nubia Red Magic 6 review

Introduction and specs

The cellular gaming section is quickly increasing, and nubia is on the forefront. The corporate has a historical past of doing issues in another way and has employed the identical technique for its gaming telephones. Just about the entire earlier Pink Magic releases had one thing new and thrilling to convey to the desk, and the most recent Pink Magic 6 isn’t any exception.

This time round, nonetheless, there’s not only a fancy built-in fan. Each the Pink Magic 6 and the Pink Magic 6 Professional are the primary telephones to launch with a 165Hz show and 500Hz single-finger contact sampling price. We’re but to see how that impacts battery life and if gaming above 144Hz is feasible, given how restricted the assist for Android video games is above 60fps, to start with. Moreover, the panel has grown in measurement from 6.65″ to six.8″. Within the gaming world, extra is all the time higher.

ZTE nubia Pink Magic 6 specs at a look:

Physique: 169.9×77.2×9.7mm, 220g; Gorilla Glass entrance, glass again, aluminum body; Strain delicate zones (400Hz touch-sensing), Constructed-in cooling fan.

Show: 6.80″ AMOLED, 1B colours, 165Hz, 630 nits (typ), 1080x2400px decision, 20:9 side ratio, 387ppi.

Chipset: Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm): Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680); Adreno 660.

Reminiscence: 128GB 8GB RAM, 128GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM; UFS 3.1.

OS/Software program: Android 11, Redmagic 4.0.

Rear digicam: Broad (major): 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, 1/1.72″, 0.8µm, PDAF; Extremely broad angle: 8 MP, f/2.0, 120˚, 13mm, 1/4.0″, 1.12µm; Macro: 2 MP.

Entrance digicam: 8 MP, f/2.0, (broad), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm.

Video seize: Rear digicam: 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps; Entrance digicam: 1080p@30fps.

Battery: 5050mAh; Quick charging 66W, Energy Supply 3.0, Fast Cost 4.

Misc: Fingerprint reader (beneath show, optical); NFC (international model); 3.5mm jack.

Different gaming-related options embody a blazing-fast 400Hz, pressure-sensitive shoulder triggers that make sure video games a delight to play. This present implementation improves upon the earlier two generations that had 300Hz triggers.

And in case that is not sufficient, nubia will gladly promote you a few extra equipment like a gaming adapter for port enlargement (DisplayPort 1.4 included). The Ice Dock from final 12 months makes a return as a Twin-core Ice Dock that gives some further cooling capabilities whereas gaming and in our earlier overview of the Pink Magic 5S, we discovered it to be fairly helpful.

The remainder of the {hardware}, though fairly highly effective, matches the trade’s customary with a Snapdragon 888 chipset, 8GB/128GB reminiscence configuration as base and as much as 5,050 mAh battery capability relying on which model of the cellphone you select. The Professional mannequin comes with a smaller 4,500 mAh unit because it trades the 550 mAh capability for the speedy 120W charging, which is unique to China. Outdoors of China, each units ship with 66W quick charging assist .

The variations between the vanilla Pink Magic 6 and the Professional mannequin do not finish there. There’s additionally an additional heat-dissipation plate on the Professional mannequin that nubia says can lower the floor temperature as much as 3-5C levels. This leaves us with no stable cause to go for the Professional mannequin, however we won’t say for certain, on condition that we have solely seen the vanilla Pink Magic 6.

Unboxing the nubia Pink Magic 6

The cellphone’s field comprises the standard consumer manuals and a USB-C to USB-C cable. The bundled inventory charger with this non-Professional model is rated at 30W, whereas the Chinese language model will get the 66W charger. The latter could be bought individually in case you are getting the worldwide model.