Earlier this year, in March, ZTE-backed Nubia had launched its latest high-end gaming smartphone, dubbed Nubia Red Magic 5G. The phone comes with a powerful set of specifications and is among the world’s first smartphones to pack 16GB of RAM.

Now, the company has announced that the Red Magic 5G will be the first smartphone in the world to have support for the 120Hz frame rate for the KartRider Rush+ game in China. At this time, the feature seems to be limited to the Chinese market only.

The KartRider Rush+, a mobile kart racing game, was launched a few months ago and comes with a robust set of tracks,  diverse game modes, and countless kart customization options. Before making an international debut, the game was first launched in China.

It’s noteworthy that the Red Magic 5G isn’t the first smartphone to have support for 120Hz frame rate games but it is the first one to support KartRider Rush+ at such a high frame rate. Phones like ASUS ROG Phone 2 and Samsung Galaxy S20 also have support for several games at the 120Hz frame rate.

The Nubia Red Magic 5G features a 6.65-inch 144Hz AMOLED display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, which is paired with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB UFS 3.0 storage.

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As the name suggests, the phone also supports 5G connectivity just like any other flagship smartphone released this year. Being a gaming phone, it features a striking design along with RGB light. Other features of the phone include liquid cooling with an internal fan, shoulder buttons, and WiFi 6.

In the camera department, it comes with a triple camera setup consisting of a 64MP Sony IMX686 primary sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide shooter, and a 2MP macro snapper. On the front side, it comes with an 8MP snapper for taking selfies and video calling.

The smartphone is running Android 10 operating system out-of-the-box with a custom user interface on top. The device is powered by a 4,500mAh battery and comes with support for 55W fast charging technology.

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Nubia Red Magic 5G makes its way to the US for a starting price of $579. It is up for purchase on the brand’s official website with shipping commencing from June 22. It is currently the cheapest 2020 5G flagship smartphone in North America.

The Nubia Red Magic 5G is a gaming smartphone with 6.65-inch 144Hz AMOLED display. The handset is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC paired with up to 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB UFS 3.0 storage.

As the name suggests, the phone also supports 5G connectivity just like any other flagship smartphone released this year. Being a gaming phone, it features a striking design along with RGB light. It comes in three colorways namely Eclipse Black, Hot Rod Red, and Pulse.

Additional features of the phone include liquid cooling with an internal fan, shoulder buttons, and WiFi 6. As for optics, it sports a triple camera setup consisting of a 64MP Sony IMX686 primary sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide shooter, and a 2MP macro snapper. Whereas, the selfie camera is of 8 megapixels.

Last but not least, the handset runs Android 10 and gets its power from a 4,500 mAh battery with support for 55W fast charging.

UP NEXT: Nubia Red Magic 5G Transparent Edition features 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and costs 5,199 Yuan ($735)

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Nubia has announced a limited Red Magic 5G Transparent Edition for the Chinese market. The highlight of this variant is its transparent rear glass panel and 16GB RAM. The handset is priced at 5,199 yuan ($735) and will be available to purchase on June 14.

The new Nubia Red Magic 5G Transparent Edition features the same specifications as other variants of the device. But it comes with a distinct design and a whopping 16GB LPDDR5 as the high-end regular variant.

As the name suggests, the back of the phone features a transparent rear glass panel which showcases the fake internals just like the Xiaomi Mi 8 and Mi 9 Explorer Editions. 

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC seen inside the phone is a plastic prop but the layout is accurate. To see the actual internals, you might want to have a look at Zach Nelson’s (JerryRigEverything) teardown video on YouTube.

Having said that, though the rear is fake, it does look cool, especially the physical fan and the patterns. 

Unfortunately, if you are interested in buying the Red Magic 5G Transparent Edition, it is not possible since this version of the handset is currently limited to China. The brand is yet to reveal if it will be ever made available outside its home country.

