Barely a week after the ASUS ROG Phone 6 Pro and ASUS ROG Phone 6 became official, here come the latest gaming phones of Nubia.
The RedMagic 7S Pro Bumblebee Transformers Edition, RedMagic 7S Pro Mercury Edition, and RedMagic 7S have been launched in China, with the Pro to be unveiled on the global stage July 26. The trio joins the Xiaomi 12S series and ASUS’ newest ROG handsets in the “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Club.” The American chipmaker’s flagship 5G chipset is paired with up to 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM and a maximum of 1TB of UFS 3.1 storage.
The Bumblebee Pro limited version has similar specs as the Mercury Pro model, though the unit and retail box and accessories it comes with are all themed after the Transformers character, as expected. There’s only one memory configuration, too: 16GB RAM mated to 512GB storage.
Official product video of the BumbleBee Transformers special model (via the brand’s Weibo account)
RedMagic 7S Pro and RedMagic 7S
The design of the RedMagic 7S lineup doesn’t stray much away from that of the RedMagic 7 series, though all now have an integrated fan with LED lights and an under-screen selfie camera. It also gets Nubia’s own Red Core 1 dedicated gaming chip, an improved cooling system, and Enhance Magic GPU for stabilizing frame rates.
The AMOLED screen is 6.8 inches with a refresh rate that goes up to 165Hz (on the non-Pro) and touch sampling that maxes out at 960Hz (on the Pro). There’s also support for a maximum of 135 watts of fast charging, a 64-megapixel triple camera on the back, an in-display fingerprint sensor, and a user interface that’s based on Android 12.
So, how much are they? In China, the new gaming smartphones are priced as follows:
- RedMagic 7S Pro Bumblebee Transformers Edition
- 16GB/512GB: ¥6,499 (roughly P54,263 or $968)
- RedMagic 7S Pro Mercury Edition
- 12GB/256GB (Deuterium Transparent): ¥5,199 (P43,381 or $774)
- 12GB/256GB: ¥5,299 (P44,237 or $790)
- 16GB/521GB: ¥5,999 (P50,080 or $894)
- 18GB/1TB: ¥7,499 (P62,604 or $1,117)
- RedMagic 7S
- 8GB/128GB: ¥3,999 (P33,385 or $596)
- 12GB/256GB: ¥4,799 (P40,070 or $715)
- 12GB/256GB (Deuterium Transparent): ¥4,899 (P40,887 or $730)
RedMagic 7S Pro Bumblebee Transformers Edition specs
- 6.8-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, 120Hz refresh rate, 960Hz touch sampling rate
- 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor with 5G
- Nubia Red Core 1 dedicated gaming chip
- 16GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 512GB UFS 3.1 storage
- Magic GPU frame-stabilization technology
- Triple 64-megapixel main, 8-megapixel ultrawide, and 2-megapixel macro rear cameras
- 8-megapixel under-display front camera
- Under-display fingerprint reader
- 5,000mAh battery with 135-watt wired charging
- ICE 10.0 cooling system
- RedMagic OS 5.5 based on Android 12
- Shoulder buttons
- RGB light
- Color options: yellow
RedMagic 7S Pro Mercury Edition specs
- 6.8-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, 120Hz refresh rate, 960Hz touch sampling rate
- 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor with 5G
- Nubia Red Core 1 dedicated gaming chip
- 12GB/16GB/18GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 256GB/512GB/1TB UFS 3.1 storage
- Magic GPU frame-stabilization technology
- Triple 64-megapixel main, 8-megapixel ultrawide, and 2-megapixel macro rear cameras
- 8-megapixel under-display front camera
- Under-display fingerprint reader
- 5,000mAh battery with 135-watt wired charging
- ICE 10.0 cooling system
- RedMagic OS 5.5 based on Android 12
- Shoulder buttons
- RGB light
- Color options: black, silver
RedMagic 7S specs
- 6.8-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, 165Hz refresh rate, 720Hz touch sampling rate
- 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor with 5G
- Nubia Red Core 1 dedicated gaming chip
- 8GB/12GB/16GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 storage
- Magic GPU frame-stabilization technology
- Triple 64-megapixel main, 8-megapixel ultrawide, and 2-megapixel macro rear cameras
- 8-megapixel under-display front camera
- Under-display fingerprint reader
- 4,500mAh battery with 120-watt wired charging
- ICE 10.0 cooling system
- RedMagic OS 5.5 based on Android 12
- Shoulder buttons
- RGB light
- Color options: black, gray
Main image via Weibo
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