ZTE and its well-known sister sub-brand Nubia, are going to launch the next generation of its Red Magic gaming flagship smartphones – the Nubia Red Magic 7S series, in China this Monday, July 11th at 3 PM Beijing Time (GMT +8) / 12:30 PM India Standard Time (GMT +5:30) / 8 AM London Time (UTC +1).
The Red Magic 7S launch event will be held physically in the country whilst simultaneously live-streamed across Nubia’s official Chinese website (only accessible via Mainland Chinese Internet).
For international viewers who want to tune in to the Red Magic 7S launch event as well, you can instead watch the launch via a Weibo third-party live stream below. It broadcasts the event at the same time as Nubia China’s official channels.
Link to Nubia Red Magic 7S Launch Livestream HERE.
Nubia is planning to launch two gaming smartphones during the event: the Red Magic 7S & Red Magic 7S Pro. Both smartphones will be the brand’s first smartphones to sport Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC.
This new SoC boasts up to 10% of improved CPU and GPU performance, as well as 30% better power efficiency over the original Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 found on the previous generation Red Magic 7 and 7 Pro, as well as devices like the Xiaomi 12 Pro, OnePlus 10 Pro and Realme GT 2 Pro launched earlier this year. Qualcomm attributes most of the hardware improvements to switching over to TSMC’s industry-leading 4nm manufacturing process instead of Samsung’s 4nm node.
Other than the SoC upgrade, it seems that the other specifications of the Red Magic 7S series will be identical to the Red Magic 7 series we saw launched globally in April earlier this year.
The Red Magic 7S and 7S Pro are expected to be equipped with a 6.8-inch flat OLED panel and offer a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels. The refresh rate on the Red Magic 7S Pro model may go up to 165Hz with a 720Hz touch sampling rate. The standard Red Magic 7S, on the other hand, will likely support a refresh rate of only 120Hz. Both models are expected to support a new peak brightness of up to 700 nits and colour accuracy will likely be better than previous models. The display will house an in-display selfie camera supplied by its parent company ZTE while sporting Gorilla Glass 5 protection for display protection.
The two smartphones are expected to arrive in four different LPDDR5 RAM variants – 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, and 18 GB. Storage-wise, the Red Magic 7S Pro will likely come with up to 1TB of fast UFS 3.1 internal storage, whereas the standard 7S will offer up to 512GB of internal storage instead.
The Red Magic 7S is to feature a 4500mAh battery cell with 120W fast wired charging support. The Pro model is rumoured to feature a 5000mAh battery whilst carrying industry-leading 165W fast wired charging support instead. Both smartphones will likely charge from 0 to 100 per cent in under 20 minutes. It is worth mentioning that there is no wireless charging or reverse wired charging in the smartphones.
To know further about the pricing and colour options of the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S series of gaming smartphones, stay tuned to our coverage of the launch event on July 11th here at Gizmochina!
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