Anyway, you can still grab the new Hot Rod Red Edition of the phone, which has an Iron Man vibe to it.

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Nubia has opened pre-orders for Red Magic 5G Hot Rod Red version. The brand has also announced to donate 1% of the pre-order earnings to Child’s Play, a USA based charity organization that gives away toys and games to children’s hospitals. Also, the company will be also giving away Red Magic 5G accessories to 60 randomly selected customers.

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The Nubia Red Magic 5G launched globally in two variants – Eclipse Black 8GB + 128GB and Pulse 12GB + 256GB. Now, the brand has announced a third option called Hot Rod Red 8GB + 128GB.

As the name suggests the new version of the handset features a red paint job. But the centre spin of the phone is black just like the other two variants with two golden-yellow triangles with ‘Powered by Nubia’ and ‘5G’ brandings.

Apart from the new color, the new version of Red Magic 5G features the same specifications as the initially launched variants. So it rocks the same 144Hz AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, 5G connectivity, cooling fan, and more.

The pre-order for this version has already begun on the company’s official website and will run until June 8 at 5:00AM PST / 8:00AM EST / 2:00PM CET. Also, as mentioned in the beginning, the brand is giving away the following accessories to 60 randomly selected customers who share their pre-orders on Facebook or Twitter.

• Magic Adapter
• Pro Handle
• Protective Case

The Nubia Red Magic 5G Hot Rod Red version costs $580 / €580 / £540 depending on your region.

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Black Shark and Red Magic are two big gaming smartphone makers in the industry right now. Since the brands have already unveiled their flagship gaming phones for the first half of 2020, we decided to compare the two smartphones, side by side, to see which one comes out on top.

So let’s pit the Black Shark 3 Pro 5G vs Nubia Red Magic 5G to see which is a better gaming smartphone in the 2020 market.

To make things simple, we have divided this comparison into five parts – display, game operation, gaming performance, cooling system, and battery endurance.

Black Shark 3 Pro vs Red Magic 5G: Display

The reason why we have put the display part first is because the display is the most important hardware for a gamer. A high-resolution screen with a high-quality touch panel will ensure smooth and accurate gameplay. Also, gamers have to stare at the screen for hours when playing games – so it needs to be eye-friendly too.

Gaming phones‘ display is generally larger than most regular smartphones. The Red Magic 5G features a 6.65-inch 1080P display with an impressive 144Hz refresh rate, while the Black Shark 3 Pro features a 7.1-inch 2K display with a 90Hz refresh rate. Know that the Nintendo switch only features a 720P 6.2-inch display. But the reason why Switch is dominant in the mobile-console market is because it has ‘excellent games’, which is missing in the mobile phones’ platform.

Both gaming phones have a pretty efficient pixel arrangement, which is really similar to Samsung display’s arrangement, the top AMOLED pixel arrangement. And due to a higher resolution, the Black Shark 3 Pro has more crowded pixels. Meanwhile, they both feature super high sampling rates. For Red Magic 5G, the figure is 240Hz, and for Black Shark, it amazingly reaches 270Hz. But in actual gaming tests, it’s really hard to perceive the difference. However, the touch response did feel a bit faster than regular flagships.

Considering the lower priority of color presentation in E-sport devices, we did not test its color accuracy and coverage. But according to the Black Shark 3 Pro, under the standard mode, the delta E is as low as 1, while so far there is no information about the Red Magic 5G. But both of them support the wider DCI-P3 color gamut. So accordingly, we can say that they both have no big color problem as e-sport gaming phones. If you guys want more tests on the color accuracy their displays, please leave a comment below and we may do a separate test on it.

Black Shark 3 Pro vs Red Magic 5G: Gaming

Now let’s look at their effort on improving gameplay. For the Red Magic 5G, it features two touch buttons on the frame as other 2019 gaming phones did. And for these two buttons, the touch buttons have a 300Hz sampling rate, which provides a faster response than the operation on its display. So, we also suggest that it’s better to assign important operations to the buttons, like shooting and aiming, if you are going to play games on it.

