RedMagic 11S Pro+ Review: Dual-Chip Gaming Beast with Top Cooling

Gaming phones have always been the exclusive category for hardcore mobile gamers. Compared to ordinary flagship phones, gaming phones feature targeted and deep optimization in performance output, heat dissipation and temperature control, gaming controls, and battery life. Nubia Red Magic, which focuses on the gaming track, has also brought the all-new 11S Pro series phones, delivering a comprehensive gaming experience upgrade through all-around advancement in performance, heat dissipation, battery life, and more.

Transparent Mecha-Style Design with Detail Upgrades

In terms of appearance, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ still continues the family's classic Deuterium-Transparent Mecha design language, with two color options available: "Deuterium Transparent Silver Wing" and "Deuterium Transparent Dark Night." The transparent back cover allows you to intuitively see the precise internal heat dissipation structure and mecha components, bringing a built-in tech esports atmosphere.

Red Magic's iconic visual liquid-cooling design has become more minimalist compared to the previous generation, and the "REDMAGIC" logo at the bottom has also been given a liquid-cooling flow effect, which equally delivers a strong esports feel. Not only that, this liquid-cooling heat dissipation is also backed by an exclusive piezoelectric ceramic micro-pump, which improves heat dissipation capability while also maintaining ultra-low power consumption.

Not only that, the phone's shoulder buttons, the waist of the body, the logo, and the fan all have RGB lighting effects. Combined with the all-new craftsmanship design, light flows across the body of the phone, making the entire phone full of "bright" highlights.

The Red Magic 11S Pro+ is still a phone with a completely flat back; the non-protruding lens module design means you won't experience any discomfort when holding the phone in landscape mode for gaming, and it won't rock like a "seesaw" when placed flat on a table — killing two birds with one stone.

The 6.85-inch Wukong Screen 2.0 on the front is also one of the highlights of Red Magic gaming phones. The addition of an under-display camera gives the phone an ultra-high screen-to-body ratio of 95.3%. Combined with X10 under-display luminescent material, power consumption is further reduced while also improving the lifespan by 30%.

Not only that, this screen also supports SGS and Rhine low blue light flicker-free eye protection certification, and combined with a 144Hz high refresh rate, it gives you smooth gaming visuals and allows you to play for a long time without fatigue.

Dual-Chip Flagship Performance, Still Formidable

In terms of performance, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ is equipped with the fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite Leading Edition. The so-called "Leading Edition" refers to chips that have been screened for the highest quality, with a main frequency reaching 4.74GHz (the maximum main frequency of standard chips is 4.6GHz), and which can maintain stability without throttling in various demanding environments.

The self-developed esports chip Red Core R4 is also continued in the Red Magic 11S Pro+, delivering superior performance in touch optimization, lighting effect control, and image rendering. There is also the deep underlying optimization of the Red Magic CUBE Optimus Game Engine 3.0, achieving intelligent performance scheduling, stable game frame rate control, and precise power consumption management.

For gaming tests, we directly chose Honkai: Star Rail, adjusted the image quality to the highest setting, with the resolution set to 978P and the frame rate at 60 fps. With the fan turned on, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ achieved an average frame rate of 61 fps during a 30-minute run in the Golden Hour map, with power consumption at 7W. Even with the body temperature reaching around 50 degrees Celsius, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ was still able to run with stable frames.

In order to squeeze out all the performance of this fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite Leading Edition, on top of the Golden Hour map run, we added Xilian + Feixiao map runs, which increased speed and placed greater load pressure, thus further exploring the maximum performance of this processor.

It can be seen that over the 30-minute map run, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ achieved an average frame rate of 59.8 fps, with power consumption reaching a staggering 10.2W, and the maximum body temperature also reached 57 degrees Celsius. Even under conditions so hot as to be unplayable under normal circumstances, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ was still able to deliver stable frame rate performance — there is even less need to worry about frame drops during everyday gameplay.

As a benchmark in the mobile performance field, the Red Magic 11S Pro+, empowered by Red Magic Lab's self-developed translation engine, has a built-in PC emulator for us, so you can enjoy PC games anytime and anywhere when you're out and about with the Red Magic 11S Pro+.

The Red Magic 11S Pro+ also debuted Steam Direct Connect Mode. You simply need to slide the button to open the game space, open "PC Game Mode" in the bottom right corner, select the PC emulator game, and after logging into your Steam account you can freely play nearly a hundred games. Moreover, the accounts, saves, and game data for these games are all interoperable — there is no need to worry about losing your PC data when opening the game on your phone.

Other Experiences Also Stand Out

The Red Magic 11S Pro+ is equipped with a Synaptics touch chip, and combined with MagicTouch 4.0, the hardware and software work together to bring you a hair-trigger touch experience. With a peak instantaneous touch sampling rate of 3000Hz, whether you are aiming and firing in an FPS game or releasing skills in a MOBA game, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ can respond to your operations faster.

The Red Magic 11S Pro+ also supports connecting to a variety of external devices. In the game assistant, you can choose "Keyboard & Mouse Play," "Screen Cast Play," and "Controller Play" — meaning it can be a handheld console or it can be a gaming laptop. Combined with the Red Magic Screen Cast Assistant, it can also achieve image quality performance of up to 4K 144Hz, play whenever and wherever you want.

In terms of battery life, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ is equipped with a large 7500mAh battery. From the earlier Honkai: Star Rail test, a standard 30-minute map run consumed 13% battery, while the Xilian + Feixiao accelerated map run consumed 21% battery — a by-the-book performance. However, the Red Magic 11S Pro+ supports 120W wired fast charging and 80W wireless fast charging, along with features such as "Charging Separation," so battery life is still nothing to worry about.

In the wave of rapid AI development, the AI capabilities of the Red Magic 11S Pro+ are also continuously upgrading. The built-in Red Magic Ji Mora AI agent can become your "tactical coach," capable of performing real-time analysis based on the battle situation, and you can even discuss match strategies with Mora together — even when solo queuing, you can have a "divine assist."

Summary

The Red Magic 11S Pro+ boasts super-strong dual-chip performance, exclusive wind-and-water dual-cooling heat dissipation, unobstructed true full-screen controls, and sufficient yet durable battery life with fast charging. These four core advantages precisely address the most headache-inducing problems people face when gaming — stuttering, overheating, operational latency, and insufficient battery life — delivering a maxed-out experience.

If you no longer want to put up with frustrating issues like overheating and frame drops, operational latency, and other aggravating problems while gaming, and you want to pursue a more extreme and purer mobile gaming experience, going straight for the Red Magic 11S Pro+ is simply the right call.