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Is this best ""gaming"" phone to date? Red Magic 10 Pro wow
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RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Nice. Without a doubt the best way to play Candy Crush, angry birds and scam F2P games.
Fahdis
Member
Not really. If people are eating up on Portal then this thing with the Backbone can become an all in 1 device for Cloud gaming. I already use my Samsung S24 Ultra with my AR glasses to play at times and its a great sitting in the middle of a cinema like experience.
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Fahdis
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LectureMaster
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The Fartist
Gold Member
I just gave that douche bag Lou guy a view, goddammit!
Hugare
Member
Was playing Psychonauts 2 yesterday on my Android based device, as well as Kingdom Hearts 3
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Magister
Member
Taking phone out of its case to attach the controller is just inconvenient. Also, what if someone calls me? Remote play just sucks on a phone.
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Drell
Member
I'll never get into that "gaming smartphones" trend sinply because, these days, a smartphone is needed for a lot of inportant things. One of them is simply being callable or being able to receive messages. Any demanding game will eat your battery in minutes. I'd rather have a switch or a steam deck along if I really want to game on the go.
Fahdis
Member
DND. People can wait. Im almost at the final boss.
Kupfer
Member
Came here for this.
Ponderling
Member
Oh god when he uses the boxcutter to scratch the metal frame I almost cringed myself inside out from the sound.
SirTerry-T
Member
Need to see those Nikke benchmarks first....
Cyberpunkd
Member
Because they prefer making money instead of things nobody will buy?
Cyberpunkd
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BlackTron
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Great companion piece to your normal phone you use for everything else
Or....just use a handheld at that point
Mister Wolf
Member
Galaxy Fold with controller attachment.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Apple and Samsung make phones to sell to billions of people, not the 12 people who seriously play games hardcore on phones
hinch7
Member
Apple tried getting devs like Capcom to release AAA games on their iPhones and hardly anyone bought them. Most people don't want to drain their battery on gaming. And for those who do play freemium trash. Why waste R+D on gamery design?
The screen is really cool though as is the front hidden in-screen camera.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
"Seriously playing" and "phones" in the same sentence is like a government person that is in charge to allocate resources: it exists, but doesn't really work
If we take into account the performance, then the ASUS ROG Phone line. Although visually they certainly are not pleasing to the eye...
peish
Member
Boys you are not getting it. I put “”gaming”” because if you look at it as a regular phone, the hardware design is massive, no camera bump, fully symmetrical thin bezel front, 7000mah battery, headphone jack, latest snapdragon soc, liquid metal, even a real fan!
That’s engineering prowess from a Chinese factory!
That’s engineering prowess from a Chinese factory!
I looked at the review, it looks nice on the outside. But there are a lot of problems inside.
They forgot to "make" cooling in it, so it is throttled severely under load, because of which the processor's performance under load constantly jumps depending on its temperature. Therefore, in games under heavy load, there may be problems with performance. The rest of the problems are not so critical, well, maybe the clumsy translation from Chinese... But this is, as usual, a nice-looking phone with very crookedly made cooling and an overheating processor.
VulcanRaven
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rabbity-thing
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I still don't understand the point behind needing a powerful device for mobile gaming when said gaming will either be
- A) So limited in design that gaming won't require a robust piece of hardware, or
- B) Be full featured enough that playing said games will require peripherals to maximize the experience; significantly reducing the ease-of-use benefits one would get from gaming on a phone in the first place.
peish
Member
But the GPU load is very sustained as noted in the same review 93.7% stability, wtf Apple Samsung can only dream.
So a software update will fix the fan speed under CPU load.
There are many reasons why people buy iPhones: status indicator, ecosystem, habit, camera, long-term support for devices (let's say iPhone 7 was released in 2016, its support ended only in 2024, that's 8 years, and despite the fact that Apple stopped supporting the phone and you can't update it from iOS 15 to 16, they continue to release critical updates for it), insurance system, and much more. And no, I don't have an iPhone, but an old ZenFone 7 (My wife has an iPhone
), all have their pros and cons. And in the end, everyone will decide for themselves what to buy
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Unknown Soldier
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The reason is most people don't have ridiculous phones, it's just like PC gaming. The games are designed to run on the average phones, not the most insane ones
If a game has truly impressive graphics, there's already a PC version to play most of the time anyways
StereoVsn
Gold Member
In all seriousness Redmagic produces best gaming phones for the $/€/¥.
The issues are that their focus is on gaming. Cameras are meh. Android software support is pretty terrible compared to flagships. And it’s ZTE so privacy is very iffy.
If one however must have top of the line gaming phone without paying Asus prices, this is pretty great. Do folks need that though? Some probably do considering this is by far not the first one they made.
The issues are that their focus is on gaming. Cameras are meh. Android software support is pretty terrible compared to flagships. And it’s ZTE so privacy is very iffy.
If one however must have top of the line gaming phone without paying Asus prices, this is pretty great. Do folks need that though? Some probably do considering this is by far not the first one they made.
Trogdor1123
Member
A fan is now a feature?
Loomy
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Different priorities.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yes, it helps keeping device cooled so there is less drop off in performance. Redmagic is pretty much the only one that still has a fan in their phone.
dottme
Member
I’m actually leaning towards getting a phone with lower power consumption rather than adding a fan. I’d also really appreciate it if my PS5 could be quieter.
As an Apple fan, I’ve gotten used to the quietness of my Mac. But when I use an Intel laptop, it’s like nails on a chalkboard.
HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
This is an Xbox.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
This is what main flagships are for. Get something like iPhone 16 Plus, got battery power for days, no noise, not much heat.
This phone is meant to be best gaming phone with appropriate configuration.
I agree, I haven't had a single game on my phone since I bought the Switch. And I only use the phone to make calls, it's old, I should change it, but when I remember that I only use it for calls, I put off buying it for next year, it's been like that for several years already
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
You can’t just post a new gaming phone without mentioning the processor! This baby is sporting a Snapdragon 8 Elite, which has benchmark scores roughly around the A18 Pro (worse on single, better on multi, and I’d probably say slightly better overall, but YMMV wrt software).
Emulation on this thing would be a beast. I bet it could chew through almost all Switch games at full performance.
Gorgeous little phone.
Emulation on this thing would be a beast. I bet it could chew through almost all Switch games at full performance.
Gorgeous little phone.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
If someone serious about gaming then why would they ever buy overpriced phone instead of actual gaming system with great exclusives?I agree, I haven't had a single game on my phone since I bought the Switch. And I only use the phone to make calls, it's old, I should change it, but when I remember that I only use it for calls, I put off buying it for next year, it's been like that for several years already
This + I also don't like to constantly charge my phone