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The latest smartphone to get deconstructed by Zack for his YouTube channel, JerryRigEverything was the Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro. It has a host of top-of-the-line features at a fraction of the ‘flagship smartphone price’. Surprisingly, it fared quite well during its teardown. 

Upon removing the back cover using heat and suction, the transparent glass was removed, revealing a very interesting design. The phone has an array of RGB LEDs for aesthetic purposes. Interestingly, the phone has T3 screws instead of regular Philips Head screws for aesthetic reasons. The lower loudspeaker is attached to the bottom plastic section of the phone. The upper segment has two parts, the portion containing the upper loudspeaker and the other containing the air duct channel. The metal-air duct channel acts as a heatsink and gets cooled by the air on top of it, thanks to the 2000 RPM cooling fan. The casing is somewhat meshed in order to prevent dust and debris from entering the device, however, it’s definitely not built to keep water out. 

The phone has a dual-cell battery. It was removed without any fuss, with one battery connector unplugged. Zack pointed out that the unplugged connector might be for the China-only variant of the smartphone, which charges at 80W instead of the standard 65W. The camera was still plugged into the motherboard when it was removed, which was interesting. The back of the phone was rich with copious amounts of thermal paste, and a massive copper vapor chamber to regulate the heat. The 2MP macro camera was a little separated from the rest of the camera unit. Apart from the headphone jack at the top, the bottom half housed another vibration motor, making it clear that the device has two vibration motors, possibly for gaming.

The fins on the fan blade are made of translucent plastic. The square contact pads rest on the motherboard of the device. Lastly, the edge-to-edge OLED display was pretty interesting. When the light was shone through the camera unit and light sensors that sit underneath the pixels, the camera sensors were able to compensate for the yellow shift from the lens. When Zack put the phone back together after an intense teardown, the Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro still turned on and functioned perfectly in spite of the destroyed cooling system. 

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