1. Introduction and pictures
After years of exploration, domestic manufacturers forcibly opened up the category of gaming mobile phones, which is not easy.
Because mobile phones are not as diverse as PCs, the optional configurations are the same as conventional mobile phones, such as the SoC that determines the performance of mobile phones. Chip suppliers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek can never customize for a single manufacturer. On the one hand, cost constraints, on the other hand Aspects are cooperative competition.
Take Qualcomm’s flagship mobile platform as an example, all of them are Snapdragon 8 Gen1, and they don’t have a big core. Why do you promote high performance, so you can only take the edge.
I still remember that when gaming phones first appeared, there were only gaming features such as e-sports design, shoulder buttons, and peripheral accessories. There was no unique selling point. Since the configuration was the same, why did users choose relatively exaggerated gaming phones?
At that time, there were two paths in front of the gaming phone. Either strengthen the heat dissipation to maintain the high frequency of the chip, or choose other configurations such as memory and charging to overtake in the corner. The Red Devils chose the former.
As one of the earliest brands of gaming mobile phones, Red Devils has always been focusing on air-cooled heat dissipation. It has specifically compared other mobile phones before. It turns out that compared to the common passive heat dissipation, Red Devils’ active air-cooling does have better heat dissipation efficiency, and the fans are not white. add.
Therefore, the Red Magic’s multi-generation models have not abandoned active air cooling, but chose to gradually upgrade and develop a unique mobile phone cooling solution. It can be said that no one understands heat dissipation better than the Red Magic.
In the first half of this year, the iteratively updated Red Magic 7 series was released as scheduled, equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 processor. I also got two new phones ahead of time to see their specific performance. Among them, I will focus on the Red Devil 7 Pro, and the key upgrades are also this version.
I have the transparent version of Deuterium Front in my hands.
mobile phone packaging
Red Magic 7 Pro front
The front of the Red Magic 7 Pro is the focus of this upgrade. It uses a UDC under-screen camera that is truly full-screen. The front camera is completely hidden under the screen, and the screen cannot be felt when the screen is lit. Only when the screen is off, a square can be seen at a certain angle.
Regardless of the selfie effect, I personally think that the under-screen camera is the best solution for gaming phone screens at present. Even if the selfie quality is not good, it doesn’t matter to users who like to play games. The focus is on the display area, not the selfie effect.
Similar to other under-screen camera solutions, it uses 7 layers of high-transparency materials, selects special OLED and high-transparency array materials, and has a built-in UDC Pro display chip to enhance the uniformity of the picture. In addition, there is a multi-drive ACE circuit design, pixel The layout is changed to a tripod type, which claims to increase the light transmittance by 20%, and the screen routing scheme is changed to a wave type to improve the clarity of the proactive selfie.
The front of the phone (Red Magic 7 on the left, Red Magic 7 Pro on the right, the same below)
The Red Magic 7 still continues the screen solution of the previous generation, and the front camera is integrated with the upper frame. Compared with the Red Magic 7 Pro, it is obvious that the latter has more visual impact.
front of phone
front of phone
In terms of parameters, the Red Magic 7 uses a 6.8-inch AMOLED screen with a display ratio of 20:9, DCI-P3 100% wide color gamut, a resolution of 2400*1080, crystal diamond arrangement, and the frame rate supports multi-speed adjustment (60/90/120). /165Hz), supports 720Hz screen multi-touch sampling rate, as well as DC dimming, SGS low blue light eye protection certification, and ultra-thin optical fingerprints under the seventh-generation screen.
front of phone
front of phone
The Red Magic 7 Pro also has a 6.8-inch screen with a resolution of 1080×2400. However, due to UDC limitations, it currently only supports a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It has DCI-P3 100% wide color gamut, 10bit color depth, and DC dimming.
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
camera details
The two new models are both deuterium front transparent versions, but the camera layout is different. The Red Magic 7 is a strip solution, while the Red Magic 7 Pro adopts a new rectangular camera layout. In addition, the rear cover has more cooling holes. The cover has a deuterium front metal heat sink and uses a large area of aviation aluminum metal material.
The pattern on the back cover of the fuselage is not a real component. After a new design, the pattern is more in line with the overall design language.
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The package comes with a 165W GaN charger, a mobile phone case, and a Red Devil sticker
2. System and Highlights
The Red Magic 7 series runs Red Magic OS V5.0 based on Android 12. Since it is a gaming phone, the software aspect is entirely for gaming services. Pick a few interesting or key points to talk about.
Magic OS 5.0 has a new icon design, which is not much different from mainstream ROMs, and has a complete negative screen.
In the settings, you can update the GPU driver by yourself, give full play to the performance of the processor, and the cooling fan can also be adjusted independently, such as turning on or off, or turning on a certain scene.
There is an additional function called fine-tuning of the display effect of the front-camera screen, which is to adjust the effect of the small screen at the top of the screen. In addition to adjusting the brightness, the three colors of red, green and blue can also be adjusted manually. This is a surprise. If there is a display If the effect is not very good, the user can adjust it by himself.
