Redmagic 10 Pro, review of the best smartphone for video games with Snapdragon 8 Elite

Redmagic is a model that has sought to be the benchmark model devoted to players, this has been mirrored each in its Redmagic Nova pill and with the Redmagic 9S Pro that we analyzed in the center of the 12 months 2024. Now they’re again with the Redmagic 10 Pro, a proposal that has improved in all its sections and that in the first place look falls in love with its design. After a number of weeks of use, we have now lastly reached a verdict: will this be the definitive smartphone for players in 2025?

Cameras

This smartphone has a 50-megapixel, f/1.9 rear digital camera with an OmniVision OV50E 1/1.5 sensor with OIS optical stabilization, 7P lens with APL anti-reflection coating and a 50-megapixel, f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle digital camera and a 2-megapixel, f/2.4 macro. The selfie digital camera is 16 MP, f/2.0 and is situated under the show like the earlier mannequin.

Photography Methodology

As ordinary with the prime of the line, the photographs have been taken with autofocus to see the shutter pace and efficiency of the gear in numerous lighting situations.

In close-up pictures, we noticed good colour stability, though the bokeh impact can typically have an effect on the lens if it isn’t effectively centered.

In low-light pictures, colour rendition and shutter pace have improved significantly, however we have been stunned by the efficiency in fluorescent lighting situations, as these varieties of pictures are sometimes advanced for this sort of gear.

The 10x most zoom pictures have improved a bit in comparison with the Redmagic 9S Pro, however the impact of blown pixels remains to be noticeable.

Under pure gentle circumstances, it performs effectively and has a very good colour rendition.

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It is price noting that the low-light photographs taken with out flash and with neon tones are actually distinctive.

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The selfie digital camera has improved a bit, though in low gentle circumstances it creates a form of blotchy impact that actually leaves loads to be desired. The indisputable fact that the digital camera is beneath the display, if for some cause it has fingerprints on it, impacts the photographs loads, so it is very important all the time clear the space the place the lens is. However it is very important be aware that when there’s good gentle, the photos are good, significantly better than in the earlier model.

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In phrases of features, like the earlier mannequin, it provides features reminiscent of capturing star trails, starry sky, having a bigger digital aperture, physiograms, sluggish movement with 120, 240 FPS and now 480 FPS, time lapse, large angle, macro, doc scanning, taking identification photographs, panoramic photographs, clones, skilled mode, night time mode, portrait and a manufacturing facility of results with completely different filters. The selfie digital camera has 7 ranges of magnificence mode and 8 filters with completely different shades.

Video will be recorded in 720, 1080, and 4K at 30 or 60 FPS, in addition to 8K at 30 FPS. It is necessary to notice that stabilization has been improved and it helps H.264, H265 and HDR10 codecs.

Camera rating: 9

Display

It includes a 6.85-inch BOE Q9+ with Corning Gorilla Glass 5, a decision of 2688 x 1216, 20:9 side ratio that makes fantastic use of its unimaginable 95.3% screen-to-body ratio. It has a refresh charge of as much as 144Hz with a contact sampling charge of as much as 960Hz and an instantaneous contact sampling charge of 2500Hz with a most brightness of 2000 nits.

This show allows viewing of HDR content material in Prime Video and Max, in the case of YouTube as much as 2160 at 60 FPS.

It maintains the customization menu to decide on the refresh charge of the display between 60, 90, 120 or 144 hz or automated mode, we are able to additionally tell us which we’re utilizing in the standing bar as the earlier mannequin. The colour will be adjusted in 4 modes: Colorful, Standard, Soft or Intense, in addition to modifying the temperature in 3 preconfigured ranges: heat, regular or chilly. This part additionally means that you can modify the temperature to your style, we are able to even choose a darkish mode, studying mode or night time mode.

Display Score: 9.5

Performance

The Redmagic 10 Pro is a beast of energy as its design, cooling system and the AI-powered chip, Red Core R3 co-developed with Qualcomm, generate the double body charge in the games we would like, nevertheless it has a rescaling to 1440p and AI-powered stabilization.

The gadget we examined is the Snapdragon 8 Elite mannequin with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, which is the Moonlight colour (there’s additionally the darker Twilight colour), as there are additionally fashions with 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage (in Shadow or Lightspeed colour) or the monstrous Twilight Ultra mannequin with 24 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage.

