REDMAGIC 7 confirmed to feature independent gaming chip called Red Core 1

Zohaib Ahmed — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:15:33 +0000

The REDMAGIC 7 has been officially confirmed to be released on February 17th, and ahead of the big day, REDMAGIC has been quite busy dropping new clues of what to expect from the gaming phone. The latest teaser reveals that the device comes with a built-in independent gaming chip called Red Core 1.

REDMAGIC says that the chip was developed jointly with Awinic and JD Esports. Awinic is a Shanghai-based company that specialized in high-quality, high-performance analog, digital-analog mixed-signal, RF, and IC for mobile phones, AI, IoT, and the like.

The chip allows handles a number of gaming-specific hardware features present on the REDMAGIC 7, and these have been described below.

Shoulder key enhancements: The Red Core 1 helps the shoulder keys achieve millisecond-level touch response, rich custom settings, one-key implementation of complex operations, five-channel high-performance IC, 500Hz touch sampling rate, and “algorithm optimization.”

Haptics enhancements: Haptics are also enhanced by the dedicated chip, allowing response speed from the dual X-axis linear vibration motor to go as low as 1ms, and increasing vibration intensity by 160%.

Speaker enhancements: High and low-frequency sound output from the speakers is enhanced along with the bass. REDMAGIC says that the chip will help smartly optimize the speakers per the gaming scenario.

RGB lighting enhancements: Last but not least, the Red Core 1 also handles the ambient RGB lights on the rear of the REDMAGIC 7, intelligently choosing between 16.8 million lighting effects per the gaming scene.

The REDMAGIC 7 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, uses a 6.8-inch OLED screen, and supports off-screen fingerprint recognition. Its battery is sized 5,000mAh and supports 135W fast charging.

RedMagic 7 series will have a model with under-display camera technology

Pranav — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:45:09 +0000

RedMagic 7 series is scheduled to go official next month i.e. in February and ahead of its launch, we saw multiple listings and leaks for the device. Earlier today, the company itself took it to social media revealing the design of the smartphone. Now, the tipster DigitalChatStation reveals that the series may comprise of a device featuring an under-display camera.

The tipster reveals that one of the variants of the RedMagic 7 series will have an under-display camera. Having said that, it could be the first gaming smartphone with such selfie camera technology.

In the past, we have seen Nubia’s Z30 phone featuring this technology. However, it wasn’t a gaming phone under the RedMagic branding. Now that the leaks reveal a RedMagic phone with such technology, we can expect the phone to become a great competitor in the market.

Moreover, the tipster shares the specs of the RedMagic 7 series. The gaming phone series will come powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. It will be accompanied by 18GB of RAM. The smartphone will have a 20,000 rpm active cooling fan for keeping the calm while gaming.

The series is touted to have an OLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate. One of its highlights will be the super-fast 165W fast charging technology.

Apart from this, the device has already appeared on a few certification sites and was leaked several times. The RedMagic 7 will feature a 6.68-inch OLED panel with FHD+ resolution. It will have a 4,500mAh battery. The smartphone will sport a 64MP primary lens and boot on Android 12 out of the box. A recent teaser revealed that the device has an AnTuTu score of 1101769 which is the highest in any gaming phone, at the moment.

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REDMAGIC 7 confirmed to feature independent gaming chip called Red Core 1

RedMagic 7 series will have a model with under-display camera technology