Red Devils Space
Game adjustment
Toggle the game button on the left side of the mobile phone to enter the Red Devils space, and mobile games are automatically added here. You can adjust the control, performance, display, sound effects and other aspects of a single game, such as touch sampling rate, chirality, etc. Games can be customized, and solutions can be shared, which is the difference between game mobile phones and regular mobile phone software.
Red Devils Space
Red Devils Space
Red Devils Space has a built-in resource library and plug-in library. If you are too lazy to optimize a certain game individually, you can download it directly from the resource library, which is very convenient.
Red Devil Princess
Red Devil Princess
This generation of paper man wives has received a new evolution, and the interaction with players has been greatly increased, such as touching or clicking, touching the head to increase or decrease the favorability, and the distance between the three models is optional. This is very nice, but the skin is currently a little less , I hope to add more clothes in the follow-up, the more the better, the better it can be customized.
In terms of functions, it has Magic AI, such as AI interaction during the game, voice broadcast, support encouragement, etc., as well as charging animation, low battery reminder, magic alarm clock, desktop interaction, etc.
3. Performance and Gaming
In terms of performance, the entire Red Magic 7 series is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 processor, equipped with a full-blooded version of LPDDR5 memory + UFS 3.1 flash memory, supports virtual memory, and provides an additional 6GB, up to a combination of 24GB + 1TB.
In terms of software, the entire Red Magic 7 series has an Arc performance enhancement system, such as MAGIC WRITE fast read and write technology, which claims to increase file writing by 10 times and application installation speed by 30%; RAM BOOST memory acceleration technology, which regulates memory allocation and improves the overall performance of LPDDR 10%, let 12GB run up to 18GB, and MAGIC GPU image enhancement technology, including five-layer buffering and TC complementary frame technology.
Heat dissipation is the biggest focus of the machine. The whole system continues the active air-cooled heat dissipation scheme, but the heat dissipation area is not the same. Let’s talk about one by one.
Red Magic 7 has high-speed centrifugal fans, aerospace-grade heat dissipation materials, super-flexible and high-conductivity rare earths, canyon heat-dissipating air ducts, superconducting copper foils, VC heat sinks, high-conductivity gels, composite graphene, aero-thermodynamic aviation aluminum middle frame, a total of 9 Layer cooling technology, the fan has been optimized in structure, and the wind pressure is increased by 35% compared with the previous generation. The new 4-coil design reduces energy consumption by 30% compared with the previous generation. The fan has a metal upper cover to reduce noise by 40%.
Super soft and high thermal conductivity rare earth materials are introduced. The rare earth materials directly wrap the core heat source. After the heat is exported, the heat is blown away by a fan. The temperature of the core heat source drops by 3°C compared with the previous generation.
Then, the rear cover of the new machine has added air inlet holes, and the 45° inclination angle structure design enhances the gas flow and improves the ventilation efficiency.
The Red Magic 7 Pro has been upgraded again, with 41279mm² of heat dissipation material, of which the area of the VC soaking plate reaches 4124mm², which is nearly 3 times larger than that of the Red Magic 6. Note that the fan is a new generation, which is different from the Red Magic 7 and smaller in size. Under the condition that the space structure is optimized by 9.2%, through the application of new materials and new processes, the air volume is increased by 33.3%. Other aspects are basically the same as the Red Devils 7.
Then look at the running points, the Red Magic 7 is the 16+512GB version, and the Red Magic 7 Pro is the 16+256GB version.
The running score is somewhat unexpected. The Red Devil 7 Pro is lower than the Red Devil 7. Comparing the sub-scores, it is found that the CPU and GPU performance of the two are basically the same, indicating that the same tuning scheme is used. The difference lies in the MEM and UX scores. Because it is 512GB of large storage and has a high refresh rate of 165Hz, it has better running score performance, but relatively speaking, the absolute performance of the two is basically the same.
It is also worth mentioning that the Red Devils 7 Pro is equipped with the Red Core No. 1 chip for the first time. It is a domestic game chip developed by Red Devils and Awinic. It cooperates with the Red Devils self-developed algorithm. So what is the use of it? At present, there are four main uses, namely, shoulder key enhancement, vibration enhancement, and built-in MCU+Flash, custom lighting effects, and enhanced sound effects.
At present, Red Core One is mainly responsible for the game software experience, and has not improved the performance of the mobile phone or the frame rate of the game.
Next, look at the game performance, select a few popular mainstream mobile games, and turn on the highest picture quality supported by the Red Magic 6S Pro. The phone itself does not change, only the high refresh rate of 165Hz/120Hz is turned on, and the awakening mode of the game space ( highest grade).
——”Peace Elite”
red devil 7 game fps
Red Devils 7 Pro game fps
Red Magic 7 Pro body temperature
I’m more puzzled, the Red Devils 7 supports the 90-frame mode of “Peace Elite”, while the Red Devils 7 Pro only supports 60 frames. It is not expected to be released yet, and the interface should be opened in the future. After testing, the Red Devils 7 series runs without any problems. Any stuttering, fever is not obvious, the highest temperature is 40.6, and the average temperature is 39.1.
