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<\/p>\nIntroduction and specs<\/p>\n
A slim and portable gaming phone? It doesn’t get any more niche than this. And yet, the nubia RedMagic 11 Air is exactly that. It’s a slim and relatively light handset, at least as far as gaming phones go, and it’s also a more affordable alternative to the regular RedMagic gaming smartphone series..<\/p>\n
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Despite the lower weight and slimmer body, however, the RedMagic 11 Air is built on the foundations that make the RedMagic phones unique. It has a seethrough-like design, it has a dedicated cooling fan and brings a handful of upgrades over the previous RedMagic 10 Air generation. The newer 11 Air now feels much closer to the RedMagic 11 proper.<\/p>\n
ZTE nubia RedMagic 11 Air specs at a glance:
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\nBody: 163.8×76.5×8.0mm, 207g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass 7i), aluminum allow frame, glass back (Gorilla Glass 5); Pressure sensitive zones (520Hz touch-sensing), Built-in cooling fan, Aviation aluminum middle frame, IP54 dust protected and water resistant (water splashes), Illuminated RGB logo and fan lights (on the back).
\nDisplay: 6.85″ AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, 2592Hz PWM, 1800 nits (peak), 1216x2688px resolution, 19.89:9 aspect ratio, 431ppi.
\nChipset: Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm): Octa-core (2×4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L + 6×3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M); Adreno 830.
\nMemory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.1.
\nOS\/Software: Android 16, Redmagic OS 11.
\nRear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f\/1.9, 23mm, 1\/1.55″, 1.0\u00b5m, PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f\/2.2, 1\/4.0″, 1.12\u00b5m.
\nFront camera: 16 MP, f\/2.0, (wide), 1\/2.77″, 1.12\u00b5m, under display.
\nVideo capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@30\/60fps, 1080p@30\/60\/120\/240fps, gyro-EIS, OIS, HDR; Front camera: 1080p@30\/60fps.
\nBattery: 7000mAh; 80W wired, 120W wired – China only, Bypass charging.
\nConnectivity: 5G; Wi-Fi 6; BT 5.4; NFC; Infrared port.
\nMisc: Fingerprint reader (under display, optical); stereo speakers.<\/p>\n
For instance, the RedMagic 11 Air borrows the RedMagic 11 Pro’s 6.85-inch OLED panel with 144Hz refresh rate, a step up from the 120Hz screen on the 10 Air.<\/p>\n
The new Air is also equipped with a much more powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, compared to its predecessor, but still a notch below the RedMagic 11 Pro with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.<\/p>\n
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In addition to the upgraded chipset and display, the 11 Air is getting a new battery, too. The device now sports a Si\/C battery with 7,000 mAh capacity, up from 6,000 mAh last year, but retains the 80W fast wired charging.<\/p>\n
Now let’s dive deeper into the RedMagic 11 Air and see what you stand to lose and what you gain with the more portable gaming device.<\/p>\n
Unboxing the RedMagic 11 Air<\/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 A slim and portable gaming phone? It doesn’t get any more niche than this. And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-260373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}