RedMagic 11 Pro+ Wuthering Waves Edition: 4.1M AnTuTu Gaming Beast

In March 2026, the mobile phone industry ushered in a “bloody storm.” OPPO officially announced price increases, vivo was brewing price adjustments, memory chip prices soared by 369%, and smartphone bill-of-materials costs surged by 8%–12%. The fierce competition of AI phones has made the battlefield even bloodier—IDC predicts that China’s AI phone shipments will reach 147 million units in 2026, occupying half of the market.

During this reshuffling period where the sound of “price increases” surged like waves, the gaming phone segment, which once enjoyed unlimited glory, ushered in its darkest moment: Black Shark entered bankruptcy liquidation, Lenovo Legion stopped updates, and ROG pressed the pause button. Voices both inside and outside the industry were pessimistic: gaming phones are dead, and co-branded editions are nothing more than gimmicks!

However, at this critical moment, a lone survivor broke through against the trend—the Nubia RedMagic 11 Pro+ Wuthering Waves Limited Edition, 16GB + 512GB, priced at 6,999 yuan, which ignited the entire internet immediately upon its release on February 10!

When everyone was asking “Do gaming phones still have meaning?” and “Will users still pay for gimmicks?”, RedMagic used solid sales and data to give the answer: amid the wave of price increases and the chaotic AI battle, true hardcore players are never absent!

I. Bloody Reshuffle: Only One “Lone Seedling” Remains in Gaming Phones—Why Did RedMagic Survive?

In 2026, the gaming phone industry experienced a brutal battle royale. Black Shark, once known as one of the four major gaming phone brands alongside RedMagic, saw its market share plummet from a peak of 70% to 17% in 2022 and initiated bankruptcy liquidation procedures in 2023. Lenovo Legion officially stopped updates to its gaming phone business in March 2023. ASUS ROG also announced in early 2026 that it would suspend its smartphone business and no longer launch new ROG Phone series products.

Of the four brands, only RedMagic remains.

Why? Because the threshold for gaming phones is too high! In order to pursue ultimate gaming performance and unique design, R&D and production costs remain high, resulting in generally higher prices. In offline channels, gaming phones “have too few buyers and easily cause inventory accumulation,” and a digital market stall owner bluntly said that they “almost never work through channels.”

More fatally, the performance gap of flagship phones is shrinking. Brands such as Xiaomi, OnePlus, and iQOO have introduced high-refresh-rate screens, gaming modes, and cooling technologies, allowing ordinary flagships to run large games smoothly. At the same time, the average smartphone replacement cycle for consumers has extended from 21 months in 2016 to 31 months in 2025, further shrinking market demand.

Against such a background, was RedMagic crazy to launch a 6,999 yuan co-branded limited edition? No, on the contrary—this is the real “dimensionality reduction strike”!

II. Hardcore Data: Dominating AnTuTu + Air-Water Dual Cooling, RedMagic 11 Pro+ Becomes a Legend by Strength

On the AnTuTu Android smartphone performance ranking released in January 2026, the RedMagic 11 Pro+ strongly topped the list with an average score of 4,104,271, overpowering many flagship phones such as the vivo X300 Pro and realme GT8 Pro.

Authoritative tests by UL Benchmarks show that the RedMagic 11 Pro+ reached the limit value in the 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme test, with Graphics Test 1 reaching as high as 141 FPS. The PCMark Work 3.0 score reached 26,921 points, and the battery life lasted up to 9 hours and 52 minutes.

The hardcore configuration behind this is the true “performance ceiling”:

Fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Supreme Edition chip: Octa-core architecture, 2 × 4.6GHz Prime cores + 6 × 3.62GHz Performance cores, Adreno 840 GPU. This is the absolute main force of flagship chips in 2026.

The industry’s first air-water dual cooling system: Equipped internally with the same cooling liquid used in AI servers, with a liquid temperature range of −60℃ to 108℃. An exclusive micro ceramic pump consumes as little as 80mW of power and outputs pressure up to 100kPa. What does this mean? Even if you continuously game for 5 hours, the device remains calm as ever!

1.5K 144Hz Wukong Screen 2.0 true full display: 2688 × 1216 resolution, no punch-hole design, delivering a truly immersive gaming experience.

7500mAh third-generation “Bull Demon King” battery + 120W fast charging: This battery life is enough for you to play from morning to night.

Self-developed gaming chip Red Core R4: Supports up to 2K 144Hz super-resolution and super-frame concurrency, compatible with more than 200 popular games.

Amid the wave of price increases, when other brands were forced to cut configurations to maintain pricing, the RedMagic 11 Pro+ used this “stacked to the extreme” configuration list to declare to the industry: true gaming phones never compromise!

III. Wuthering Waves Limited Edition: What Does 6,999 Yuan Actually Buy? Gimmick or Real Value?

On February 10, the RedMagic 11 Pro+ Wuthering Waves Limited Edition officially went on sale, 16GB + 512GB, priced at 6,999 yuan.

How much more expensive is this price compared with the standard version? Is it worth it? Let’s first look at what’s inside the gift box: a limited Kevlar magnetic protective case, character figurine, limited Tanqie SIM ejector pin, 120W charger, and badge.

