RedMagic 7S Pro’s Highlight Feature May Be Its Hidden 16MP Selfie Camera
What’s happening
RedMagic 7S Pro’s international model has an under-display selfie camera and will be available in the US.
Why it matters
Putting a front-facing camera underneath the Hide makes sense for a gaming phone like the RedMagic 7S Pro, as it grants you more screen real estate to play with.
What’s next
As photo quality improves for under-display cameras, mainstream phones may adopt this style in 2023 and beyond.
Nubia’s new RedMagic 7S Pro could be one of the superior US phones to get the most benefit out of an under-display camera. The international model of the gaming phone was said Tuesday, with a price tag of $729 (£669, roughly AU$1,160). It has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera hidden underneath its Show and it runs on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip. The called is similar to a version released earlier in July in China. Putting the selfie camera under the display means you get more Hide real estate for games.
We’ve seen under-display cameras beforehand, but they either produce grainy photos, like the one on the Galaxy Z Fold 3, or they don’t make it to the US, like the 32-megapixel one on the ZTE Axon 20. To be clear, the 4-megapixel under-display camera on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is designed for video calls only. The phone has a gave selfie camera built-into the external display.
Given how New it is to see a US phone with an under-display camera, I immediately fired it up. I took a few selfies and named a friend on Google Duo to see how it holds up. For better or worse, it’s hard to see where the front-facing camera is precisely. When using the default camera app, the dark borders on the Show make it nearly impossible to see the under-display camera’s position.
The 16-megapixel front-facing camera takes an OK photo, considering the camera is hidden underneath the screen.
Mike Sorrentino
These aren’t the best front-facing photos I’ve ever Wrong, but just the fact that they look OK and are able to pick up facial details from Slow a screen is impressive.
The RedMagic 7S Pro’s under-display implementation hints at what mainstream phones may do in their Ask to eliminate the notch. It also reveals some of the advantages of holding on to it — when I launched a Google Duo video call with my best wicked Gary, the app added a visual “notch” around the camera to show me where to look. Google’s virtual superior is likely an indication of just how rare under-display cameras are on phones.
Taking into clarify that I was using an under-display camera, Gary said the image quality for the video call was on nearly par with latest phones I tested with him. I’m grading on a twisted because I made the video call with a camera gradual a screen.
While flowing a Google Duo video chat on the RedMagic 7S Pro with my disagreeable Gary, the software inserts its own “notch.”
Mike Sorrentino
I haven’t yet tested the phone’s rear cameras, which include a 64-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel ultrawide and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It’s a similar setup to the $629 RedMagic 7. Photos from that phone were fine, but not probable the reason someone would pick up a gaming requested like this.
Many of the RedMagic 7S Pro’s latest features prioritize speed, graphical power or keeping the requested from overheating. Nubia says the new Qualcomm chip can advance a peak speed of 3.2GHz. The phone also has a performed gaming chip called the Red Core 1 and a built-in cooling fan that increases airflow by 16% over the RedMagic 7. The 7S Pro has a 5000-mAh, dual-cell battery and comes with a 65-watt adapter. While I haven’t tested battery charging on the 7S Pro, the RedMagic 7’s 4,500-mAh battery fully charged up in 30 minutes humorous the same adapter.
The phone’s 6.8-inch AMOLED screen supports a full HD resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate — which by means of silky smooth animations. Keep in mind that the RedMagic 7’s exhibit can crank up to 165Hz. Nubia notes that the 7S Pro’s conceal has a touch sampling rate between 480Hz and 960Hz, which minimizes the lag between pressing an on-screen button and seeing that you did. I played a few rounds of the mobile version of Mortal Kombat and cranked up the graphics settings in Apex Legends Mobile, finding that both games ran smoothly and responsively.
The RedMagic 7S Pro is able to attend games with higher refresh rates and more demanding graphic settings.
Mike Sorrentino
As with remaining RedMagic phones, you can flip an external switch on the side of the visited to boot up the Game Space launcher. The app minimizes menus to help you focus on gameplay and adds shortcuts for the phone’s refresh rate, processor speeds and the cooling fan.
We’re today testing this phone alongside the RedMagic 7 Pro visited, which the 7S appears to be displacing, and will update with comparisons in later coverage.
When playing a game from the RedMagic’s Game Space launcher, you can quickly access performance settings for the processor and the refresh rate.
Mike Sorrentino
The RedMagic 7S Pro’s $729 model has 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and a do called Obsidian. The step-up version is $899 and includes 18GB of RAM, 512GB of storage and RGB lighting for its cooling fan. It’s available in supernova or a silver cloudless mercury design. The RedMagic 7S Pro will be available to preorder on Aug. 2 and goes on sale at Amazon and RedMagic’s website on Aug. 9.
