The Red Magic 6 is a smartphone with a 6.8 inch AMOLED display featuring a 165 Hz refresh rate, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, and support for up to 16GB of RAM for select models.
Designed for mobile gaming, the Red Magic 6Â launched in China earlier this month, but now Red Magic has announced that the phone will be available for pre-order globally on April 9, and it’ll be generally available starting April 15. Prices start at $599 or 599 Euros.
The starting price will get you a gaming phone with 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, a 5,050 mAh battery, quad cameras, support for up to 66W fast charging, a headphone jack, and capacitive buttons on the side of the phone that you can use while gaming.
If that’s not enough for you, there’s also a $699/EUR699 Red Magic 6 Pro with 16GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and support for 120W fast charging, although the Pro model has a slightly smaller battery, rated at 4,500 mAh.
The phone also features an active cooling system – in addition to an aluminum heat sink, graphite thermal pad, a vapor chamber, and copper foil covering the battery and a vapor chamber, the phone has a fan that can hit speeds of 20,000 RPM inside the case, making it one of the few smartphones to feature active cooling. Red Magic says it only hits audio levels of 28 decibels, making the fan nearly silent. But it’s still unusual to put moving parts in a smartphone.
Red Magic’s phones also include DTS Ultra X sound, a 3-microphone array, support for DisplayPort 1.4 output (via USB-C), and an RGB LED light strip on the back of the phone.
Red Magic 6 | Red Magic 6 Pro | |
Display | 6.8 inch 2400 x 1080 AMOLED 165 Hz refresh rate Up to 500 Mhz touch sampling rate Up to 360 Hz multi-finger touch sampling | 6.8 inch 2400 x 1080 AMOLED 165 Hz refresh rate Up to 500 Mhz touch sampling rate Up to 360 Hz multi-finger touch sampling |
Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 |
RAM | 12GB LPDDR5 | 16GB LPDDR5 |
Storage | 128GB UFS 3.1 | 256GB UFS 3.1 |
Cameras | 64MP primary 8MP ultra-wide 2MP Macro 8MP selfie | 64MP primary 8MP ultra-wide 2MP Macro 8MP selfie |
Battery | 5,050 mAh | 4,500 mAh |
Charging | 30W charger included 66W fast charger supported | 30W charger included 120W fast charger supported |
Ports | USB-C 3.5mm audio | USB-C 3.5mm audio |
Audio | Stereo speakers 3 microphones Headphone jack | Stereo speakers 3 microphones Headphone jack |
Wireless | 5G NR WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.1 | 5G NR WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.1 |
Security | Under-display fingerprint reader | Under-display fingerprint reader |
Other | Capacitive air trigger buttons Active cooling fan | Capacitive air trigger buttons Active cooling fan |
Software | Android 11 with RedMagic OS 4.0 | Android 11 with RedMagic OS 4.0 |
Dimensions | 169 x 77.1 x 9.7mm | 169 x 77.1 x 9.7mm |
Weight | 220 grams | 220 grams |
Price | $599 / EUR599 | $699/EUR699 |