Yesterday, nubia officially stated that the company is looking forward to releasing the nubia Red Magic 8S series on July 5 (at 3 PM, as per Chinese Timing). As the launch time is near, the company has started revealing the device’s major highlight on its social media platform.
This morning, the company confirmed that the all-new nubia Red Magic 8S Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen2 chipset. The chipset comes with the exact specifications we have seen in the Galaxy S23 series’ chipset.
As mentioned in the official teaser, the chipset’s highest frequency is 3.36GHz on Cortex-X3 Super Core. The other cores are 2x Cortex-A715 and 2x Cortex-A710 Performance Cores (clocked @2.8GHz) and 3x Cortex-A510 Energy-Efficient Cores (clocked @2.0GHz).
The chipset is based on 4nm TSMC’s 2nd Generation manufacturing process and also features the Adreno 740 GPU. In addition, it also features the Snapdragon X70 5G modem. At first, it was also rumored that this model would feature the Snapdragon 8+ Gen2 chipset, but now the officials have confirmed the chipset.
nubia has also revealed that the high-end storage variant of Red Magic 8S Pro will be equipped with 24 Gigs of RAM.
Except for the chipset, the nubia Red Magic 8S Pro will be the same as the standard version. It is expected to feature the exact 6.8 inches AMOLED Display (with an under-display camera module) that supports a 120Hz refresh rate and the following resolution: 1116 x 2480 pixels.
The camera specifications are expected to be following on the backside: 50MP+8MP+2MP, while on the front, it will feature a 16MP single camera under display. In terms of battery, a 6000mAh battery would be equipped inside the phone in addition to 80W fast charging support.
In the coming days, nubia is expected to reveal more highlights regarding its nubia Red Magic 8S series.
