Many smartphone manufacturers have launched their flagship smartphones, offering premium features and top-of-the-line specifications. Now, Master Lu has announced the list of top-performing Android smartphones for the first half of this year.

Interestingly, taking the top three spots are gaming smartphones. Black Shark 4 Pro is leading the list, followed by ASUS ROG Gaming Phone 5 Phantom while the third spot is held by ZTE‘s Nubia Red Magic 6 Pro.

Given that all of them are flagship gaming smartphones, all three devices are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. Leading the list of top-performing phones is Black Shark 4 Pro which has an average score of 938,991 points.

To make use of the full strength of the Snapdragon 888 SoC, the Black Shark 4 Pro smartphone comes with a “sandwich” three-dimensional liquid cooling system 2.0 for advanced heat dissipation for the 5G chip, processor unit, and 120W charging chip. It is designed with an isolation layout to effectively avoid excessive heat source concentration.

Apart from the above-mentioned three, other smartphones making it to the top-performing Android smartphones list include Vivo X60 Pro+, iQOO 7, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, OPPO Find X3 Pro, Realme GT, OnePlus 9 Pro, and Redmi K40 Pro.

There are a few more flagship smartphones on the way, which are slated to get launched in the coming weeks. Most of the new devices could come powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus chipset. As the name indicates, it’s an updated version of the SD888 which comes with a higher clock speed and better AI performance.

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AnTuTu has just released its June 2021 list for the best performing flagship Android smartphones. In this list, the Nubia Red Magic 6 takes the throne, outperforming the likes of ROG Phone 5, iQOO 7, and others.

As per the AnTuTu rankings, the Red Magic 6 leads the flagship smartphone. It scored 842,168 points in the AnTuTu benchmarks. This marks a 20,000 points lead over the Realme GT that was the leading flagship device from a month prior. Under the hood, the Red Magic 6 sports the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC paired with the 16GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage alongside a 165Hz high refresh rate panel on the front.

Notably, the Snapdragon 888 SoC dominates the list with the top 10 Android flagships sporting this chipset, although, the scores of various devices varies. The ROG Phone 5 took the second spot with an average score of 815,628 points, followed by the iQOO 7’s 815,343 points that had it come third in the list. The top five spots was rounded by the Realme GT, which fell to fourth place with 813,851 points, and the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra that came fifth with 797,194 points.

Talking about the mid range list, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite held on to its crown for the top performing device (526,282 points) in this segment, after beating the Redmi 10X 5G back in May 2021. The Honor 30 with its Kirin 985 SoC took the second spot (454,528 points) and was one of the only two devices on this list that had the Kirin lineup of processor. Interestingly, three smartphones with MediaTek’s Dimensity 800U devices (realme 7 5G, Narzo 30 Pro 5G, and X7 5G) also made the list over just one from last month’s rankings.

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Nubia unveiled the Red Magic 6 series made up of the Red Magic 6 and 6 Pro on March 4 this year in China. There are indications that the company is preparing to launch the flagship gaming smartphone for the global market soon.

Nubia today announced via its official website that the Red Magic 6 series will make its global entrance on April 9. Accordingly, the two smartphones will be up for grabs on April 9  for those willing to make a pre-order. The models will go on their first sale on April 15 which is a week later. Buyers will only be able to get them in a single memory option each and just one color option will be available for a start.

The Nubia Red Magic 6 and 6 Pro come with several similar features such as a Snapdragon 888 chipset. The two models equally sport a 6.8-inch AMOLED screen with a design that looks and feel like a gaming phone that it is. Some of the game-centric features onboard include physical shoulder buttons. The major differences between the two models lie in the choice of memory option. While the Red Magic 6 comes with 12GB RAM and 128GB of storage, the Red Magic 6 Pro packs 16GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage.

Yet another major difference between the two models is the back panel design. The vanilla Red Magic 6 utilizes a glass back panel while the 6 Pro adopts an aviation-grade aluminum panel.

