Our quick take
Nubia Red Magic 6 - 4.0 / 5
Design & Display
- 6.8-inch OLED panel, 1080 x 2400 resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio 165Hz refresh rate, 500Hz touch sampling rate Dimensions: 170 x 77 x 9.7mm / Weight: 220g Finish options: Eclipse Black, Aurora Dedicated switch for Game Space Under-display fingerprint scanner Built-in shoulder triggers 3.5mm headphone jack
Performance & Battery
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 platform, 12GB LPDDR5 RAM 128GB UFS 3.1 storage, no microSD card slot 5050mAh battery capacity, 66W fast-charge Turbofan and liquid cooling system Dual-Core Cooler accessory Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5G connectivity
Dual-Core Cooler accessory
Cameras
Triple rear system: Main (26mm): 64-megapixel, f/1.8 aperture, 0.8µm pixel size Wide (13mm): 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm Macro: 2MP Selfie camera: 8MP, f/2.0
Main (26mm): 64-megapixel, f/1.8 aperture, 0.8µm pixel size Wide (13mm): 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm Macro: 2MP
To recap
This gaming phone is well priced, seriously powerful, and has a faster screen refresh rate than you’ll find on any other phone right now. Whether you’ll get genuine use from that high-flying 165Hz figure, however, is another matter. And for everyday use Nubia’s software flaws, camera overselling, and approaching unwieldy size are all considerations that may make you ponder just how game-focused you really want your phone to be.