We had no downside with the multitasking features and in our stress take a look at, working Fortnite with the highest values, doing a stay from Twitch in HD gave us a median of 90 PFS.

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Apps like Alexa, Furbo, Google Assistant, Philips Hue, Hue Sync, Ring, and syncing with headphones like the WH-1000XM5 or Sonos Ace by way of Bluetooth 5.4 offered no hiccups. Interaction with LG Smart TVs with WebOs or Hisense’s 4K L9G Laser TV additionally labored effectively.

What stays the similar as on the Redmagic 9S Pro is the devoted button to enter gaming mode and the customization degree the place you possibly can management the audio, warmth sink and efficiency itself.

Performance rating: 10

Audio

Here it’s nonetheless similar to the earlier mannequin, because it has two 1115K audio system, three microphones, DTS: X ULTRA sound with Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound co-tuning and the 3.5mm port that’s appreciated at this level since few provide it these days.

The audio system have a very good stability and quantity, the similar that have a look at the time of enjoying or watching some video content material.

Audio rating: 9.5

Battery

The Redmagic 10 Pro has a twin 7050mAh battery (25% greater than the earlier mannequin) with quick charging as much as 100W, which will definitely offer you greater than a day of regular use, though this gear is made for the most demanding, so you possibly can play lengthy days and cost it in a short time, as its warmth sink helps to maintain it cool throughout quick charging. One factor that was lacking was wi-fi charging.

This mannequin nonetheless has the software program to optimize battery utilization with managers that establish which purposes or {hardware} are utilizing extra energy so you possibly can change it manually. Turbo charging may also be enabled or disabled.

Battery rating: 9.5

Accesories

This smartphone comes with an 80W quick charger, a SIM eject software and a clear protecting case that means that you can recognize its unimaginable design, however nonetheless removed from making it actually showy.

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The customizable keys stay a relentless that shall be appreciated particularly as a result of it helps loads in taking pictures games. On this mannequin, they’ve a 520 Hz response.

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The case, though discreet, nonetheless maintains the gamer type.

Accessories rating: 9

Design

The Redmagic 10 Pro retains its sq. nature, with cameras organized in a single line that doesn’t intrude with the gaming expertise, and RGB particulars you can allow or disable and even customise for if you play games, eat multimedia content material, obtain notifications, make calls, cost, and even set the alarm.

The warmth sink, which is a key half of conserving the laptop at optimum temperatures, makes a bit of extra noise this time, however retains the temperature as much as 10 levels decrease than the earlier mannequin (46 levels beneath heavy use).

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It has a weight of 229 grams, dimensions of 163.42 x 76.1 x 8.9 mm, its cooling system ICE-X 13.5 has liquid steel know-how, a vapor chamber of 12,000 mm² and the fan rotates at 23 RPM justifying the noise it makes when it’s at most.

As talked about, it has Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC and USB-C 3.2 with HDMI projection functionality.

It is necessary to notice that this isn’t a water-resistant and dustproof smartphone.

Design rating: 9.5

Operative System

This smartphone comes with Redmagic OS 10 on Android 15, retains the private assistant Mora in Spanish and provides Google’s synthetic intelligence to go looking and edit photos with Google Photos, real-time translation and the capability to speak to Gemini, highlighting that these features work completely.

The gaming part remains to be the most full of all the units obtainable in the present day, since you possibly can customise many issues, create shortcuts, configure community settings, combine companies reminiscent of Xbox, Steam, PlayStation or Epic, use companies reminiscent of Ge Force Now, join a keyboard, a mouse and even displays with excessive refresh charges.

It is necessary to notice that in all the weeks of use, we didn’t have any issues with crashes, surprising shutdowns or connectivity issues, even in roaming mode.

Operating system rating: 10

The Redmagic 10 Pro is the best smartphone for gaming in the present day, bettering on earlier fashions and serving to us get the most out of gaming on actually each platform, app and system obtainable on Android. The digital camera has improved little and remains to be removed from what different units with the similar processor provide, however the display, sound, devoted buttons, options and design are worthy of boasting.

Final rating: 9.5

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