Nubia Red Magic 5G review: First phone with a 144Hz display.
The 144Hz pioneer.
Red Magic 5G was the first phone with a 144Hz display — a refresh rate the rest of the industry took years to follow. With 5G, an internal fan and a 3.5 mm jack, it was the gaming flagship that set the high-refresh standard.
01Display
88/10088/100 puts it above the 83-point average for flagship phones of 2020.
02Camera
74/10074/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.
03Performance
92/100At 92/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 11 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.
05Build
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
- First 144Hz phone display
- Internal fan + 5G + 3.5 mm jack
- Up to 16 GB RAM
- Heavy 218 g
- Camera average
- 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 182-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .