RedMagic has actually turned the entire gaming smartphone section on its head, and the RedMagic 9 Professional is the most recent instance of the way you don’t have to spend upwards of $1,000 or extra to get a robust cellular gaming expertise. Incorporating lots of the similar options as main units, the RedMagic 9 Professional is a extra inexpensive possibility for cellular gaming lovers. I wasn’t fairly certain how that may pan out previous to testing. In my expertise, many units that have been priced decrease merely didn’t supply the identical nice expertise I used to be used to.
RedMagic nonetheless, has delivered what I used to be starting to assume wasn’t doable with a tool that begins at $650. A cellular gaming cellphone that’s nonetheless extraordinarily highly effective with out breaking the financial institution. Significantly, the cellphone is surprisingly good in each side you’d need out of a gaming cellphone. That doesn’t imply it’s good. However then once more, no cellphone actually is, and there’s at all times one thing that would use enchancment. That holds true right here as effectively. So let’s dive into the evaluate and see how issues go for RedMagic with its latest gaming cellphone.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Construct High quality
Should you’ve ever puzzled how the construct high quality is on a RedMagic gadget, or simply any gadget that retails for a beginning value of $650, surprise know extra. The primary time I pulled the cellphone out of the field I used to be impressed with how good the cellphone felt. The modern steel body provides the RedMagic 9 Professional that premium feeling that you just simply don’t get with a cellphone that makes use of plastic or different supplies. However the construct high quality is greater than that.
Nothing on this cellphone feels low-cost. Prefer it ought to have price greater than it does. Proper down the buttons on the best aspect of the cellphone, the construct high quality was excellent. And what’s good is that it virtually looks like one seamless slab. Some may not like this however I believe it’s good as there aren’t any sharp edges to catch your fingers on. Even the shoulder triggers on the highest are good and clean. As to be anticipated since they’re touch-based and never bodily buttons you press inward.
If there have been something in any respect for me to gripe about with the construct high quality, it might most likely be the SIM card tray. It simply looks as if it’s important to push the SIM ejector software extremely onerous to get the tray to come out. Which I discovered to be annoying at occasions. The excellent news is this can be a very minor factor. And since most individuals aren’t going to be SIM swapping all that a lot, this seemingly gained’t trouble you past the preliminary time you insert your SIM card.
Total, it’s clear that RedMagic put plenty of effort into constructing a high-quality gadget. One which feels good to carry and one which feels very premium.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Design
Whereas the construct high quality is nice, the design of the cellphone is extra of a blended bag for me. It’s a very trendy design and that for probably the most half is an effective factor. Piggybacking off of the superb construct high quality, the design of the RedMagic 9 Professional is tremendous premium as effectively. Save for one tiny factor that I actually didn’t like. The glass again panel. Now, there’s some nuance to this as I do like some issues about it however not all the things. The glass panel on the again is there for a cause. It’s so you possibly can see the detailing below the glass and it’s additionally what retains the digicam sensors seen as these sit below the glass panel.
Now RedMagic additionally makes this gadget in three completely different colorways. Snowfall, Sleet, and Cyclone. We’re working with the Cyclone mannequin which I personally assume is the very best colorway. Because it’s largely black with some matte gold logos and lettering.
It additionally has a light gaming aesthetic with out being too loud or brash. Plus, there’s one thing cool concerning the look of see-through electronics. This isn’t totally see-through, after all. You’ll be able to’t really see any of the within parts. Simply the highest layer of paneling that goes over all of that. However it’s nonetheless a neat look, particularly for a gaming cellphone. The draw back of this glass again panel with regards to the design is that it’s a fingerprint magnet. Simply as you’d count on a bit of clear glass to be. You see each single fingerprint on a regular basis. And this proved to be extra of an annoyance to me than I believed.
It wouldn’t be a dealbreaker for me personally. However when you’re like me and also you hate fingerprints in your units, get able to wipe this down a number of occasions a day or just be taught to reside with it. Aside from that, the design of the remainder of the cellphone may be very top-notch. The corners of the body might do with only a contact extra rounding to suit the contours of my arms when enjoying video games.
However nearly each little element is effectively thought out. One specific factor I actually love is how shut the contact triggers are to the perimeters. On some telephones I’ve used prior to now these have been additional in and this kinda made it onerous to press them. Right here although, they really feel like simply the best distance to the place touching them feels comfy and pure. After all, this can be a gaming cellphone, and like most gaming telephones, there’s RGB lighting.
Fortunately, it’s not too excessive right here. The RGB is just current within the fan that sits below the second rear digicam sensor, below the “09” on the again, and in two small skinny strains within the contact triggers. It’s sufficient to supply some visible attraction with out being too flashy. Although I additionally wouldn’t thoughts if there have been no RGB in any respect. Total although, the design is de facto strong and I believe it’s most likely the best-looking cellphone RedMagic has ever designed.
The cooling system
I needed to the touch on the cooling system right here as a result of I believe RedMagic has executed an awesome job at becoming it into this cellphone. It largely works effectively however we’ll get into that later within the evaluate. For now, I simply needed to speak briefly concerning the design of the cooling setup. This features a fan that you could see on the again after which two exhaust ports on both aspect of the cellphone for air to movement by way of. What’s good about that is that you could really really feel the air transferring by way of these vents when the fan is at full velocity. It’s faint however when you hover your finger over it with out fully masking the vent you possibly can positively really feel the air transferring.
And that is going to assist with conserving the cellphone temperatures down. Whereas I can’t say that is the best possible cooling design for a gaming cellphone, it’s a neat method. And for some cause, there’s one thing about having the ability to really feel the air transferring by way of the gadget that I like.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Show
There’s actually nothing to dislike concerning the show. It’s a great dimension for gaming and different leisure and it will get fairly vibrant. By way of decision, it’s Full HD+ which is about what to anticipate from a gaming cellphone show. This helps each with battery life and permits for smoother body charges when enjoying video games with greater graphics settings choices. Whereas a better decision show on telephones is at all times good, I’ve by no means felt that it was wanted. The show is sufficiently small that Full HD+ and even Full HD appears to be like completely fantastic.
Fortunately, RedMagic has used a flat show right here. Curved shows aren’t usually used on gaming telephones however for instance, the OnePlus 12R is positioned because the extra gaming-focused gadget between it and the OnePlus 12 (that’s in response to OnePlus) and it comes with a curved show. This design has simply by no means been to my style so I’m blissful that RedMagic is sticking with the flat shows for its units.
Refresh charge
Extra necessary than the decision or whether or not or not the show is flat or curved, is the refresh charge. Now on the RedMagic 9 Professional, this caps out at 120Hz. It’s not as excessive as it’s on the ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version. However 120Hz continues to be actually good for a cellphone show on the dimension of 6.8 inches which is what the RedMagic 9 Professional is working with.
What’s fascinating is that previous RedMagic telephones have had greater refresh charges than this mannequin. And though it’s good to have, I’m not so certain that it’s actually wanted. Right here’s why. There aren’t a ton of video games on the Play Retailer that assist 144Hz refresh charges anyway.
A few of the hottest video games, like Genshin Influence and Honkai Star Rail, solely assist a refresh charge of as much as 60Hz. Others like Fortnite and PUBG MOBILE assist as much as 120Hz. And I gained’t be shocked if Name of Obligation: Warzone Cell caps out at 120Hz as effectively. With this in thoughts, you’re actually solely ever getting the complete advantages of the upper refresh charges on telephones just like the ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version if you’re scrolling by way of the gadget menus, shopping the net and what have you ever. In all chance, you’ll by no means find yourself getting these refresh charges in video games.
Even with providers like GeForce NOW on Android, Final memberships max out at 120 frames per second. So there’s not a lot of a cause to have greater than a 120Hz show. Even when it does look good for scrolling.
Brightness
The brightness of the show is about what I’d count on from most telephones on common today. With out entering into figures, it seems vibrant sufficient to simply see in direct daylight or brightly lit rooms. Now by way of specs, RedMagic charges the show at 1,600 nits for the height brightness. We don’t have a technique to measure nits however we have now began utilizing a tool that measures the brightness of the show in lux. And based mostly on the readings the show brightness measures 950.2 lux.
How we got here to this quantity was utilizing a lightweight meter. First, we turned the show brightness on the cellphone all the way in which as much as max after which introduced up an image of a totally white background so the show was all white with the brightness all the way in which up. Then we used the sunshine meter to measure the lux and got here up with the quantity talked about simply above. Should you don’t care concerning the stats, simply know that the brightness of the show is greater than sufficient. It’s uncommon that you just’ll run right into a state of affairs the place the brightness isn’t sufficient to see the show. As I by no means bumped into this problem myself. So in brief, the brightness is nice and also you shouldn’t have points with it.
Colours
Coloration accuracy or simply basically how good the colour is on a cellphone show is probably not one thing you concentrate on. Except shows and the colour accuracy of them is one thing that’s an curiosity of yours. However it’s a standard factor that we take a look at when reviewing telephones right here and I believe it’s particularly necessary for a cellphone that’s centered on cellular gaming. Should you’re enjoying video games in your cellphone, then in some unspecified time in the future or one other you’re going to be sitting down watching it for an extended time frame. And over the course of the cellphone’s life cycle, you’ll be doing this usually.
So that you need the colours to be not less than first rate the place they don’t look muted or washed out. Vibrant, vivid colours with deep black contrasts make your video games look that a lot better. The blacks aren’t as deep on the RedMagic 9 Professional as some telephones (like these within the Galaxy S lineup), however the colours positively look lush and so they pop off the display moderately properly.
This comes out very well in video games like Genshin Influence and Honkai Star Rail because of all of the flash graphical results of character particular talents. I wouldn’t thoughts a tad extra saturation however general I used to be fairly happy with how the colours look on this show. However like I mentioned I actually wouldn’t thoughts if the colours had a little bit extra weight behind them.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Efficiency
On the subject of gaming telephones you count on the efficiency to be top-notch. Probably the ultimate or on the very least, effectively above many of the competitors. Unsurprisingly, the efficiency of the RedMagic 9 Professional is superb. That is in no small half because of the usage of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 cellular platform. However the mannequin we acquired for evaluate additionally comes with 16GB of RAM which is quite a bit. No points have been present in operating at the moment’s most demanding cellular video games.
Each Genshin Influence and Honkai Star Rail have been performed with max graphics settings and at a most of 60 frames per second and each video games ran flawlessly and appeared good whereas doing it. I even have little question that the RedMagic 9 Professional may have no issues with efficiency with regards to upcoming video games like Name of Obligation: Warzone Cell. This can launch later this month so I had no technique to check efficiency with the sport but. However I count on it is going to assist excessive refresh charges of not less than 60 frames per second and graphics do look fairly good from what I’ve seen in Activision’s official trailers.
With that being mentioned, you’ll need a high-powered cellphone to run the sport easily with good graphics. The RedMagic 9 Professional will simply be capable to deal with that. I additionally checked the cellphone out with video games like Diablo Immortal and Name of Obligation: Cell briefly, and it carried out excellently there too. Even after longer intervals of time, efficiency stayed optimum with RedMagic’s cooling system in place. That being mentioned, the cooling does fall beneath my expectations in a single state of affairs, however we’ll get into that in only a bit.
The Benchmarks
To check efficiency with some statistics, we’ve began utilizing benchmarks like Geekbench 3 and 3D Mark to measure the efficiency of every gadget after which put that data right into a graph to visualise how the units stack up towards the competitors. Within the case of the RedMagic 9 Professional, we’re evaluating it to the likes of the ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version, the ROG Telephone 7 Final, and the OnePlus 12. All of those units run with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, except the ROG Telephone 7 Final that’s utilizing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. It’s nonetheless a gaming cellphone, nonetheless, and was final 12 months’s prime gadget for cellular gaming. So it matches with the comparability.
Beginning with Geekbench 6, the RedMagic 9 Professional scores greater than some other gadget we in contrast it to. The only-core rating comes out to 2299. In the meantime, the multi-core rating comes out to 7174 and the GPU rating comes out to 14785. This isn’t stunning in any respect. Qualcomm’s newest cellular platform is filled with energy and RedMagic makes excellent use of it with the 9 Professional.
Should you’re much less involved with what the benchmark scores are, simply know that the cellphone goes to carry out effectively in most duties. Gaming, multitasking, you title it.
Now the following benchmark check we used is 3D Mark. Particularly, the 3D Mark Wildlife Excessive Stress Check. The cellphone scored very excessive on this check as effectively. Should you’re unfamiliar with this check, it performs a really excessive graphics video that’s 1 minute lengthy after which loops 20 occasions. So it’s basically operating this video for 20 minutes straight. In accordance with the outcomes of the benchmark, the RedMagic 9 Professional scored 5210 on its greatest loop. Its worst loop was 4897. That is greater than the very best loop of the ROG Telephone 7 Final. The RedMagic 9 Professional additionally had a stability ranking of 94%. So, it knocked it out of the park.
For the ultimate benchmark we use what we name the CapCut Check, It is a check that we got here up with to see how briskly the cellphone might export a 1-minute video with a easy animation at first utilizing the CapCut app. On this check, the RedMagic 9 Professional scored extremely and was as soon as once more very quick. In actual fact, it was quicker than some other cellphone we’ve executed this check with, exporting the video in 5.2 seconds. To maintain issues as whilst doable we use the identical video for each cellphone. So there you’ve it. The RedMagic 9 Professional is a efficiency beast. Via and thru.
Thermals
One of many actually necessary elements in a gaming cellphone goes to be the thermals. How good of a job does the cellphone do staying cool whereas performing high-intensity duties? On this case, with gaming since this can be a gaming cellphone. You wish to be certain that the cellphone stays cool so it continues to carry out optimally. And in nearly each case the cellphone stayed cool sufficient to carry out effectively with no issues by any means. To check the thermals, we checked the temperature of the cellphone three alternative ways, utilizing an infrared thermometer for every technique.
First, we checked the thermals after enjoying Genshin Influence for an hour with the sport operating at max settings, with 60 frames per second, and the display at max brightness. We additionally checked the temperature after operating the 3D Mark Wildlife Excessive Stress check. This was the one space the place the cooling roughly took a nosedive. After the check the cellphone was too sizzling to carry, burning my arms simply on the contact of it if I attempted to carry it for greater than a second or two. I mainly needed to put it down and let it cool off for five minutes earlier than choosing it again up.
I do wish to emphasize the truth that this isn’t actually consultant of how heat the cellphone will get throughout your each day use. As you’re not going to be operating this check a number of occasions a day, daily, if in any respect. However it’s price noting since there could also be duties that end in this type of warmth in some unspecified time in the future. For the Genshin check, the cellphone continued to carry out effectively with little to no snags by the tip of the hour. The final check we ran was beginning up a video recording and checking the temperatures after 5 minutes, and after 10 minutes to see the place issues sit, because the cellphone can get fairly heat when recording 4K video.
For the temperatures, the cellphone reached 107 levels Fahrenheit after enjoying Genshin Influence for an hour. The 3D Mark Wildlife Excessive Stress check was fairly a bit greater at 129.3 levels. Lastly, the video recording precipitated temperatures to achieve 91.7 levels after 5 minutes, and 95.9 levels after 10 minutes. All in all, not horrible throughout the board. In actual fact, in all instances besides the 3D Mark check the cellphone temps have been greater than manageable.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Battery Life and Charging
Battery life is at all times one of many issues I’m most crucial of as a result of I have a tendency to make use of my cellphone quite a bit. I largely use mine for cellular gaming however I do use it a lot for watching YouTube, messaging, and streaming music as effectively. And with gaming being the majority of the utilization, the battery must final some time. Fortunately, RedMagic packed a 6500mAh battery on this gadget.
Regardless of all its energy that would simply drain the battery, the mix of the massive battery and the RedMagic 9 Professional’s good optimization helped it final all through the day with no issues. I would normally get near 10 hours of screen-on time with regular use. Which for me is normally an hour or two of YouTube in the direction of the tip of the night, some music streaming through the mornings, and some hours of cellular gaming all through the day with a bunch of messaging on Discord and Telegram. In addition to occasional Reddit use and shopping the net. I don’t use my cellphone as a lot as some customers however it actually doesn’t simply sit there. Removed from it.
So I can with certainty say that the battery on this cellphone is fairly good. It’s additionally price conserving in thoughts that there are going to be days if you use the cellphone much less usually. Generally I solely actually have the display on for a few hours a day. And the remainder of the time it’s simply sitting idle. In these occasions, it’ll be a couple of days earlier than you might want to cost the cellphone.
Benchmarking the battery
Proper off the bat, I used to be anticipating the battery to final a very long time due to the bigger capability. And I’ve to say, I wasn’t disillusioned. Now to check the battery life rundown what we did was pull up a 4K video that runs for twenty-four hours with the display at max brightness. We use the identical video for each cellphone to maintain issues as comparable as doable. Out of all of the units we’ve examined just lately, the RedMagic 9 Professional lasted longer than most.
Solely two telephones lasted longer — the Galaxy S24 Extremely and the Honor Magic6 Professional. The previous lasted for 25 hours and 35 minutes. Whereas the latter lasted for 26 hours and seven minutes. By comparability, the RedMagic 9 Professional lasted 25 hours and three minutes. Greater than an hour lower than the Honor Magic6 Professional and a little bit over half an hour lower than the Galaxy S24 Extremely. Fairly good. Particularly when you think about that when in comparison with different gaming telephones, it outlasted all of them by far.
For instance, final 12 months’s ROG Telephone 7 Final lasted 21 hours and 27 minutes. In the meantime, the ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version with its smaller battery lasted 17 hours and 39 minutes. If a gaming cellphone is one thing you’re on the lookout for however battery life is most necessary, then the RedMagic 9 Professional is likely to be the only option for you.
We additionally check the charging time to see how shortly you possibly can juice the cellphone again up. The RedMagic 9 Professional comes with an 80W charger so it’s able to charging up fairly quick. And through my testing, it charged up in 42 minutes and three seconds. This isn’t the quickest charging cellphone we’ve examined however contemplating the battery capability at 6500mAh, it’s moderately spectacular. In comparison with the ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version, with a smaller battery capability thoughts you, that charged up in 40 minutes and 22 seconds.
Charging velocity will fluctuate when you’re not utilizing the charging brick that got here within the field with the cellphone. However generally, that is seemingly the place you’re going to be charging it up. Because it’s unlikely the battery will want charging through the day except you’re away from house for a number of days and produce a special charger with you. All in all, the battery life and charging speeds on this gadget are excellent.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Software program
As with all gaming cellphone, the software program is an enormous a part of the gadget. As a result of there are normally some options which can be baked into the Android OS that don’t come on regular telephones. These are largely geared in the direction of the gaming aspect of issues and every gaming cellphone tends to be a little bit completely different with regards to these options. However to begin issues off, the RedMagic 9 Professional is operating on Android 14. What makes the software program particular within the case of this cellphone is the gaming-related options, although.
Issues like settings for mapping the contact triggers and naturally, the flexibility to vary the lighting results and colours for the RGB. There’s additionally the GameSpace app which homes a ton of settings for gaming. It’s right here that you could launch video games and entry settings like system anti-mistouch or the anti-disturbance setting. You can too launch proper into Recreation House with the crimson slider swap on the aspect of the cellphone. If the cellphone is unlocked, simply slide this upwards and GameSpace opens proper up. All of that is thrilling however it’s additionally fairly run-of-the-mill for many gaming telephones.
There’s at all times a piece that permits you to tweak all of the gaming options and simply launch your put in video games. Appearing as a hub if you’ll. For me, the software program that basically set the RedMagic 9 Professional aside was the X Gravity function. That is the cellphone’s system for mapping exterior peripherals like controllers, or a mouse and keyboard. You’d use this for mapping on-screen contact controls to the bodily peripheral you wish to use. Since plenty of video games don’t natively assist controllers, that is going to be an enormous profit to gamers preferring them over contact.
There’s additionally Recreation Gravity, which is meant to be for cloud gaming however this merely has you tapping into the distant play apps for these providers particularly. As an example, the PS Distant Play app for PlayStation video games or the Recreation Move app for Xbox. What some would possibly discover actually helpful is the Forged possibility. This allows you to play cellular video games on a bigger show and when paired with the X gravity for enter mapping to a controller or mouse and keyboard, it’s a simple technique to play cellular video games such as you would a PC or console recreation. You’ll want a monitor or TV that helps Z-SmartCast function to make this work.
However when you do have one then the method is fairly easy. Within the X Gravity choices, there’s a button for “Projection” and inside that, you possibly can seek for screens that assist the casting. As soon as discovered you can begin utilizing the cellphone on that bigger display after which dive into video games. I don’t have a display that helps this so I wasn’t capable of check it, sadly. However the strategy of getting it up and operating doesn’t appear overly difficult. How effectively it really works will rely in your Wi-Fi sign power and speeds, although.
Total, the software program expertise was clean and there have been loads of gaming options to reap the benefits of. Nevertheless, I believe most individuals will get probably the most use out of among the easier choices, like the sport casting the enter mapping.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Audio system
Audio system are simply as necessary for a gaming cellphone as some other factor. Whether or not that be battery life, show, or efficiency. Whereas I’ll virtually at all times suggest utilizing earbuds or headphones when enjoying cellular video games, as a result of this finally ends up providing a greater audio expertise, generally you simply don’t really feel like utilizing both and simply wish to play with the cellphone audio system. However you need them to sound good when you’re going to do that. In my expertise, the audio high quality on the RedMagic 9 Professional was fairly good.
My solely criticism is that the audio system aren’t front-facing. So just like the ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version, one of many audio system goes to be straightforward to cowl up a little bit which might muffle the sound. You’ll be able to place your hand in such a means that that is minimized, however it doesn’t forestall masking the speaker totally. Even with this design setup although, the audio system nonetheless sounded fairly good every time I used to be enjoying video games. And even higher if I used to be watching movies or listening to music. I have a tendency to carry the cellphone otherwise when watching video so the audio system don’t find yourself lined in any respect.
And when listening to the music the cellphone is simply sitting on my desk. In these instances, the audio system carry out fairly effectively and ship sound that isn’t too bass-heavy. At greater quantity ranges the audio system can get a bit tinny however that is actually solely an issue when you flip the amount many of the means up. The cellphone audio system get very loud so I by no means actually noticed the rationale to do that. And that’s nice as a result of it allowed for higher audio high quality whereas nonetheless having an honest quantity stage to listen to all the things.
Loudness
As talked about above the audio system get a lot loud. Quantity ranges are loud sufficient that there was not often a state of affairs the place I wanted to show the amount up all the way in which simply to listen to one thing, even when I used to be in a louder surroundings. That being mentioned, in a louder surroundings, which is usually going to be in public, I’m simply going to make use of headphones. Not solely in order that I can hear my content material higher, but additionally so I’m not disturbing others. However for testing’s sake, turning the amount all the way in which up ends in the flexibility to listen to them completely fantastic even in one other room.
For instance, I’d set the cellphone down and stream music whereas cooking, and I might simply hear the cellphone from the kitchen whereas it was throughout the condominium. Thoughts you, outdoors you’ll positively discover that sound isn’t as simply discernable. Briefly, simply use headphones if listening to audio outdoors or in public.
Distortion
That is one thing that I seen when testing out the loudness of the audio system. That on the highest volumes, you possibly can positively inform there’s some distortion taking place. I didn’t use this quantity stage actually because there was merely no want for it. And in the long run, the audio simply finally ends up sounding worse. Nevertheless, the distortion wasn’t so dangerous that the sound was horrible. However the audio positively comes by way of cleaner if the amount is say, round 70%-75% and beneath.
Bass
I’ve by no means been a lot of a bass fan however it’s good to have some punchy bass for sure issues. Usually with music, and for me that particularly finally ends up being EDM. The RedMagic 9 Professional audio system put out some first rate bass however I wouldn’t say it’s among the greatest bass a smartphone can produce. You’ll be able to inform it’s there and it’s first rate. Principally, I wasn’t disillusioned in how the bass got here by way of and I don’t assume most different consumers of this cellphone could be both.
Treble
Treble mainly dictates how clear greater tones are. With higher-quality treble, the extra clear these greater tones in audio might be. The RedMagic 9 Professional audio system supply first rate treble identical to the bass. However once more, I wouldn’t say it’s something to write down house about. It’s good, however not excellent. Then once more, it’s important to bear in mind this can be a bassline $649 cellphone. And plenty of emphasis has already been positioned on different parts of the cellphone. Just like the efficiency, cooling, storage, and battery life.
Steadiness
Steadiness is general fairly good with the audio system right here because it was straightforward to listen to each greater tones and decrease tones. The decrease tones appear to overpower the upper tones just a bit.
Vocals
For me, the vocals are one of many higher elements of the audio system. I felt like these got here by way of moderately effectively every time listening to YouTube movies or when within the voice-acted scenes of some video games like Honkai Star Rail. Not good, however for my part by far the a part of the audio system that appeared to carry out the very best.
Immersion
Immersion is without doubt one of the most necessary elements of the audio system in a gaming cellphone as a result of gaming might be what you’re doing most with a tool like this one. And the higher the immersion, the higher the gaming expertise. You need a full sound that envelopes you as greatest as doable. Whereas the audio system gained’t maintain a candle to earbuds or headphones, they do a very good job of offering some immersive sound experiences. I nonetheless assume the audio system on the ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version and the ROG Telephone 7 Final are higher, however these aren’t far behind.
RedMagic 9 Professional Evaluate: Digital camera Efficiency
Gaming telephones have by no means been the most suitable choice for cellphone cameras, and that’s largely nonetheless true. However there’s some nuance to contemplate. The perfect digicam is the one you’ve on you. In lots of instances, that’s going to be your cellphone. And in case your cellphone occurs to be a gaming cellphone with a mediocre digicam, then that’s the very best digicam for you except you’ve different available choices. With that mentioned, digicam efficiency has come a great distance for telephones. And this consists of units which can be geared in the direction of gaming, such because the RedMagic 9 Professional.
I believe one of the simplest ways to take a look at this digicam is to go in with none expectations. This isn’t as a result of the digicam is dangerous, however you’d be setting your self up for disappointment when you purchase this cellphone anticipating it to be the very best digicam of any smartphone accessible. So, with that mentioned, that is what I did. I attempted not to consider how every picture appeared compared to one thing just like the Pixel 8, which I had already reviewed and know has one of many cameras of any smartphone available on the market. My purpose was to guage the digicam by itself deserves so I used to be actually solely specializing in what this digicam can do and the way the pictures look.
