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<\/p>\nIntroduction and specs<\/p>\n
About six months after the RedMagic 11 series, it’s time for a refresh, so here comes the RedMagic 11S series. As per tradition, we have the regular Pro variant with us for review, which is often very similar to the Pro+ version only found in China.<\/p>\n
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As is usually the case with the S lineup, the RedMagic 11S Pro brings modest changes to the table. It now relies on a more powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8850-1-AD chipset (or the Leading edition as RedMagic calls it), as opposed to the regular SM8850-AC variant that we saw in the RedMagic 11 Pro.<\/p>\n
The AD version of the SD8 Elite Gen 5 isn’t exactly new either. We’ve seen the chip in action inside the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra under the name “Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy”, but the exclusivity has seemingly ended and is now being distributed to other manufacturers as well.<\/p>\n
ZTE nubia RedMagic 11S Pro specs at a glance:
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\nBody: 163.8×76.5×8.9mm, 230g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame, glass back; Pressure sensitive zones (520Hz touch-sensing), Built-in cooling fan, Aviation aluminum middle frame, IPX8 water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min).
\nDisplay: 6.85″ AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, 2592Hz PWM, 1800 nits (peak), 1216x2688px resolution, 19.89:9 aspect ratio, 431ppi.
\nChipset: Qualcomm SM8850-1-AD Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm).
\nMemory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.1 Pro.
\nOS\/Software: Android 16, Redmagic OS 11.5.
\nRear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f\/1.9, 23mm, 1\/1.55″, 1.0\u00b5m, multi-directional PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f\/2.0, 13mm, 1\/2.88″, 0.61\u00b5m, AF; Depth: Auxiliary lens.
\nFront camera: 16 MP, f\/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1\/2.77″, 1.12\u00b5m, under display.
\nVideo capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@30\/60fps, 1080p@30\/60\/120\/240fps; Front camera: 1080p@30\/60fps.
\nBattery: 7500mAh; 80W wired, 80W wireless, Reverse wireless.
\nConnectivity: 5G; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4; NFC; Infrared port; 3.5mm jack.
\nMisc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); stereo speakers.<\/p>\n
The more powerful Snapdragon offers higher clocks on its two main Oryon V3 Phoenix L cores and the Adreno 840 GPU.<\/p>\n
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The rest of the hardware, however, remains. We have a familiar 6.85-inch, 144Hz OLED display, dual 50MP camera setup on the back, a generous 7,500 mAh battery with 80W fast wired and wireless charging and a cooling fan coupled with an actual liquid cooling system. The transparent and flat glass back design also makes a return.<\/p>\n
Despite the somewhat modest chipset upgrade, it could trigger other changes down the line, such as battery life or sustained performance, for example, not just raw performance. So let’s take a closer look.<\/p>\n
Unboxing the RedMagic 11S Pro<\/p>\n
The device comes in a standard retail box with the usual quick start guide, a transparent protective case and a USB-A to USB-C cable for charging and data transfer.<\/p>\n
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Interestingly, even the European retail package contains the compatible 80W fast wired charger. So kudos to RedMagic for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction and specs About six months after the RedMagic 11 series, it’s time for a refresh, so here…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-718464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}