Nubia Red Magic 3 review: First gaming phone with an internal cooling fan.
The fan that started it.
Red Magic 3 was the first phone with an active internal cooling fan — the feature that now defines the gaming category. Add a 5000 mAh battery, 90Hz AMOLED and shoulder triggers, and it set the template Nubia's gaming line still follows.
01Display
84/10084/100 puts it above the 82-point average for flagship phones of 2019.
02Camera
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2019 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
90/100At 90/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2019 — 11 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.
05Build
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2019.
- First phone with an internal cooling fan
- 5000 mAh + 90Hz AMOLED
- Shoulder triggers + 3.5 mm jack
- Single 48 MP camera basic
- Heavy 215 g
- Redmagic OS niche
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 167-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .