With very small steps backwards compared to its big brother Pro, the Red Magic 7S presents itself as the standard half of the new flagship pair of ZTE Nubia.
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In the highly anticipated event of the day, by Nubia-ZTE, in addition to the top of the range from mobile gaming Red Magic 7S Pro, the leaders of the well-known Chinese group also unveiled the equally convincing standard Red Magic 7S flagship.
The Red Magic 7S, drawn up in the colors Deuterium Front Transparent and Dark Knigh, boasts an AMOLED display always provided by Visionox (which long ago also equipped the suggestive Xiaomi Mi MIX Alpha prototype), 6.8-inch resolute in FullHD + (2400 × 1080 pixel) with refresh rate up to 165 Hz (60/90/120), touch sampling at 720 Hz, dimming DC Dimming and LTM, 7th gen underlying fingerprint sensor with heart rate detection.
Here too there is the camera under the display, but with 8 megapixels. On the right there are always the two tactile triggers. The design on the back changes a bit, in the sense that the central oblong shape is narrower, because at the top the three photographic sensors are aligned vertically: in this case, it is always the main-ultra-wide-angle-macro trio of 64 + 8 + 2 megapixels. The stereo speakers, the microphone array, the 3.5 mm mini-jack and the duo of linear motors on the X axis remain from the Pro model.
The processor of the Red Magic 7S is always the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 octacore, also assisted in this case by the proprietary Magic GPU engine for frame rate stabilization, with RAM, LPDDR5, and storage, UFS 3.1, which is they combine in 8 + 128 GB, an option sold at 3,999 yuan (589 euros) and in 12 + 256 GB, an option sold at 4,799 yuan (707 euros). The Deuterium Front Transparent version is priced at 4,899 yuan (722 euros) for 12 + 256 GB and 5,499 yuan (811 euros) for 16 + 512 GB. Thermal disposal takes a step backwards and, losing the phase change composite material, takes the form of the ICE 9.0 system, always with liquid dissipation and the 20,000 rpm fan.
Retaining the same connectivity as its big brother (GPS, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2), as well as the choice of Android 12 under the Red Magic 5G interface, the Red Magic 7S has a built-in 4,500 mAh dual-cell battery, capable of charge quickly fully in 17 minutes, at 120W. thanks to the 165W gallium nitride wall charger.