SpecEagle review · Nubia

Nubia Red Magic 9S Pro review: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Version with 80 W and a true under-display camera for gaming.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2024·$650
Overall
82/100
Class rank
#187 of 248
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The gaming Z70 — bigger battery, active fan, same UDC.

Red Magic 9S Pro is the gaming sibling: bigger battery, active cooling fan, headphone jack, and the same under-display selfie that keeps the screen full-bleed for emulators and Genshin. Heavy and IP-less — but built for hands that hold it for hours.

01Display

84/100

84/100 trails the 89-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz, under-display selfie
Size6.8 inches
Resolution2,480 × 1,116 px

02Camera

76/100

76/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2024 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main50 MP, f/1.88, OIS
Ultrawide50 MP, f/2.0
Macro2 MP
Selfie16 MP under-display

03Performance

92/100

92/100 puts it above the 90-point average for flagship phones of 2024.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading (4 nm)
RAM12 / 16 GB
Storage256 / 512 GB / 1 TB

04Battery

90/100

90/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2024.

Capacity6,500 mAh
Wired80 W

05Build

80/100

80/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

06Value

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

What works
  • 6,500 mAh + active fan keeps Genshin steady for hours.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Version (binned higher).
  • Under-display camera, flat screen — gamer-friendly.
  • 3.5 mm jack survives.
What doesn't
  • 229 g and chunky.
  • No IP rating.
  • UDC selfie still soft.
  • Redmagic OS slower to update.
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 17 Pro Max
$1199 · score 93/100

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 248-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .