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Key specs
Released
April 2025
Launch price (USD)
$549
Launch price (UK)
£439
Form factor
Standard
OS
Android
Display
6.8″
Main camera
50 MP
Telephoto lens
No
Battery
6,000 mAh
Wired charging
80 W
Chipset
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Base storage
256 GB
Weight
205 g
Water resistance
IP54
Software updates
3 years
Sold in
US, UK
What the reviewers said
Android Police US
5/10Apr 27, 2025
A slimmer, lighter gaming phone with strong battery life and a pleasant feel, but held back by laggy app performance, a non-working fingerprint reader, and weak cameras. Best suited to…
A lighter, cheaper RedMagic gaming phone that gives up some cooling performance but still handles demanding games. Strong value for those wanting top performance on a budget.
Much lighter than the RedMagic 10 Pro
IP54 dust and water resistance
Uninterrupted bright OLED screen
Excellent performance for the price
No headphone jack
Gets hot under heavy workloads
Cameras are not the best
Netflix not streaming at full quality on review unit
Verdicts, pros and cons are short summaries in our words of each publisher's review; scores are as the publisher gave them. Specs are taken from the reviews' spec boxes — where they differ, we show the value most of them give; price is the US launch price of the base model. Read the originals for the full picture.