As for the prices, the Nubia Red Magic 6 comes with a $599 price tag and will be available in Eclipse Black. On the other hand, the Red Magic 6 Pro is priced at $699 and will be available in Moon Silver only.

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Nubia is gearing up to launch the Red Magic 6 in China on March 4. Ahead of the launch, the company has been teasing the gaming-centric features of the device. Now, we get an official first look at the rear design.

Ni Fei, the President of Nubia Technologies, has posted the rear image of the Nubia Red Magic 6. This comes a few hours after the images of two Nubia models appeared on China’s TENAA certification. Anyway, we can see that the device has Triple-cameras, ‘Tencent Games’ logo.

If you recall, Nubia recently partnered with Tencent Games with a view of improving the Gaming smartphone experience. In line with that, expecting a Tencent Games edition of the upcoming Red Magic 6 couldn’t be more pronounced. That said, this Purple and Blue color on the rear is quite different from the one leaked so far.

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The official image shows Triple-cameras on a Black strip that runs vertically at the center to hold ‘Red Magic’ and its logo along the way. The ‘Tencent Games’ etching appears on the side this time.

Thanks to the TENAA listings(via Playfuldroid) we also get a look at the front of the device. It seems to have thin bezels on the top and bottom with a selfie camera located to the top right.

The Red Magic 6 may launch in two versions- Red Magic 6, Red Magic 6 Pro. The devices are expected to darn the OLED display with a refresh rate up to 165Hz and a touch sampling rate up to 480MHz. The company is already teasing shoulder touch buttons for gaming.

As a gaming flagship, the device will feature a Snapdragon 888 chipset with a battery capacity of 4,500mAh and a 120W fast charging. More teasers are about to come our way as we approach the launch next week.

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Chinese Smartphone maker Nubia is gearing up to launch its next gaming smartphone, the Red Magic 6 on March 4. The company’s President Ni Fei has already confirmed that Red Magic Watch will launch alongside the smartphone. Now, we have got some official information on its specs.

In a Weibo post, Ni Fei has posted an image of the Red Magic Watch. You can see that the watch has a circular design like realme, Xiaomi, and OnePlus’ upcoming Smartwatch. It has two Crowns on the right and one has a ‘Red’ ring on it. The Strap(Textured) and the Watch dial are Black in Color.

Ni Fei says that the Red Magic Watch will feature a 1.39-inch AMOLED display. This circular display will have a resolution of 454-pixels(i.e, 454×454). The Watch seems to have the Red Magic Theme inside the Software as per the teaser image. To ascertain this, another leak on Weibo confirms it.

According to a post from WHYLAB, Red Magic Watch is likely to run on RTOS(Real-Time Operating System). While the other specs of the Smartwatch are under wraps for now, we can expect it to feature Heart rate, Blood Oxygen monitoring, and more.

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Red Magic Watch is the first Smartwatch from the Chinese giant. Apart from Gaming smartphones, it has also launched a few other accessories like Truly Wireless Earbuds. The venture into the wristwear arena will only enable Nubia to further cement its position in the home country.

Considering the Red Magic smartphones make it to other countries this should come outside of china too. However, let’s wait for the official info. As for Price, the Red Magic Watch is expected to be priced around 1,000 yuan($155).

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Nubia‘s next-generation smartphone is expected to be the Red Magic 6 and there is no word yet on when the device will be released. One thing we know, though, is that the gaming phone will have a cooling system. Nubia’s brand manager Ni Fei has now announced on Weibo that the device will come with a completely revamped cooling system.

Ni Fei, who is also President of Mobile Devices at ZTE, disclosed that the device will feature a “strengthened” fan. Also, the device will feature a nine-axis spatial sensor that will track the phone’s movement in multiple directions. The Nubia exec also shared a video which shows the device literally floating in the air. The teaser doesn’t really show that the device will float in the air but it is used to show how the cooling system would pan out.

In January this year, Nubia’s Red Magic announced a strategic partnership with Tencent Games and the purpose of this cooperation is to offer a better gaming experience to Red Magic gaming phone users. This new cooling solution may be one of many new features that would be onboard the gaming phone.