The biggest surprise of the Black Shark 3 Pro is the tactile buttons! It dramatically boosted the gameplay and experience. The true physical feedback created a totally new experience in smartphone gaming, and it also gives it a professional mobile console look. So gamers are definitely in for a treat. In addition to this, the Black shark model doesn’t abandon its pressure touch buttons.

As we combined these two types of buttons into gaming, it’s not easy to get used to it. Anyway, in FPS gaming, these two models are the best choices, and if you want to experience new operation feedback on mobile gaming, my choice is definitely the Black Shark 3 Pro.

Black Shark 3 Pro vs Red Magic 5G: Specs

Both the models are equipped with Snapdragon 865, UFS3.0 storage, and LPDDR5 memory. So performance is going to be more or less the same. We selected the 3D-Mark benchmark to give you a better idea about their theoretical performance. Well, what’s fun is that the Red Magic 5G in my hand defeated 100% of the tested phones, including all the Red Magic 5G models. Although the Black Shark 3 Pro was unable to beat the Red Magic 5G, its score of 7249 still defeated 99% of tested models.

Black Shark 3 vs Red Magic 5G Gaming

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About their gaming performance, we did frame-rate tests on 6 games, which were PUBG mobile, Call of Duty mobile, Honkai Impact 3, Asphalt 9, NBA 2K20 and the final stress test, Nimian Legends.

In PUBG Mobile, we broke the graphics limit of 120fps, and did the test on HDR graphics. For Black Shark 3 Pro, the frame rate stably maintained at 89.56fps, almost the best result for its 90Hz display. As for the Red Magic 5G, thanks to the 144Hz display, the frame rate was up to another level, at around 116fps.

In Call of duty, due to the limited framerate, we got very similar results on these two models. One is 59.97fps, the other one is 59.99fps.

In Honkai Impact 3, both models fared differently. Again, due to the differences of the display, their max framerates just matched their display refresh rates. But the gap between average framerates was quite strange. We thought the reason here is their gaming resolution. On the Black Shark 3 Pro, probably the game was running under a 2K resolution as the display supported, while the Red Magic 5G only had a 1080P-resolution condition.

The result of NBA 2K20 was also strange. It seems that the NBA 2K20 was running under limited 60fps on the Black Shark 3 Pro, but the game was able to run up to a 144Hz framerate. So, the gap between these two models was quite large.

Next one is Asphalt 9, the frame rate advantage of the Red Magic 5G was gone due to the game frame limitation of 30fps. In addition, the 2k display of the Black Shark 3 Pro turned into a pro as it could provide a better image quality with the larger display.

In the final stress test of the Nimian Legends, we try to control all the variables about the display with the build-in graphic settings. Under the highest 1080P graphic settings, the Red Magic 5G took the lead with a significant framerate gap. It ran at an average of 51.66fps, while the framerate of Black Shark 3 Pro was only 36.3fps.

So in conclusion, the 144Hz display no doubt brings a better gaming fluency and performance on the Red Magic 5G. On the other hand, if you want more detailed image quality, the Black Shark 3 Pro with 2K display would be a better choice. In addition, you can also switch the display resolution to 1080P on the Black Shark 3 Pro to have a better gaming fluency and longer battery life.

Another important feature of the gaming phone is its cooling system. PC-game enthusiasts probably have a better picture of the significance of an effective cooling system. Overheating problem could lead to an uncomfortable holding feeling, and affects gaming performance as well. So, great hardware without effective cooling won’t really get your money’s worth.

Red Magic was known as the only brand to integrate active air cooling and liquid cooling together. It’s not strange in the PC, but it’s a huge deal for a smartphone due to its space limitations. On the other hand, the cooling system of the Black Shark 3 Pro is more conservative. A sandwich structure is applied inside to build up a ‘dual-liquid-cooling system’. Anyway, no matter what language they used in their advertisements, we prefer to judge their cooling performance with actual gaming temperature.

The way we tested it is to play PUBG in HDR and 90 fps settings for 40 mins. And the room temperature is 27℃.

The central logo of the Black Shark 3 Pro peaked at 43℃ while both the hand-holding area reached up to 38℃. Well, for the Red Magic 5G, it was a bit disappointing. The heat was mainly concentrated on the left side and peaked at 43.3℃. Because the heated area was close to the cameras, in the final 10 mins, my colleague found it too hot to hold the phone even for shooting. It’s comforting though that they both cooled down in just few minutes.

As a gaming phone, the Red Magic 5G has an excellent cooling system but as gamers, we also hope that the phone can deal with the heated issue in a smarter way, which doesn’t affect your ability to hold the device.

The heat generated inside the Black Shark 3 Pro may even be higher than the Red Magic 5G model, but the phone deals it with a better solution without affecting gameplay. And there was no underclocking of the CPUs of these two models.

So it’s safe to say that the Black Shark 3 Pro has a better cooling system.

Black Shark 3 Pro vs Red Magic 5G: Battery & Charging

As e-sport gaming phones, both of them offer a large battery and super-fast charging. The Black Shark 3 Pro is equipped with a 5000mAh battery with a 65W fast-charger. The smaller Red Magic 5G has a 4500mAh one with a 55W fast-charger.

In the actual charging test, the Black Shark 3 Pro only took 22 mins to charge the power from 0 to 70%, and eventually took 44 mins to complete the test of full-charging. For the Red Magic 5G, 15 mins charging can top up 50% of the power, and the full-charging test took us 42 mins. And then we started playing PUBG Mobile for 40 mins with the highest fresh rate and the highest HDR graphic settings they could access to. Both of them consumed 19% of the power.

So from the tests we did, their battery performance was very similar to each other. So no need to be confused about the battery life if you are going to pick one of them.

So that’s it for this Black Shark 3 Pro vs Red Magic 5G comparison. Both are excellent gaming phones.

While the Red Magic 5G more deserves the name of the ultimate E-sports phone in terms of sheer performance, the Black Shark 3 Pro provided better gaming operation and better cooling experience. Both brands have also developed a lot of accessories for these two models, which may somehow make up for the gaps in the gaming experience.

So which one do you prefer? The Red Magic 5G with its ultimate screen and performance or the well rounded Black Shark 3 Pro?

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A couple of months ago, in March this year, Nubia launched its latest gaming smartphone named Nubia Red Magic 5G in its home market China. Now, the same device is getting launched globally.

While the phone comes in four different memory configuration in China, the overseas market gets only two variants — 8GB RAM with 128GB internal storage and 12GB RAM model that packs 256GB storage.

The 8GB RAM model comes in Eclipse Black and Hot Rod Red colors for a price of $579/€579/£539 while the 12GB RAM model is priced at $649/€649/£599 and comes in just one color — Pulse Neon.

The Nubia Red Magic 5G comes with 6.65-inch AMOLED display with 2340 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, making it the first smartphone in the world to offer such high refresh rate. It also offers an in-display fingerprint sensor.

Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor, coupled with Adreno 650 GPU to provide the best mobile gaming experience. While the phone comes with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, the global variant is limited to 12GB.

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As for the camera department, the phone features a triple-camera setup on the back that consists of a 64MP Sony IMX686 primary camera sensor, an 8MP ultrawide angle camera lens, and a 2MP macro sensor. On the front side, the device comes with an 8MP snapper for taking selfies and video calling.

The company has added a set of seven contact pins on the left side of the phone. These pins are for a dock which when connected allows you to charge, connect earphones and also connect a network cable all at the same time.