But these are only appetizers. The real highlight is the deep IP customization:

Design origin: With “Resonator · Qianxi” as the design core, its iconic skill elements become the visual soul, with string-like lines interwoven on the red transparent back panel, recreating Qianxi’s classic black-and-red color scheme.

System customization: Co-branded Qianxi theme including icons, always-on display, ringtones, and charging animation, all deeply customized.

This is not simple branding; this is true “powering love with passion”! Among ACG users, deeply customized limited editions are never “gimmicks” but symbols of identity. Data shows that 72% of users are willing to pay a premium for excellent cooling, while users willing to pay for deep IP customization show higher loyalty and repurchase rates.

This move by RedMagic precisely hits the dual pain points of “hardcore gamers + ACG fans.” While others are calculating cost performance, this group has already placed orders for the “Qianxi exclusive charging animation.”

IV. In the Price-Increase Wave, RedMagic’s Survival Logic: Ultimate Players, Ultimate Premium

As memory chip prices rise and smartphone material costs structurally increase, the proportion of storage costs in low-end phones is approaching 30%, and some budget phones have already fallen into negative gross margin territory. IDC predicts that total smartphone shipments will decline by 12.9% in 2026.

In this winter of “declining volume and price,” why does RedMagic dare to sell at 6,999 yuan? Because its target users are precisely the group least sensitive to price.

Research shows that 65% of gamers list “frame rate stability” as the primary purchase criterion, and 72% are willing to pay a premium for excellent cooling. The core survival logic of gaming phones lies in achieving extreme technological breakthroughs to build a differentiated immersive gaming experience.

The air-water dual cooling of the RedMagic 11 Pro+, the top ranking on AnTuTu, the 144Hz true full display, and the massive 7500mAh battery are all hardcore experiences that ordinary flagships cannot offer. The Wuthering Waves Limited Edition further adds emotional premium on top of hardcore performance.

As industry analysis points out, gaming phones will not disappear completely but will evolve toward a more vertical niche direction, precisely serving heavy users who pursue the ultimate gaming experience and are willing to pay for professional features. RedMagic is the practitioner of this path.

V. Comparing Competitors: Between “All-Round Flagships” and “Gaming Phones,” Which Will Users Choose?

In 2026, the gaming performance of flagship phones has indeed improved significantly. The iQOO 15 Ultra is equipped with the fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 and supports unlimited stable 144FPS live streaming for seven major games. The OnePlus Ace series focuses on an esports triple-chip architecture and a self-developed Fengchi gaming kernel. The Honor WIN series exceeded 400,000 units in sales in its first month.

But the question arises: if ordinary flagship phones can also play games, why buy a gaming phone? The answer lies in the details:

Cooling: RedMagic’s air-water dual cooling is active cooling, while ordinary flagships rely on passive cooling. After 2 hours of intense battles, the gaming phone’s frame rate remains steady like a straight line, while ordinary flagships have already begun downclocking and dropping frames.

Control: RedMagic’s gaming shoulder triggers and optimized touch sampling rate are physical plug-ins designed specifically for gaming, while the touch controls on ordinary flagships are only standard configurations.

Battery life: The 7500mAh battery lets you play from morning to night, while ordinary flagship phones with 5000mAh batteries require a power bank by the afternoon.

Screen: A true full screen without punch holes means zero visual obstruction; the punch hole on ordinary flagships always blocks enemies at critical moments.

For hardcore gamers who play more than two hours a day, these differences determine victory or defeat.

VI. Purchase Advice: 6,999 Yuan Buys Not Only a Phone, but Also a “Gaming Belief”

Against the backdrop of rising memory chip prices, the price of 6,999 yuan is indeed not cheap. But compared horizontally: the standard version of the Samsung S26 series increased by 1,000 yuan, with the 12GB + 512GB version priced at 9,599 yuan; the storage chip BOM of the iPhone 17 Pro Max exceeds 10%; and the high-end Leica version of the Xiaomi 17 Ultra approaches 9,000 yuan.

The RedMagic 11 Pro+ Wuthering Waves Limited Edition costs 6,999 yuan, buying a performance-ceiling phone plus deep IP customization at the price of a mid-to-high-end flagship—this calculation is worthwhile for the target users no matter how it is calculated!

VII. Editorial Comment: In the Era of the “Total Annihilation” of Gaming Phones, RedMagic Is the True Lone Warrior

Black Shark is gone, Legion is gone, ROG has withdrawn—only RedMagic continues to persist.

The smartphone market in 2026 faces the double squeeze of price increases and the AI battle. Mid- and low-end models struggle under cost pressure, while high-end flagships compete fiercely in the AI track. The gaming phone category has been dismissed by many as a “species about to disappear.”

But RedMagic gave its own answer with the 11 Pro+ Wuthering Waves Limited Edition: as long as someone still cares about ultimate performance, and as long as someone is willing to pay for passion, gaming phones will never die.

It is not a phone for everyone. It belongs only to those true players who are willing to pay a premium for every smooth frame, every precise touch, and every second of immersive experience. While others are still anxious about price increases, with the RedMagic 11 Pro+ Wuthering Waves Limited Edition in hand, you are already enjoying the unique happiness of hardcore gamers on this performance monster that tops AnTuTu, features air-water dual cooling, a massive 7500mAh battery, and deep Qianxi customization.