Asus has been packing bleeding edge specs into gaming smartphones since 2018, but the new ROG Phone 8 is the first to feature an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s also the company’s first gaming phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. Other features include a 6.78 inch, 165 Hz FHD+ AMOLED display, […]
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RedMagic 9 Pro goes global for $649 and up (Gaming phone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and 12+ GB of RAM)
The RedMagic 9 Pro is a smartphone designed for gamers, with features like RGB lighting effects, a fan for active cooling, and touch-sensitive shoulder triggers. But it’s also a phone that pairs high-end specs with an upper mid-range price tag, which could make it attractive for non-gamers as well. The phone launched in China in November, […]
RedMagic 9 series gaming phones feature Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, up to 24GB RAM and 1TB storage, and up to a 6500 mAh battery
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor is expected to bring big performance gains to next-gen flagship phones. But the RedMagic 9 Pro and RedMagic 9 Pro+ gaming phones kick things up another few notches by pairing that processor with a 22,000 RPM cooling fan, up to 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 1TB of […]
RedMagic 8S Pro gaming phone goes global for $649 and up (without the 24GB RAM option)
Nubia’s RedMagic 8S Pro is a smartphone aimed at gamers, with premium features including a speedy processor, a big battery, plenty of memory and storage, a screen with a high-refresh rate, an enhanced cooling system (which includes a 20,000 RPM fan), and ultrasonic shoulder triggers. After launching in China earlier this month, the RedMagic 8S […]
RedMagic 8S Pro+ gaming phone features up to 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage
As expected, the first smartphone with support for up to 24GB of RAM has arrived. The RedMagic 8S Pro+ is a gaming phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 processor, a fan for active cooling, and a 6.8 inch FHD+ display with a 120 Hz refresh rate and 960 Hz touch sampling rate. The […]
Phones with 24GB of RAM are coming (for some reason)
Nubia subsidiary Red Magic specializing in making gaming phones with hardware that pushes the boundaries of what you expect from a pocket-sized device. The company was one of the first to release a phone with a fan for active cooling. And it was one of the first to introduce phones with up to 18GB of […]
Asus ROG Phone 7 and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate gaming phones offer bleeding edge specs
You don’t need a gaming phone to play games on a phone. Most modern flagships (and many mid-range models) can handle the vast majority of games designed for Android. And you can even use a budget device to stream games over the internet. But we’ve seen a growing number of phones aimed at gamers in […]
Lenovo discontinues its Legion-branded gaming smartphones
Lenovo’s been selling gaming PCs under its Legion brand since 2017. And in 2020 the company expanded that brand to include gaming phones. But now Lenovo is bringing that chapter to a close. Rumors had been circulating for the past week or so that Lenovo was getting out of the gaming phone business, and now the […]
MediaTek Helio G36 is a chip for budget gaming phones (stretching the definition of gaming phones)
MediaTek’s Helio G series processors tend to be aimed at mid-range phones optimized for mobile gaming. The new MediaTek Helio G36 is a little different, in that it’s designed to bring gaming-class features to even cheaper phones. Among other things, the chip supports displays with 90 Hz refresh rates and features MediaTek’s technology for balancing […]
RedMagic 8 Pro launches globally February 2 for $649 and up (gaming phone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2)
Nubia’s latest RedMagic-branded gaming smartphone is going global. After launching in China in December, the RedMagic 8 Pro will be available worldwide starting February 2, 2023 with prices starting at $649 for a model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. All versions of the phone feature a FHD+ AMOLED display with a 120 Hz […]