Game smartphone Nubia Red Magic went to conquer Indiegogo

By: Bohdan Chub | 26.04.2018, 15:51

After the official premiere in China, the gaming smartphone Red Magic appeared on the cracks of the Indiegogo. The price for the first buyers was even lower than in the home market.

Stylish and powerful

The Nubia logo is only on the model for China

The smartphone is equipped with a 6-inch display with an aspect ratio of 18: 9 and a Full HD resolution of 2160x1080 pixels. The panel brightness reaches 500 cd / m². The heart of the device was the flagship eight-core chipset last season Snapdragon 835. According to the developers, they refused to fans to cool the chip, because they were too cumbersome. The gadget uses a system with a large multi-layer graphite plate (has high thermal conductivity) and three ventilation holes. Through them comes the cold and the heated air leaves:

The shape of the metal back panel with bevelled edges also contributes to more efficient heat dissipation. Under load, the temperature of the Red Magic casing is almost ten degrees lower than that of the iPhone X (38 ° C and 47 ° C, respectively):

On Indiegogo the top configuration with 8 GB of operative and 128 GB of the built in memory is presented. The main 24-megapixel camera received optics f / 1.7 and allows you to shoot 4K-video. Frontal camera for 5 megapixels. The 3800 mAh battery provides up to 7 hours of play on the Arena of Valor online arena, or 5.4 hours in PUBG Mobile. Operating system - Android 8.1 Oreo with a game mode, which is activated by the switch on the end.

On the back under the fingerprint scanner is a strip of RGB-backlight for 16.8 million colors. On the international market only a black model is available.

How much is?

Red Magic calls itself the gaming division of Nubia, and their debut smartphone can be ordered on Indiegogo for $ 400. In China, this version costs about $ 480, however, in the international market the usual price is $ 520. Among the competitors - Razer Phone for $ 700 and more powerful Black Shark (from $ 480), the creation of which was funded by Xiaomi.

Users have two options: to order the device from the first batch, the deliveries of which are expected in May, or wait until July and get a vinyl "camouflage" sticker dbrand on the case. Delivery is carried out in 20 countries and is paid separately. In the list there is Russia, but they do not send to Ukraine (taking into account the customs clearance of the parcel, the price would still not be as interesting).

Source: Indiegogo