The Red Magic nova gaming tablet debutted earlier this month in China and is now going global. Red Magic claims this is the best tablet for triple-A games thanks to a combination of a potent chipset, capable display, big battery, and sophisticated passive and active cooling.
Inside the Red Magic Nova is the
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Edition — a higher-clocked version of the SoC with a
3.4GHz Cortex-X4 prime core and a GPU running at 1GHz. This matches the
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for the Galaxy, making it the current best chipset in terms
of performance in the Android realm.
But while Samsung's devices rely on
passive cooling, the Red Magic Nova brings a 9-layer cooling system culminating
in a 20,000 RPM turbofan. In between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the fan are a
heat pipe, air duct, heat dissipation alloy, graphene, copper foil, thermally
conductive gel, mainboard copper foil, and an all-metal aviation aluminum body.
Red Magic says this elaborate system reduces the core temperature by 25°C.
A 10,100mAh battery with 80W charging
support powers the tablet. Red Magic says you can expect 10 hours of gaming and
nearly 19 hours of regular use. The all-metal body of the Red Magic Nova has a
CNC-carved middle frame, a 45-degree anti-slip chamfer, and an anodized back
cover. The tablet weighs 520g and is 7.3mm thick. The display is a 10.9-inch
2880x1800px IPS LCD with a 144 Hz refresh rate, and up to 840Hz of touch
sampling. There's a 20 MP front-facing camera and a single 50 MP camera on the
back.
You can pre-order the Red Magic Nova from
October 7 through redmagic.gg and general sales will open on October 16. The
Red Magic Nova starts at US$ 499/€ 499/£ 439 for the 12/256GB model and goes up to US$ 649/€ 649/£ 559 for the 16/512GB unit, and you'll seemingly get a choice of
Midnight Black, though there is a Silver model as well. The tablet will come to
North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Red Magic also made a keyboard accessory
that attaches magnetically to the accessory pins on the bottom of the slate,
and there's a stylus available too, but prices haven't been disclosed just yet.
