The newly announced Snapdragon 8 Elite is a powerful chipset. It beats MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 and Apple’s greatest A18 Pro on major benchmarks. This newest Qualcomm chip will power most of 2025’s flagship phones. But you don’t have to wait until next year to get a powerful gaming phone that costs less than Pixel 8 Pro. That’s the Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro.
The Red Magic 10 Pro is indeed powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. With a lot of processing comes plenty of heat; therefore, heat management becomes crucial for gaming phones like the Red Magic 10 Pro. Nubia went all out on advanced cooling technology to ensure this phone stays cool. It has a new “Hot Wheels” high-speed cooling fan with 23000rpm wind speed and a 12,000mm² 3D vapor chamber cooling plate, among many cooling measures. It’s the first phone to use liquid metal cooling. So, with all cooling measures, you should expect a stable and snappy performance, even during long gaming sessions.
Being a gaming phone, the Red Magic 10 Pro comes with a pair of fast capacitive shoulder triggers for extra gaming control. It also has dual X-axis linear vibration motors and an in-house Red Core R3 gaming chip that allows 120fps gaming at 2K resolution.
There’s a massive 7,500mAh battery, the biggest on any gaming phone. So you can enjoy a longer gaming session on a single charge. And the 100W fast charging support is there to refill it in minutes while you give your eyes some rest.
The Red Magic 10 Pro has a triple camera setup: a 50MP primary camera (with OIS), a 50MP ultrawide camera, and a 2MP macro shooter. There’s also a 16MP selfie camera. While the cameras are not as impressive as those in the Pixel 8 Pro, they deliver good results. The phone also has a 3.5mm headphone jack for connecting your favorite wired headphones.
Red Magic 10 Pro pricing and availability
You can grab the Red Magic 10 Pro (12GB/256GB) by paying $749. There’s also a 16GB+512GB model that’s currently available for $899.
This Red Magic phone is cheaper than the Pixel 8 Pro, starting at $999, but you do sacrifice water/dust resistance, great cameras, and a longer software upgrade. But you’re getting a far more powerful chipset, an excellent cooling system, and a significantly bigger battery with faster charging support.
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