Redmagic 9 Pro
November 2023Type
SmartphonePrice
$649Battery Life and Charging
The biggest issue I had with the OnePlus 10 Pro was its battery life. This is saying something considering how I am a homebody, but despite that, the phone would require me to charge it quite frequently. The Redmagic 9 Pro, on the other hand, makes me wish that it would run out of battery sooner so I can put it on charge before going back to sleep.
The Redmagic 9 Pro comes with the biggest battery I have seen in any smartphone at 6,500 mAh. At first, I was concerned that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powering this beast would chew through the battery, but to my surprise, it was completely the opposite. I have had several instances of the phone lasting me well over two days with around 8 hours of screen time. Now, ever since I received this phone, I have been going out to run errands with it, and it never made me feel that I should have carried a power bank with me.
I have put the phone through its paces, including taking photos and editing them, listening to music while working, playing Call of Duty Mobile on max brightness, and just watching Reels or whatever content I could get my hands on. To my surprise, the phone never really made me feel like I should be putting in charge. Sure, I would still charge it to a respectable percentage before going to bed, but only out of habit, not because I thought it was going to run out.
The Redmagic 9 Pro is also equipped with 80W fast charging, which uses the PD 3.0 standard. Now, when I heard about the charging speed, I was a bit worried that it might not play nice with other chargers (I'm looking at you, OnePlus), but I have been charging this phone using my UGreen Nexode 140W GaN charger, and I have never run into an issue. The phone charges with its own fast charging tech and works wonders. This bloody thing can go from 0 to 100 in 35 minutes. You are telling me that by the time I am done making and having my breakfast, my phone will be ready to go? I want more phones to have such fast charging.
Now, I am not going to lie. I was a bit concerned with the heat that would be generated with the phone being on charge. However, the Redmagic 9 Pro does have a fan on the back that helps with the thermals, and in addition to that, as long as you are not actively using the phone while it is charging, you should not run into any thermal issues.
I think I am more than confident to say that in terms of battery, the Redmagic 9 Pro is perhaps the best phone I have used, and I wish more phone manufacturers would increase the battery capacity. The phone is thick at 8.9mm, but if that is what it takes to increase the battery capacity, you will not see me complaining.
Contents
Based alone on its price and performance, the Redmagic 9 Pro is the best gaming smartphone that you can pick up with more than enough features to make sure that it becomes your daily driver going into 2024.
- Excellent display
- One of the fastest phones I have used
- Loud and clear speakers
- Battery champion
- Main camera is actually great
- Built like a tank
- Game Space is fun to use
- Lightly skinned Android 14 with a lot of useful features
Pros
- The front-facing camera needs improvement
- Macro camera is only a novelty addition
Cons
About the author: I have been tinkering with Android devices ever since the early days of the HTC Desire. Over time, I have grown a fondness for the ecosystem and now I cannot live without it. Although some might believe that I have sold my soul to Android, but I believe it is not the case. You can find me writing tutorials and posting guides on a number of different smartphones. When I am not writing here, I am wasting myself away in books, journals, or on Steam.
Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