The 5G smartphone comes with dual cooling technology that is termed ICE 3.0 and is a combination of air cooling and liquid cooling. The device is powered by a 4,500mAh battery which comes with support for 55W (10A high-current) air-cooled turbo fast charging as well as PPS fast charging, Quick Charge 4.0 and Power Delivery 3.0.

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The Nubia Red Magic 5G was announced in China in March. Touted as the most stylish gaming phone to hit the store shelves this year, the Nubia Red Magic 5G offers more than a highly appealing outward appearance.

It might interest those restlessly waiting to get their hands on the recently unveiled handset to know that Giztop is now offering multiple variants of the 5G-ready phone at unbeatable prices. The 8GB RAM+128GB ROM model would set you back $619 on the popular Chinese online store.

Alternatively, you can go for the other black-tinted model that comes with 12GB RAM and 128GB internal storage if you are willing to shell out $679. Those who fancy having more storage space to save their favorite multimedia content might want to check out the next variant that ships with 12GB RAM offer a hefty 256GB of onboard storage capacity.

The aforesaid model is available in a transparent color option for $759. The Cyber Neon color option, on the other hand, retails for $749. Bearing a slightly steep $909 price tag, the largest variant is integrated with a mammoth 16GB RAM and a hearty 256GB of native storage. This model comes in a Cyber Neon color option.

Much to the relief on those on a tight budget, Giztop is offering a chance to save $50 by applying coupon code REDMAGIC5G at check out. You can head straight to this link to avail of the discount before the coupon expires. The irresistible Nubia Red Magic 5G offers the following features:

• 6.65-inch AMOLED 144Hz FHD+ gaming display
• An in-display fingerprint scanner
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Octa-core processor
• Adreno 650 GPU
• 64MP+8MP+2MP cameras at the back
• 8MP front camera
• 4500mAh battery with 55W (10A high-current) air-cooled turbo fast charging
• DTS Technology
• Red magic OS 2.0 based on Android 9.0 OS

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The gaming phone niche has a new player: Nubia Red Magic 5G. And it is a stunning device. But is it the best gaming phone out there? We think there is no better way to have an idea about it than comparing it with the most amazing gaming phones launched by other brands. Besides Nubia, even Xiaomi launched a new flagship gaming phone recently: the Black Shark 3 Pro. And the most advanced gaming-centric handset from 2019 is the Asus ROG Phone II. Excluding the iQOO series, we believe these are the most awesome phones with gaming-centric design and features, that is why we made this specs comparison.

Nubia Red Magic 5G vs Black Shark 3 Pro vs Asus ROG Phone 2

Design

Given that they are phones meant especially for gamers, these devices all come with an aggressive and original design just like gaming PCs and peripherals. Which one you should prefer is up to your tastes. I personally like the Asus ROG Phone II more because it is the only one to come with a glass back and it has a more elegant look, while Black Shark 3 Pro and Nubia Red Magic 5G have an aluminum body. Further, Asus ROG Phone II offers more compatibility for external accessories, including a desktop dock. On the other hand, Nubia Red Magic 5G has a more beautiful front panel since it features a higher screen-to-body ratio.

Display

Here it is a close fight, but we would pick Black Shark 3 Pro as the winner of the display comparison. Nuba Red Magic 5G offers the highest refresh rate (144 Hz), which is very important for gamers. It supports full DCI-P3 coverage, HDR10, and 240 Hz touch-sampling rate. But Asus ROG Phone II is very close with its 120 Hz refresh rate, 108% DCI-P3 gamut and HDR10. On the other hand, Black Shark 3 Pro has one of the widest panels in the Android world with a 7.1-inch diagonal. Unfortunately, it has a lower refresh rate (90 Hz) but also a higher refresh rate. But it is the only with a high Quad HD+ resolution and HDR10+. We would go for the Black Shark 3 Pro, but if we only consider gaming environments, the higher refresh rate of the Nubia Red Magic 5G is definitely more suitable.

