It’s certainly a more stable and consistent runner than the precedingRed Magic 9S Pro.
This thing goes for days, and it charges fairly quickly too, courtesy of a bundled-in 100W charger.
There’s still no wireless charging, though.
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Nubia has also improved the display this time around.
The peak brightness has also been cranked up, which is always welcome.
Nubia hasn’t taken any significant steps to improve its camera system.
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Another element that’s badly in need of a revamp is Nubia’s Redmagic software.
After encouraging signs of improvement, the company seems to have settled on a sub-par interface.
It’s fast and fluid, yes, but it’s also quite ugly.
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This is outstanding value for these specifications.
Subtle it ain’t.
One thing that is relatively subtle is the total lack of a camera module.
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This phone is dead flat, which is vanishingly rare in the smartphone field.
These can be mapped to gaming controls where such remapping is supported.
You’ll also notice a pair of vents, one on either long edge.
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It looks great, but I maintain this isn’t a very gamer-friendly design.
It means that your hands are more likely to get in the way whilst gaming in landscape mode.
Another non-gaming-friendly byproduct of this design is the lack of twin front-firing speakers.
The Dusk and Moonlight models also get a semi-transparent rear cover that exposes some circuit-aping elements.
It’s a bit naff, but it isn’t too in-your-face.
This is a nice, vibrant AMOLED from BOE, projecting punchy colors and deep blacks.
Another small improvement is the Red Magic 10 Pro screen’s higher resolution.
Talking of refresh rates, Nubia has bumped the display’s maximum refresh rate up from 120Hz to 144Hz.
Finally, Nubia’s new display ups the peak brightness from 1600 nits to 2000 nits.
That’s a localized measurement forHDRcontent, but in general usage, this screen gets plenty bright.
You also get the same 16MP under-display selfie camera, which we’ll come to in due course.
This is the one area where the Red Magic 10 Pro’s asking price doesn’t feel especially cheap.
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TheGoogle Pixel 8atakes way better shots, for example.
With all that said, the Red Magic 10 Pro takes adequate shots in decent lighting conditions.
But there’s a richness to these shots, and detail levels aren’t bad at all.
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Night shots, too, look pretty serviceable, thanks to a reasonable sensor size and proper stabilization technology.
The 50MP ultra-wide might match the pixel count, but it’s a very different proposition.
Fine detail drops off, betraying its significantly smaller sensor in inferior lens configuration, but you expect that.
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There’s no telephoto camera, but 2x cropped zoom shots look respectable thanks to that seasoned main sensor.
Further notches on the virtual zoom ring yield much softer snaps, culminating in downright unusual 10x shots.
We can largely ignore the 2MP macro camera.
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Far more problematic is the 16MP front camera.
Skin tones take on an eerie waxwork quality, and subject separation is very poor.
Generally, though, the comparison between these two camera systems doesn’t flatter the Red Magic.
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If you want a gaming phone that takes good photos, there’s really only one choice.
Whatever else you might do with this phone, gaming is the priority, and that requires power.
Here that’s provided by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.
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That’s less than half what the ROG achieved.
Looking back, it’s something that also seemed to affect the Red Magic 9S Pro and 9 Pro.
That’s about the same as the ROG Phone 9 Pro.
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The peak loop score of 10032 is about the same, too.
There’s a reason Asus packs a chunky external fan into the box with its Pro model.
The Red Magic 10 Pro isn’t immune from bloatware, though.
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At least it’s possible to prevent a number of the terrible-looking games from preinstalling at the outset.
For all these little bugbears, Red Magic OS is much improved from where it used to be.
It runs quickly, with speedy transitional animations that mostly keep up with that enhanced display refresh rate.
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Poor translations and typos aren’t nearly as prevalent as they used to be, either.
The other positive is Nubia’s Game Space game management UI.
Sadly, Nubia hasn’t yet followed the industry’s direction of travel when it comes to ongoing support.
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It features a 7,050mAh battery, which is absolutely cavernous by any smartphone standards.
It’s a massive 1,250mAh larger than the Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro’s battery, for one thing.
Unsurprisingly, it yields epic everyday results.
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On that front, the Red Magic 10 Pro can conceivably last a full day with ease.
You also don’t get the ROG’s wireless charging, which is more of a day-to-day quality-of-life inclusion.
Should I buy the Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro?
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