TApart from cooling the chipset, allowing for much better performance under sustained load, we anticipate that the fan might come in handy in cooling the device while charging. This will be much needed if the device will utilize the 120W charging which was certified not too long ago. That powerful charging support may be on the Red Magic 6 Pro while the vanilla Red Magic 6 may pack an equally decent 66W charging.

There is no word yet on when the gaming smartphone will be released but we expect that to happen soon.

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2020 isn’t over yet but it already feels like a new year as smartphone companies have announced plans for the next iteration of flagship devices. That is, the plans to bring a flagship with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC next year. The race has begun and hence, let’s look at the list of contenders for the “flagship of the year with Snapdragon 888 processor”.

As always, we have got Chinese companies spearheading the list. In fact, Qualcomm itself has named the SoC based on the ‘888’ sentiment of China. This shows how much the American MNC values the Chinese vendors. Anyway, the list includes brands like Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, OnePlus, Motorola, iQOO, realme, Red Magic, Nubia, ZTE, Redmi.

Xiaomi(Mi 11), Redmi(K40?)

First off, as reported earlier, Lei Jun confirmed that Xiaomi Mi 11 will be the first flagship to launch with Snapdragon 888 SoC. The lineup will probably include Mi 11, and Mi 11 Pro. A leak of specifications shows that the devices will have an AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 20MP selfie shooter, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage, in-display fingerprint sensor, and face unlock, RAM likely from 8GB, and storage starting at 128GB as common. However, the devices will differ in Camera, Battery, charging, and Price.

The Mi 11 will have a 4,780mAh battery, 50W wired, and 30W wireless charging, triple-camera with  108MP sensor, 13MP ultrawide, and 5MP Macro lens. The Mi 11 Pro will have a lesser 4,500mAh battery, 120W wired and 80W wireless charging, triple-camera with 48MP OmniVision OV48C sensor, 20MP ultra-wide, 12MP Telephoto(2x-Optical). They are rumored to be announced this month at 4,499($686), and 5,499yuan($838) respectively.

In addition to Xiaomi, Redmi also announced that it will launch the first batch of devices with Snapdragon 888 SoC. In our guess, it could be the K40 series of devices. And with leaks surrounding them already, we don’t think it would take that long. The Redmi K40 is likely to host a 120Hz OLED display, and fast charging tech(maybe 50W wired).

Nubia(Red Magic 6, Z), ZTE(Axon 30)

Nubia(independent entity since 2015) and its ex-affiliate ZTE brands also confirmed that they will launch flagships with Snapdragon 888 SoC next year. Among this, the Red Magic 6 series will be the first gaming smartphone to launch with the SoC. Considering the March launch window of Red Magic 5, we can expect the next iteration to launch around the same time.

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That said, Nubia also announced the Nubia Z, a new series with the flagship SoC. ZTE, on the other hand, confirmed that it is bringing the ZTE Axon 30 with a Snapdragon 888 version. If we recall, the company recently teased the camera features of Axon 30 that is probably coming very soon.

OPPO (Find X3)

OPPO announced the OPPO Find X3 at the INNO DAY 2020 back in November. Later, as Qualcomm announced the new SoC, the company confirmed that the “Find X series will bring an unparalleled new experience to users worldwide”. The device is coming in Q1 2021 and since the Find X3 is already announced, it is safe to assume that Find X3 will host the Snapdragon 888 SoC.

Called the “Full-Path color management system”, the device will support DCI-P3 wide color gamut. And native 10-bit color depth across “capture, storage, and display” to offer accurate colors. Additionally, it will have a JNCD≤0.4, 10-bit HEIF capture & storage, a Sony IMX7xx sensor, and more. Let’s wait for more details.

OnePlus (OnePlus 9 Series)

Although OnePlus officially confirmed it as a high-end flagship launching with Snapdragon 888 in H1 2021, rumors predict that it’s the OnePlus 9 series. And that the series is probably coming in mid-March of 2021. Recent leaks say that the series will also include a OnePlus 9E apart from 9, 9 Pro.