Hardware/Software

On the paper, Nubia Red Magic 5G wins the hardware comparison. Just like the Black Shark 3 Pro, it is equipped with the Snapdragon 865 and 5G connectivity. But unlike Xiaomi’s flagship, it features 16 GB of RAM in the most expensive configuration. So if we consider the highest-end configuration, Nubia Red Magic 5G is superior. Asus ROG Phone II loses the comparison since it has an older and less powerful Snapdragon 855+ chipset. It even lacks 5G connectivity. But Asus ROG Phone II is definitely more interesting on the software side since it allows to switch between a customized user interface and stock Android.

Camera

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to give you a definitive vote about the cameras, even on the paper, until we tested both Black Shark 3 Pro and the new Nubia Red Magic 5G which became official just yesterday. On the paper, Black Shark 3 Pro looks better since its sensors have more potentialities. But we do not want to underestimate any device.

Battery

Asus ROG Phone II is the longest-lasting phone on a single charge with a huge 6000 mAh battery: one of the biggest ones ever seen on a flagship smartphone. It even supports reverse charging, but not wireless charging. Black Shark 3 Pro has the fastest charging technology with a power of 65W, and it even supports magnetic charging thanks to the presence of pins on the back cover. Thanks to magnetic charging, playing games is comfortable even while the smartphone is charging.

Price

Black Shark 3 Pro debuted with a $502/$450 starting price in China, Red Magic 5G begins at $540/€485, and Asus ROG Phone II launched in China last year with a $509/€457 starting price. Despite it is a phone from last year, Asus ROG Phone II still has something to say thanks to its amazing display, the support to more external accessories and a huge battery. But the lack of 5G connectivity and the lower-end chipset would let me go either for the Black Shark 3 Pro or the Nubia Red Magic 5G. The former (which looks slightly more interesting) has a wider display and a bigger battery, while the latter has a higher refresh rate, as well as very reactive capacitive triggers.

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Xiaomi Black Shark 3 vs Asus ROG Phone 2 vs Vivo iQOO 3 5G: PRO and CONS

Xiaomi Black Shark 3

PROS

• Magnetic charging
• Fastest charging technology
• Magnetic charging
• Wider display
• 5G

CONS

• Nothing particular

Asus ROG Phone II

PROS

• Best battery
• Reverse charging
• Interesting external accessories for gaming
• Good price

CONS

• Inferior hardware

Nubia Red Magic 5G

PROS

• Highest refresh rate
• 5G
• Reactive capacitive triggers
• Cooling fan

CONS

• Smaller battery

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Generally, during a smartphone launch conference, especially the premium flagships, the OEM will try and boast of the smartphone’s capabilities. This works especially well with mobile benchmarking platforms. Now, the Nubia Red Magic 5G has just been announced and score over 640,000 points in AnTuTu testing.

According to Nubia, the Red Magic 5G scored within the brackets of 620,000 to 640,000 in the tests in AnTuTu benchmarking software. It achieved such a high score through the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC that powers the device. The chipset is the latest in line from the chipmaking giant’s flagship entries and offers top notch performance.

As of right now, the smartphone’s featuring the Snapdragon 865 SoC have generally scored around or a bit higher than the 600,000 mark. So, Nubia Red Magic 5G holds the bragging rights in regards to being one of the highest scoring device ever on AnTuTu. Nubia stated that the high score is in part due to powerful hardware but mostly thanks to its software optimizations and fine tuning.

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Notably, the company stated that its exclusive technology Magic Write, which allows for faster read and write speeds, is also transparent to developers. In other words, software developers and other third party developers do not need to modify their applications. Thus, providing the Nubia Red Magic 5G with such an impressive score.

Another positive aspect that goes along with the performance of the smartphone is the new heat dissipation system in place. Nubia claims this technology is the industry’s best with ICE 3.0 three dimensional heat dissipation system. In simpler terms, the technology utilizes air cooling, liquid cooling and thermally conductive materials like gels, graphite, copper foil, and other materials as well.

