Redmagic 7 Review — Active cooling allows the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 to sustain its performance longer than any other phone
The Redmagic 7 series was announced last week in China. Now, the phone is getting a global launch with the phones being able to be bought from the 10th of March.
For reasons not explained to me, the global variants of the Redmagic 7 phones do not have the insane charge speeds of the Chinese models. Both the Redmagic 7 and Redmagic 7 Pro have 65W charging and a 65W USB charger.
Specification
Design & Display
The Redmagic 7 shares many of the same elements as the Red Magic 6 Pro. They have almost identical dimensions, and the display is basically the same. This is a rare phone that lacks a punch-hole display and instead uses an old fashioned bezel. This is beneficial for gaming as you don’t have an annoying hole in the display.
If you want something fancier, then the Redmagic 7 Pro has a slightly smaller frame thanks to its front-facing camera being hidden under the display (similar to the Axon 30). However, that then means you get a slower refresh rate of 120Hz vs 160Hz.
The Redmagic 7 has an aluminium frame with a glass front and back, it is quite heavy at 215g and the inclusion of a top bezel plus a 6.8" display means it is very large in hand.
My phone is the Pulsar variant, which has 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It then has an impressive colourway that is supposed to be inspired by a flashing neutron star with blue-pink pulsating gradient colour.
The back of the phone also has LEDs built into it. You can have the Redmagic logo flash in different colours. Then there are two LED strips on the side that are used for notifications.
On the transparent Supernova model you also have an RGB fan, which looks quite impressive in the pictures
Gaming switch and fan exhaust
The phone has the power on the right and a volume rocker on the left; you then also have the physical switch for the gaming mode. On both sides of the phones are vents for active cooling, then there is an additional vent on the rear. The shoulder triggers are located don’t he same edge as the power button.
Shoulder trigger and fan intake
At the top of the phone is a 3.5mm headphone jack, and there are dual speakers with three microphones. Unfortunately, there is no microSD slot.
As for the display, this does not dynamically change the refresh rate. You can set it from the pull-down toggles. Personally, I can’t tell the difference between 165Hz and 120Hz that much, and when you enable 165Hz you are warned it will affect the battery. For day to day use, 90Hz is plenty.
The display then also has multi-finger 720Hz touch sampling rate, which gives you an incredible level of responsiveness that is ideal for gaming.
As an owner of the Google Pixel 6, I am constantly frustrated by the poor fingerprint scanner on my phone. The Redmagic 7, on the other hand, is a pleasure to use. The scanner is both accurate and instantaneous.
