Unboxing ZTE Nubia's Red Magic 6R with a hands-on review of the gaming performance and features, plus specs comparison vs the original Red Magic 6. This is one of the cheapest dedicated gamer smartphones of 2021, but is it the best value?
I've been testing the grunt with some Genshin Impact, and on top detail settings the phone handled this title well - for a while. Unfortunately I did see some serious throttling, as the cooling tech couldn't keep the Snapdragon 888 performing to its full abilities. Still, Game Space adds loads of great features, and PubG, CoD Mobile etc play perfectly.
You've got a smaller battery in the Nubia Red Magic 6R (the 'Racing' model) vs the original smartphone, while the 144Hz display is almost as good (despite the selfie orifice). You don't have stereo speakers or a headphone jack, sadly.
Benchmarking was performed with Game Bench, check it out here:
tinyurl.com/284bp238
Red Magic 6R Unboxing & Review Chapters:
0:00 - Skip this already
0:47 - What's in the box?
1:19 - Design
3:32 - Software & features
5:03 - Display & audio
6:43 - Game Space tools
8:30 - Gaming benchmark test
10:35 - Gaming battery test
11:23 - Camera