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Red Magic 8S Pro series launched in China with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Advanced Edition & under-display camera

Sean — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 10:11:13 +0000

Red Magic has just announced its latest generation of flagship smartphones in its home market of China. This includes the new Red Magic 8S Pro and the Red Magic 8S Pro+ models. These gadgets arrive with some top notch specs and features, so let’s have a look.

Design & Display

In terms of design, the 8S Pro and 8S Pro+ model are basically identical from the outside. The rear panel on both phones feature a micro etched embossed texture, which enabled the panel to appear glossy and premium. The Red Magic 8S Pro series also house the iconic RGB enabled fan that not only cools your device, but even adds a gaming aesthetic as well. Meanwhile, the front features a full display design thanks to its fourth generation under display camera technology. There is even a Deuterium Edition for each model, which features transparent panel

In other words, you can have completely unhindered gaming experience from the tall 6.8 inch OLED display. This panel is made by BOE and offers 2480 × 1116 pixel resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 960Hz touch sampling rate, 10 bit color depth, 100 percent DCI P3 color gamut, 1440Hz PWM high frequency dimming, DC dimming, and 1300 nits of peak brightness as well. Notably, the two devices also feature shoulder triggers as well, which isn’t surprising since these are high end gaming smartphones.

Specifications

Under the hood, the Red Magic 8S Pro series features what the company is calling the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Leading Version or Advanced Edition. This version of the existing chipset basically has a higher clockspeed of 3.36GHz and was initially an exclusive version of the chip that was featured on Samsung Galaxy smartphones. This processor is paired with up to a massive LPDDR5X 24GB of RAM and 1TB of UFS 4.0 storage. To handle such beefy specs, the company offers the ICE 12.0 cooling system with the built in fan.

The new Red Magic 8S Pro is powered by a massive 6,000mAh battery pack that supports 80W fast charging that can fully power up the device in just 35 minutes. On the other hand, the 8S Pro+ model features an impressive 165W fast charging that can power the handset to 100 percent in just 14 minutes. The brand also employs a dedicated Redcore R2 chipset in these devices that offers basically offers an improved gaming experience. This is further complimented by a pair of shoulder mounted 520Hz gaming triggers. Other notable features include, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 3 microphone setup, 2ms low latency from WiFi 7, and dual X-axis linear motors.

Camera

The selfie camera on the Red Magic 8S Pro series is housed underneath the display, making the screen seamless from the front. This camera is a 16 megapixel OmniVision OV16A1Q sensor. On the other hand, the rear features a triple camera setup that consists of a 50 megapixel Samsung S5KGN5 primary shooter, an 8 megapixel ultra wide angle lens, and a 2 megapixel macro camera.

Pricing & Availability

The Chinese smartphone maker has launched the Red Magic 8S Pro series in multiple options. It has a starting price tag of 3,999 Yuan for the base variant but there are multiple options to choose from. Apart from this, the company has even unveiled a new Red Magic Gaming Tablet as well as a new Red Magic 8S Pro+ Bumblebee Edition which features a design inspired by the iconic Transformers franchise’s character. Pre-orders are currently live and the official sale will kick off by 11th July 2023.

Samsung Galaxy S23 Series Can Run at Full Power While Gaming Thanks to GOS Toggle

Sudhanshu — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:31:16 +0000

Last year, Samsung got into hot waters with its users and the tech community as it was secretly throttling the performance of nearly 10,000 apps using its Game Optimizing Service (GOS). However, the kicker was that benchmarking apps were not being throttled by GOS, which can be seen as a blatant breach of trust. Worse yet, there was no way of disabling it manually.

Although a service like GOS made sense if you want to game for extended periods without burning your fingers on your smartphone or draining the battery too quickly, the app should never have interfered with non-gaming apps and should have allowed users to choose if they wanted to implement this low-performance mode.

Ever since this issue was brought to light, Samsung has made amends and has enabled a toggle within One UI that allows users to turn off GOS manually. By turning off Game Optimizing Service, users are able to access the full power of their chipsets in scenarios like gaming.

With Samsung launching the Galaxy S23 series last week, GOS has made a return of the device along with a toggle to turn it off. This means that users of the new Samsung flagships have the option to push their devices to the limit while gaming. This means that users can take full advantage of the supposedly more powerful custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipsets especially made for the Galaxy S23 series. We already know that these custom chips have an overclocked applied to their CPU as well as GPU. We recently reported that the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s GPU outperforms the one on the Apple A16 Bionic, which the current iPhones are using.

So should you try letting the beast loose? Well, Samsung does claim that they have made major improvements with cooling on their flagships. Specifically, the Galaxy S23 has 1.6 times better cooling than the Galaxy S22, the Galaxy S23+ has 2.8 times better cooling than its predecessor, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 2.3 times better cooling system than the one found on the Galaxy S22 Ultra. So yes, the device will be able to handle the heat. That however doesn’t mean that your fingers won’t feel the heat as all that extra heat will likely be dissipated through the back panel.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 For Galaxy Announced Aboard the Galaxy S23 Series: Here’s How it Differs

Jed John Ikoba — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:42:46 +0000

Recently, it was revealed that the Galaxy S23 series would feature an enhanced version of Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. The chipset dubbed Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy has been announced as powering the Samsung Galaxy S23 models. The chipset is manufactured by the Taiwanese semiconductor company TSMC, which is also responsible for manufacturing Apple’s A Bionic chips, known for their power efficiency.

Samsung flaunts the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy as the World’s fastest Snapdragon chipset around. Rightly so, the chipset comes with a higher clock frequency than the current model giving it a faster and more powerful performance. For clarity, the chipset features an overclocked prime Kryo CPU core running at 3.36GHz which is higher than the 3.2GHz clock frequency onboard the vanilla Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The Adreno GPU onboard this model is also running at a higher 719MHz frequency. For reference, the GPU onboard the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is clocked at 680MHz.

The implication of the overclocked CPU and GPU is that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy comes with improved graphics and faster processing. The chipset is capable of real-time ray-tracing and more efficient handling of effects like bloom, depth of field, and motion blur, making the Galaxy S23 an ideal device for mobile gaming.

The overclocked CPU throws up concerns about the device overheating. Samsung is dispelling such concerns with the company revealing that the NPU on the Galaxy S23 is optimized by 40% to balance performance and power. This will in turn lead to improved battery performance. We’ll have to wait for reviews of the Galaxy S23 series to emerge to find out if this claim is factual.

In addition, the new chipset also introduces the Snapdragon Cognitive ISP. This feature enables real-time processing technology called Semantic Segmentation. The technology allows the camera to distinguish various elements in an image and optimize them in real-time. As such, the camera can automatically remove glare from glasses in a photo.

Samsung fans all over the world don’t have to worry this time around as all models of the Galaxy S23 that’ll be sold globally, including in Europe, will pack the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chipset.

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