ZTE Nubia Red Magic Specifications, Features, Price and Availability

Nubia just announced a new device, the ZTE Nubia Red Magic, which is basically a smartphone dedicated for gaming. Just like the Xiaomi Black Shark that was announced few days ago, Nubia Red Magic was also designed having the game lovers in mind. The edgy shape of the phone was inspired by a battleship, having some configurable LED strips which impressed from the back. The design also feature three vents for some sort of air cooling and graphite layers for quick and even heat dispersion. See the full specifications and features of the ZTE Nubia Red Magic, as well as its price and availability.

ZTE Nubia Red Magic Features

The ZTE Nubia Red Magic sports a 6 inches LTPS display of 2160 x 1080 pixel resolution. The whole display is covered by a piece of NEG Dinorex T2X-1 Glass. It has a Snapdragons 835 SoC coupled with either a 6GB RAM or an 8GB RAM, depending on the storage option you choose to buy, be it 64GB or 128GB. There is a special hardware key for performance mode at one of the phone’s sides.

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The ZTE Nubia Red Magic impresses with a 24MP main camera with f/1.7 bright lens, and an 8MP front-facing snapper with f/2.0 wide-angle lens. The Nubia Red Magic also come with a large 3800mAh battery that has fast charging support, and also ensures you have a longer battery life. Other notable specs include a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, and, unfortunately, a single loudspeaker. There is also support for DTS sound. Talking about OS, the ZTE Nubia Red Magic runs on a new Red Magic Launcher based on Android 8.1 Oreo.

ZTE Nubia Red Magic Specifications

NETWORK
Technology	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
	CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G bands	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes

 

LAUNCH
Announced	2018, April
Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, April 25th

 

BODY
Dimensions	158.1 x 74.9 x 9.5 mm (6.22 x 2.95 x 0.37 in)
Weight	185 g (6.53 oz)
Build	Front glass, aluminum body
SIM	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
	– RGB light panel (on the back)

 

DISPLAY
Type	LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	6.0 inches, 92.9 cm2 (~78.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~402 ppi density)
Multitouch	Yes
Protection	Dinorex T2X-1 scratch/shock resistant glass
	– nubia Red Magic OS

 

PLATFORM
OS	Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
CPU	Octa-core (4×2.35 GHz Kryo& 4×1.9 GHz Kryo)
GPU	Adreno 540

 

MEMORY
Card slot	No
Internal	128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 64 GB, 6 GB RAM

 

CAMERA
Primary	24 MP (f/1.7), phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video	2160p@30fps
Secondary	8 MP (f/2.0)

 

SOUND
Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes
	– DTS-HD audio – 32-bit/384kHz audio – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

 

COMMS
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, aptX, LE
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio	No
USB	Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

 

FEATURES
Sensors	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser	HTML5
	– Fast battery charging – MP4/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+ player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer

 

BATTERY
	Non-removable Li-Po 3800 mAh battery

 

MISC
Colors	Red, Black
Price	About 400 EUR

ZTE Nubia Red Magic Price and Availability

The ZTE Nubia Red Magic will be made available as from April 26th 2018 via iIndieGogo for a price of $399. If you are in China, you can order the Nubia Red Magic starting from April 25th 2018 for a price of CNY2,499 (approximately $399 in the United States) for the 6GB + 64GB variant, or CNY2,999 ($479 in the United States) for the 8GB + 128GB version. People who order early will receive free T-shirts, backpacks, plus other goodies.