Now that that’s out of the way in which, the digicam on the RedMagic 9 Professional performs higher than I used to be anticipating, however I believe that’s largely as a result of I’ve simply been conditioned to consider gaming telephones as having mediocre cameras. As that was the case for thus lengthy. However ASUS actually confirmed that gaming telephones can produce some fairly good photos and the RedMagic 9 Professional follows in these footsteps. When utilizing simply the common picture mode for photographs, photos come out with an honest quantity of element and colours pop good and vibrant.
There appears to be a little bit extra saturation than another telephones, and that is simpler to see when you’ve actually vibrant and vivid colours within the picture. Just like the blue sky or crimson wooden paneling within the picture I took on the meals cart commons. I used to be additionally as soon as once more fairly shocked with how effectively the portrait mode photographs got here out. There’s a great quantity of foreground element within the picture of the sakura tree whereas further branches and blooming sakura buds within the background are sufficiently blurred with out making the perimeters round the point of interest too fuzzy.
Generally when utilizing portrait mode on different units I’d discover that elements of the focal topic find yourself blurred once they shouldn’t be. However that didn’t actually appear to occur with the RedMagic 9 Professional which was a pleasant shock. Since I like utilizing portrait mode for photographs once I do really use the digicam on my cellphone. The digicam does okay in low gentle circumstances however that is type of the place you begin to see the digicam and the software program are a little bit bit missing. Darker-lit rooms trigger the pictures to lose a little bit element. Macro photographs are most likely the place I really feel the digicam is weakest. Not less than for what I used to be capable of check.
Regardless of what number of macro photographs I took of the Gnocchi I made, the picture at all times got here out just a bit out of focus. Even after attempting out various levels of distance between the digicam and the dish. It is a little little bit of a bummer since macro photographs may be actually fascinating. However photographs can nonetheless look good shut up when you’re utilizing the common or professional modes. And when you actually wish to experiment, you possibly can try the “camera-family” part all the way in which to the left. This homes quite a lot of completely different picture modes like slow-motion, starry sky, gentle draw, time-lapse, and others.
I wasn’t capable of check most of those since most of them require the usage of a tripod, which I don’t have in the mean time. Total, I believe the digicam is okay. I’ll say what I’ve at all times mentioned with regards to gaming telephones. You aren’t shopping for this for the digicam. And so long as you do not forget that, you’ll be fantastic with the digicam’s high quality and efficiency. The pictures actually do come out simply fantastic. And that’s an important half. They don’t must be the very best photographs of any cellphone. They only must look first rate. And I’d say they do right here.
Now along with utilizing the digicam such as you would use one usually, we do check the digicam utilizing a check we got here up with right here at Android Headlines to see the way it compares to different smartphones. I did this after taking all the different photographs. The check is establishing a photograph gentle field and inserting a Rubix Dice inside it, then we take an image of the Rubix Dice with the cellphone and evaluate it to different units with this similar picture.
The rationale we do that is so we have now a managed picture surroundings for testing functions. On this case, I’m utilizing the pictures of the RedMagic 9 Professional, the ASUS ROG Telephone 8 Professional Version, and the OnePlus 12R since these have been the three most up-to-date telephones I personally examined, and so they’re all from this 12 months whereas additionally all being gaming centered.
Do you have to purchase the RedMagic 9 Professional?
Whereas we are able to’t definitively reply sure or no for you on this, because you is likely to be on the lookout for one thing completely different than what this cellphone has, we are able to supply some explanation why you would possibly wish to purchase or skip it. I’ll say although, that there are some good causes to purchase this cellphone.
You can purchase the RedMagic 9 Professional if:
– You need an awesome gaming cellphone
– Exceptionally long-lasting battery life is necessary to you
– Affordability is an element
You shouldn’t purchase the RedMagic 9 Professional if:
– You’ll be able to spend extra for a higher-end gadget
– A greater digicam is necessary to you
– You need one thing with barely higher cooling efficiency