Redmagic 9 Pro Review – Faster Than A Laser Bullet

Performance - Real-Life and Synthetic

I am often criticized by many people who are not a part of the tech world as deeply as I am for being loyal to a single brand or always using flagship phones. I understand the concerns people show, and although my answers to get out of such statements often revolve around one or another version of "it's for work," I truly believe that a good flagship phone separates itself from the others based on its performance.

The Redmagic 9 Pro does not shy away when it comes to packing all the best hardware you can get. The phone is packed with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it's an octa-core chipset with the following configuration (1x3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 & 5x3.2 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2x2.3 GHz Cortex-A520) and up to 16 gigs of RAM - the review unit I have is equipped with 12, which I find is still more than enough. But if you want, you can get more storage/RAM variants. All storage options are equipped with UFS 4.0 to ensure faster transfer speeds.

Now, considering how the Redmagic 9 Pro is the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-based phone that I am reviewing, I was not sure what to expect in terms of performance, but by the time it was up and running, every other smartphone that I used paled in comparison. I compared it with my OnePlus 10 Pro, an iPhone 14 Pro Max, a OnePlus 7T Pro, and a number of other devices, and it was evident that there is something about this phone that just delivers faster performance.

The app switching is fast and snappy, the animations are fluid and beautiful, and almost every task that you throw at the phone is handled with ease. I did run into a small issue at the beginning where the refresh rate was mentioned at 120Hz, but there was evident lag when scrolling, but that was fixed after a software update.

Now, I had mentioned before that I am not a smartphone gamer, but to ensure that my review does justice to the Redmagic 9 Pro, I went ahead and downloaded all the resource-heavy games I could find. I started with Asphalt 9 and spent around 7 hours, on and off, playing through the game, and the phone handled it like a breeze. The same can be said for PUBG - which has changed so much since I first played it on the PC, but if you are someone who prefers handheld gaming, it will work just fine. Genshin Impact, perhaps the most famous mobile game, ran without a hitch, and even in scenarios where I did feel that the phone was going to struggle, it did not, and even after hours of gameplay, I did not experience the phone getting hot.

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My last day of testing was all about playing Call of Duty: Mobile in ranked. This was the first time I was playing a first-person shooter on a phone and man, I loved every second of it. As a matter of fact, I deleted all the other games and decided to stick strictly to Call of Duty, and it made me realize why companies like Apple are investing so much into mobile gaming. Mobile gaming is no longer something that we can take lightly, and it easily has the potential to match other platforms. Phones like Redmagic 9 Pro are bastions of the future of mobile gaming.

Now, I am not a big believer in synthetic benchmarks because they put an unrealistic load on a component, but for the sake of this review, I went ahead and installed AnTuTu, Geekbench 6, 3DMark, and well, the results speak for themselves. Do note that I did not let the device cool down during the tests, so what you are seeing is continuous performance from one benchmark to another.

In terms of performance, I believe that the Redmagic 9 Pro has the potential to blow every other phone out of the water. The sustained performance remains just as well, and I did not, for a second, notice that the phone was stuttering or lagging. If you are looking for a powerhouse that is good at your day-to-day tasks and every other game you throw at it, the Redmagic 9 Pro will take good care of you.

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WCCFTECH RATING

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.

Pros

• 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

Cons

• The front-facing camera needs improvement
• Macro camera is only a novelty addition

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