Nubia Launches Red Magic 5G Smartphone

• The company claimed that the Red Magic 5G is the first phone in the world with a 144Hz refresh rate
• The phone has a triple rear-camera setup

Nubia has launched the Red Magic 5G smartphone. It has priced the phone at 3799 yuan (Rs 40,265 approx) for the 8GB+128GB version, 4099 yuan (Rs 43,430 approx) for the 12GB+128GB version, 4399 yuan (Rs 46,605 approx.) for the 12GB+256GB, and 4999 yuan (Rs 52,965 approx) for 16GB RAM with 256GB storage variant. The company will also sell a transparent version at 4599 yuan (Rs 48,725 approx.) for the 12GB+256GB variant along with the 16GB RAM with 256GB storage version that is priced at 5199 yuan (Rs 55,085 approx) of this model.

Snapdragon 865 with Adreno 650 GPU

The company claimed that the Red Magic 5G is the first phone in the world with a 144Hz refresh rate. It comes with a 16.89 cm (6.65-inch) FHD+ AMOLED display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The display is equipped with a TUV Rheinland certification for blue-light protection. The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 865 with Adreno 650 GPU with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB UFS 3.0 storage.

The Red Magic 5G comes with shoulder triggers with a 300Hz touch sampling rate. It is also equipped with a cooling fan with a maximum speed of 15000 RPM that can reduce the CPU’s temperature by up to 18°C as per the company. It also claimed that the cooling system increases heat dissipation by 56 per cent.

The phone has a triple rear-camera setup. It includes a 64MP primary sensor with 1/1.72″ Sony IMX686 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture, LED flash, PDAF, 8MP 120-degree ultra-wide lens and a 2MP macro camera. At the front, the phone has a 12MP camera.

4500mAh battery with 55W fast charging

The Red Magic 5G runs on Android 10 with Redmagic OS and is backed by a 4500mAh battery with 55W fast charging. In terms of connectivity, it supports 5G NSA & SA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C and 3.5mm audio jack.