In the launch event, Nubia even called out the industry practice of portraying synthetic benchmark tests using refrigerators. For those unaware, testing platforms like AnTuTu draw a lot of power from the processor leading to an increase in temperatures within the device. In longer tests, this leads to thermal throttling that reduces performance and scores. Thus, various OEMs put their smartphones in fridges to demonstrate the full potential. However, Nubia Red Magic 5G didn’t require any such external cooling method and calls the industry’s practice as cheating or unfair.

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Gaming smartphones are getting more and more powerful and ZTE sub-brand Nubia is all set to launch its next-generation gaming phone, dubbed as Nubia Red Magic 5G, which claims to have broken all the records when it comes to performance.

Ni Fei, President of Nubia has today officially revealed through sharing a screenshot on Weibo that the upcoming Nubia Red Magic 5G smartphone has scored 633,724 points on AnTuTu benchmarking platform, the highest score ever.

Prior to this, a screenshot of a similar test of the upcoming Black Shark 3 Pro 5G gaming smartphone claimed that it was the highest-scoring phone with AnTuTu score of 620,925. The Xiaomi Mi 10 managed to score over 600K points after a new software update while the iQOO 3 5G has scored 575,883 points on AnTuTu.

Coming back to the Nubia Red Magic 5G, the AnTuTu benchmark test shows a smartphone with model number NX659J scoring 637,724 points while the Master Lu score of the same model device has 563,588 points.

Ni Fei had earlier confirmed that the Red Magic 5G smartphone will be the “world’s first 144Hz 5G gaming phone”. It has also been revealed that the phone will come powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC along with Snapdragon X55 modem for dual-mode SA and NSA 5G connectivity support.

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As per the leaks, the device is expected to be the first to come with a massive 16GB of RAM in its top-end variant. It was previously revealed that the phone will have LPDDR5 RAM, which will be supplied by Samsung.

It has also been leaked that the smartphone will be running the latest Android 10 operating system out of the box with a custom Redmagic OS version 3.0 user interface, along with January 2020 security patch.

The Nubia Red Magic 5G is also said to have triple rear cameras, Wi-Fi 6, 240Hz touch sampling rate, and a built-in cooling fan. A recent Geekbench listing revealed 2K display. As for the benchmark score, the 8GB RAM model scored 4,308 points in single-core and 13,537 in the multi-core test while the 12GB RAM model scored 4,333 points in single-core and 13,489 points in the multi-core test.

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Nubia was all set to launch its next-generation gaming smartphone named Nubia Red Magic 5G at the Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. However, the launch is now postponed as the MWC 2020 has been cancelled.

The company has said that it will soon announce a new launch date for the smartphone in the coming days or weeks but so far we haven’t heard any regarding this. It seems that instead of global launch, the Nubia Red Magic 5G smartphone will first launch in China and then make its way to other markets.

Ahead of the official launch, the smartphone has now appeared on Geekbench benchmarking platform, which has revealed some key specifications about the phone. It reveals that the device has codenames SUPER_DEVICE and SuperCharger SC-B0. The tipster also claims that the phone will come with 2K resolution display.

With those model numbers, Geekbench 4 has listed two variants of the smartphone packing 8GB RAM and 12GB RAM. The 8GB RAM model has scored 4,308 points in single-core and 13,537 in the multi-core test while the 12GB RAM model has scored 4,333 points in single-core and 13,489 points in the multi-core test.

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Nubia’s president and co-founder Ni Fei had earlier confirmed that the Red Magic 5G will be the “world’s first 144Hz 5G gaming phone”. It was also revealed that the phone will come powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC along with Snapdragon X55 modem for dual-mode SA and NSA 5G connectivity.