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Anyway, as per the info we have, the OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro will have a slightly different design with and without curved displays, respectively. They will likely have an AMOLED 120Hz display(6.72-inch on 9 Pro, 6.65-inch on OnePlus 9), run the latest OxygenOS 11, have faster charging(at least 65W Warp Charge). Regarding the camera, the OnePlus 9 could also have a dual 48MP lens(primary, ultra-wide) on the back. Let’s wait for more leaks in the coming days.

realme (RACE)

realme, one of the fastest-growing brands in the world, announced a Snapdragon 888 flagship codenamed ‘RACE’. Assuming the company’s last realme X50 flagship launched around February, we can expect the same with the ‘RACE’.

Anyway, the device, as confirmed by the company will probably adopt the ‘ACE’ series that was allegedly handed over to the company by OPPO. To corroborate this, a realme device similar to OPPO Ace2 surfaced online recently. According to the leak, the device, having model number RMX2202, will have 12GB RAM, 256GB storage, run realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11.

Vivo (V2056A), iQOO

After the confirmation of launching ‘mobile products’ with Snapdragon 888 SoC officially, a Vivo device hit the Geekbench listing recently. Being a first, the device has a model number V2056A and the benchmark shows 11.06GB(~Typical 12GB) RAM, Android 11 OS(could be OriginOS). While the listing doesn’t give away any other info, we feel that the Vivo would bring the SoC on its next NEX flagship.

This is because the company’s COO Hu Boshan, in a video released on Qualcomm event page, talks about Vivo, and its sub-brand iQOO flagships. He mentions that the company launches NEX, X, S, and iQOO’s performance series of devices with flagship SoC. And will continue to do so with Snapdragon 888.

This strongly suggests that the Snapdragon 888 device could be NEX 4 and iQOO number series(maybe 7). That’s considering the next Vivo X60 is already tipped to launch with Exynos 1080 SoC.

Motorola Moto G series

Lenovo-owned Motorola surprised everyone by announcing a Snapdragon 8xx series-powered “G series” device for 2021. The company says since it’s the 10th anniversary of the Moto G family, it would like to crank it up a notch with the flagship SoC.  While the 8xx could be anything, we can safely assume that it will at least be a Snapdragon 865/888 considering the announcement was at the event.

Motorola also announced a few upcoming Android 11 features like the Video calling using an “ultra-wide lens”, “desktop mode” for gaming, media, productivity. The Media launcher mode will be a separate interface after hooking the device to a TV, Monitor for streaming Apps, Games, Content.

Other Brands to launch Snapdragon 888 devices

• LG
  • LG executive Matthew Crowley confirmed that LG devices will leverage the Snapdragon 888 SoC in 2021. Reminding us of the first 5G in the USA, V50 ThinQ 5G, and LG’s first-swivel LG Wing 5G, the company said it would continue to work with Qualcomm and take advantage of the flagship processors.

• Asus

  • Asus’ GM Brian Chen says the next ROG phone would make use of the flagship Snapdragon 888 SoC in 2021. He says the company would tap into the ultra-fast 5G, performance, and graphics performance of the Qualcomm SoC to make the device a gamer’s delight. However, considering the ROG Phone 3 launched back in July 2020, we aren’t sure if the brand would be so quick to bring the successor.

• Black Shark

  • Luo Yuzhou of Black Shark Tech says that the company will launch the first batch of Black Shark products equipped with Snapdragon 888 in Q1 2021. He says, just like the Black Shark 3, that emphasized on the Snapdragon 865 5G to become the first 5G gaming phone, future products will make use of the faster AI, 5G, and performance of the latest processor.

Sadly, just like 2019, biggies like Samsung, Google, and Sony are missing at the event. In addition to these companies, brands like SHARP, MEIZU have also announced their partnership with Qualcomm. So things are bound to get interesting in the coming months.

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