– “Original God”
red devil 7 game fps
Red Devils 7 Pro game fps
Many mobile phone tests of “Yuanshen” are basically fearless in the early stage, but they admit to dropping frames in the later stage. The Red Devils 7 series gave a surprise. They ran “Yuanshen” with almost full frames. There was no frame lock during the period, and the picture quality was not reduced. Tie Gang went to the end and completely conquered Yuanshen, so only the Red Devils 7 series did the test equipment. It’s not that other mobile phones can’t reach it at present. Personally, I think most of them are the pots optimized by Mi Huyou.
– “Glory of the King”
Red Devils 7 Pro game fps
Body temperature
“Honor of Kings” can open the 120-frame mode, and the Red Magic 7 Pro can still run at full frame. The dropped frame is a normal phenomenon when switching the game interface. The body heat is gradually obvious, the highest temperature is 44, and the average temperature is 40.9.
– “Crossing the Fire”
game fps
Body temperature
“Cross Fire” supports the 90-frame mode, and the actual measurement did not drop too much frames. In fact, this game should support 120 frames. It is estimated that the interface is not open. The maximum temperature is 41.8, and the average temperature is 40.4.
After the temperature performance of several games, it is concluded that the average temperature is similar to the maximum temperature, and the Red Devil armor made of aviation aluminum metal back cover has the highest temperature. Fast heat conduction, the Red Magic 7 Pro is almost covered with heat dissipation materials, and the fan blows away heat to achieve better heat dissipation efficiency.
Fourth, charging and battery life
In terms of battery life, the Red Magic 7 is equipped with a 4500mAh dual-cell battery with a full-ear structure design. Compared with conventional batteries, it has low heat generation and low resistance characteristics, and it is also for the realization of 120W fast charging.
Red Magic 7 Pro is equipped with a large 5000mAh battery, dual 6C cell design, battery structure upgrade, anode with high electronic conductivity nano-coating; graphene high-voltage cathode, high-voltage, high-dynamic fast-charging electrolyte, Red Magic 7 Pro 135W flash charge can be achieved.
How about battery life? As usual, use the built-in stress test of AnTuTu Review. It is a built-in function of AnTuTu Review. To test the stability of device performance by performing high-load operations, it requires a lot of CPU calculations, so it consumes power. It is larger than scenes such as video and daily use.
Test conditions: no SIM card inserted, the device is connected to Wi-Fi, positioning is turned on, the battery is fully charged, the screen brightness is the highest, and all background services are turned off.
Open the AnTuTu stress test, test continuously, and record the remaining battery power of the device every 30 minutes.
In the super power consumption test, the Red Magic 7 lasted for 130 minutes, while the Red Magic 7 Pro lasted 150 minutes. The latter has a 5000mAh battery, so the battery life is longer, but in comparison, the battery life of the two new phones is a bit worrying.
It should be noted that this result is obtained when the CPU is always at full load. Considering our daily use and screen time, this data must be converted into multiples, and it is concluded that the Red Magic 7 Pro has more than 5 hours of continuous use. Time, pay attention to continuous use, not to turn off the screen every day, reply to messages, etc.
Considering that the Red Magic is a gaming phone, the battery life is slightly weak, but fortunately, the 120W/135W wired fast charging can make up for some of the regrets caused by battery life.
After the actual test, it took 18 minutes to charge the Red Magic 7 and the Red Magic 7 Pro to 100%. The Red Magic 7 Pro was faster in the early stage, charging 69% of the power in 9 minutes, and 84% of the power in 12 minutes, which belongs to charging for a while. Play the game for a while.
V. Summary
After testing and experience, I personally think that the Red Devils 7 series can be called the benchmark of gaming phones. Compared with the previous generation, the performance and heat dissipation are further improved. More importantly, the game adjustment is more unrestrained. Almost stable to a straight line, impressive.
Especially in terms of heat dissipation, on the basis of active air cooling, the Red Magic 7 Pro introduces a deuterium front metal heat sink, so that the temperature of the body is concentrated here to achieve rapid heat dissipation. At the same time, the interior has a unique air duct design, and then the fan blows out Heat, it can be said that the entire body of the Red Magic 7 series is for cooling services.
For a long time, I thought that no matter how much game mobile phones are tossed, there will be no waves. After all, there are only a few suppliers, and it is impossible to customize processors for individual mobile phone manufacturers. Therefore, the high performance pursued by game mobile phones is basically blocked. .
However, in the past two years, with the iterative upgrade of Red Devils and other game phone manufacturers, I have seen the development route of game phones. This category has gradually become known to the public with the continuous introduction of new functions, and even some functions have been used by the public. Learn from regular mobile phones.
As a forcibly developed category, game mobile phones have no precedent to refer to, and it is not easy to develop to such a point.