As per the leaks, the smartphone is expected to be the first to come with a massive 16GB of RAM in its top-end variant. It was previously revealed that the phone will have LPDDR5 RAM, which will be supplied by Samsung.

Recent image leak of the phone’s About section reveals that the smartphone is running the latest Android 10 operating system out of the box with a custom Redmagic OS version 3.0 user interface, along with January 2020 security patch. The smartphone is also said to have triple rear cameras, Wi-Fi 6, 240Hz touch sampling rate, and a built-in cooling fan.

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Today, Nubia co-founder Ni Fei has shared a new video on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo in which he claims that using the upcoming Red Magic 5G smartphone, one can wirelessly cast to a large-screen television at a very low latency.

He used the upcoming gaming smartphone to try out several games across different categories, including fighting, racing, and shooting and wirelessly cast every game to a large TV screen. The video shared on the platform shows that the mobile screen display and the TV screen display are almost in sync, without any major screen delay, which is quite impressive.

Recently, the Nubia Red Magic 5G smartphone which carries model number NX659J, bagged approval from the 3C authority in China. It reveals that the 5G-ready smartphone will come with 55W fast charger.

Since the phone has already passed through the 3C certification process, we expect the phone to soon appear on TENAA database. Given that the phone is going through necessary approvals, the launch date of the device is not far away.

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The brand had recently confirmed that its next Red Magic gaming phone will be equipped with a display supports 144Hz refresh rate. Combined with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, the phone is expected to offer top-notch experience.

It is also known that the smartphone will come equipped with a triple camera setup. The predecessor, Nubia Red Magic 3S came with a 30W charger for its 5,000mAh battery and now the upcoming Red Magic 5G is expected to be packed with a 5,000mAh or higher battery that will be coupled with 55W charger.

While the launch date is not yet known, we expect the Red Magic 5G gaming smartphone to go official in the first quarter of 2020. We also expect to know more about the device in the coming weeks, as the launch nears.

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Its been just a few days since the new year 2020 has started and details about the flagship smartphones getting launched this year have started to surface online. In such as development, Nubia CEO Ni Fei seems to have revealed information about the company’s upcoming gaming smartphone.

The Nubia Red Magic 5G smartphone getting launched this year is shown to be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC which was revealed last month. The leak also reveals that the smartphone will feature a triple-camera setup on the back.

Ni Fei posted something on Weibo and it reveals that the post on the Chinese microblogging platform was made from “Red Magic 5G Gaming Smartphone” and the sample watermark at the bottom reads “SHOT ON NUBIA TRIPLE CAMERA”.

The smartphone, being powered by SD865 SoC, is expected to come with support for both SA and NSA dual-mode 5G. It could make Nubia Red Magic 5G the first gaming smartphone to have 5G dual-mode support.

The 7mm Snapdragon 865 octa-core chipset includes four ARM Cortex-A77 performance cores out of which three Kryo 585 cores clock at up to 2.4GHz and the other Kryo 585 core works at up to 2.84GHz.

The Kryo 585 ARM Cortex-A55 efficiency cores deliver a maximum clock speed of 1.8Hz. The chipset includes Adreno 650 graphics. The CPU and GPU both offer 25 percent better performance than their predecessors.

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The SoC supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4X RAM at 2133MHz and LPDDR5 RAM at 2750MHz. The chipset requires the external Snapdragon X55 5G modem for mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G networks. The X55 modem promises download speeds of up to 7.5Gbps and upload speeds of 3Gbps on 5G.

The Snapdragon 865 also comes with company’s fifth-generation AI engine which is coupled with Hexagon Tensor Accelerator to deliver 15TOPs computing power. The Sensing Hub AI engine ensures highly accurate voice recognition and always-on contextual awareness for smarter virtual assistants.

The SD865-powered phone with the all new Snapdragon Elite Gaming features will offer desktop grade gaming experience. The chipset also comes with support for Quick Charge 4+ and Quick Charge AI charging capabilities.

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