Redmagic 10 Air Review: Gaming phone that you can already keep one hand

Redmagic 10 Pro was last year The best games phones About it with an incredible price point. I am a fan of the Redmagic brand, and while I didn’t like Android, I enjoyed the premium devices and raw performance of the Snapdragon 8 elite packed on this phone. I loved the price of $ 650 more, making it one of the best value power devices for this year.

So when I put my hands on the completely new Redmagic 10 air, I was more than just disorganized. After all, it looks almost identical to the professionals, but it is not strong. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip is used and has a smaller battery. It is almost the same price. From this phone? I spent a few weeks with Redmagic 10 air, hoping to solve this puzzle and understand what was behind Redmagic thinking. You may discover the answer.

Price, availability and specifications

There are three versions of Redmagic 10 air. The first version comes with 12 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage and costs $ 549. The next step is 16 GB + 512 GB for $ 600. It comes with three options of colors: twilight, Hailstone, and the “Flare” version. The phone is not available in any stores in the United States, but Redmagic has free global charging directly from its location.

I have already touched Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 slices inside the device. There is a 6.8 -inch screen with a resolution of 1.5 kg and the update rate of 120 Hz. It contains the same liquid metal cooling that we saw in Redmagic 10 Pro, but this device has no fan. It has a smaller 6000 mAh battery and supports 80W shipping. Finally, it supports the GSM, LTE, UTMS and 5G, and I had no problems using it on the 5G provider of my provider here in Canada.

What I like in the air Redmagic 10

Wonderful feeling in the hand

When I took Air Redmagic 10 for the first time from the box, I was surprised by seeing it looks almost identical with 10 Pro. But the appearance can be a deception. Air hair immediately with more comfort in my hands. Its thickness is only 7.85 mm, and the edges of the sculpted permanently, so I did not raise my hand the way the ten professionals did. I immediately loved the feeling of this phone.

This feeling will grow as you used. This phone was a refreshing change from Box and Heavy 10 Pro. In just 205 grams, the ten air is light, but not much. He still keeps a little weight, until you know that you are holding it. The most impressive is how to generalize Redmagic screen in general. I don’t like the edges, nor do I like curved offers, and Redmagic has again set all the correct boxes when it comes to shows.

The screen is decent. I was not blowing with it, but I was not disappointed either. 120 Hz is more than enough to keep everything spot, such as watching YouTube and playing games. Another mystery is Magic: The Gathering Arena, and keeping up with this phone with all flying graphics and crazy colors. The dual -headphones system works. They did not detonate me away, but they did not let me down. I played a lot of Call of Duty: Mobile on this device, and speakers did their work.

I need to give a battery shout here. Despite continuous use, I lasted 18 hours for one charge. I was affected by the life of the 10 Pro battery, and I am happy to see the little brother holding the legacy of the family. Soon the Rapid 80W Rasta returned the battery to 100 % in a pinch. I also enjoyed some Redmagic software tricks to push the phone further. Shipping is large, where I can set the cutting level and allow the phone to redirect energy to use the device. So, if you play games while connecting the phone, this will play the game without affecting the battery.

What I don’t like in the air Redmagic 10

Laggy CPU and terrible fingerprint reader

The device’s problems almost started as soon as you operated it and passed the preparation process. Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was really old. It took a longer time to download the program than you used to, and sometimes I had to pass an application and then restart it to make it work. I used a lot of devices with 8 Gen 3, and this was a quick slide, so I am not sure of the problem with Air Redmagic 10. But he gave me problems from the beginning.

The phone comes in advance with Google applications and so little (I can not have Bloatware on Redmagic devices). So I downloaded all my usual apps when I was preparing the device for the first time: Firefox, Fastmail, Obsidian, Todoist, VLC. The device does not like it. The opening and use of these applications was a headache. It was late, and Sbostidian in particular was not fully loaded, a problem, assumed, with the storage system on devices. In the end, I had to remove all these applications and use the pre -installed Google applications. At least they worked.

However, the games were not a problem. The CPU did not give me a problem as soon as you were in a game. Many of the problems I faced were related to the launch of the applications, and I don’t know the reason. I thought it could be a problem with her nuclei, so I took a Geekbench 6 test on it. 2293 was recorded in mono -core performance and 7203 at Multirosore. Those were great, so the issue did not exist. I still can’t determine what caused many problems with third -party applications.

But the performance was not the biggest complaint-the fingerprint reader was on the screen. It never succeeded. It did not succeed once reading the fingerprints and canceling the device, even after a few attempts. In the end, I used to use a four -digit password to lock, as it was in 2014 or something like that.

The cameras on this device are not great. It has the main shooter 50 megapixels and a 50 -megapixel angle divorce. They are working for clips that are still close, which is good enough to capture memories when needed. But zooming in a topic turns the image into pixel chaos, and while the video is fine in 1x and 2x zoom, anything else becomes unparalleled. But this device is not for photographers. I think I discovered who it is.

Should you buy Redmagic 10 Air?

It is the perfect game for children

Redmagic 10 air does not mean the hard -line players. It is not intended for professionals while moving or camera jokes. And because it costs more than Redmagic 10 Pro, at least at launch, I don’t think it is intended for the budget -conscious market, too. Instead, I think I found the perfect customer of this device: older children.

Think about that. It comes with everything that a teenager or teenager needs. The Google software suite is properly designed. He deals with games wonderfully. Camera is good enough for crazy children style photo, and loudspeakers are perfect on YouTube. Best for everyone, fits a little smaller hands. In addition, the bank will not break for those who work part -time (or their parents).