ brings.
If you already bought the Red Magic 3, you won’t be missing much. However, if you are yet to, you may want to wait until this new version is released before you order a unit.
The Red Magic 3 is the first smartphone in the world to have a built-in cooling fan. It has a 6.65-inch AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate. There is a 16MP selfie camera and a single 48MP rear camera. The phone also has touch-sensitive buttons on the side, DTS X Ultra audio, a 3.5mm jack, and packs a massive 5000mAh battery with support for 27W fast charging and USB PD.
The Red Magic 3 comes in several configurations with the base model having 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage while the highest configuration doubles the RAM to 12GB and has 256GB os storage.
Other brands that have hinted at launching Snapdragon 855+ phones include iQOO, Lenovo, Xiaomi, and Redmi.
