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ZTE nubia RedMagic 11 Air

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Camera shares the Motorola Edge 40's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 80W fast charging

Extras All-screen front, Gaming controls

6.85″ AMOLED · 144Hz

8 Elite 12 / 256 GB

7000 mAh 80W charging

50 MP 2 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the ZTE nubia RedMagic 11 Air looks and feels in everyday use.

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Full specifications

Display

6.85″ · AMOLED · 1216 × 2688 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.85"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1216 × 2688 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Eye comfort

2592 Hz PWM

High-frequency PWM

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1515 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 7i

Performance

Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm) · 8-core 4.32 GHz · Adreno 830

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm)

Current CPU tier

Flagship

AnTuTu

3,897,036

v11

GeekBench

9,891

Graphics test

3DMark 6,893 (Wild Life Extreme)

CPU

8-core, 4.32 GHz

GPU

Adreno 830

Process

3 nm

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.1

CPU layout

2x4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L+ 6x3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M

Software & updates

Android 16, Redmagic OS 11 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

How long the maker keeps shipping Android and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 16, Redmagic OS 11

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~2 years

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 16 MP selfie

Stabilised

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

OIS

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

16 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Omnivision OV50A, 1/1.55", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Motorola Edge 40 , Huawei P50 Pro

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

8K video, RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

7000 mAh · 80 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

7000 mAh

Lab active use

17:20h

Wired charging

80 W

Fast

Bypass charging

Supported

Heat friendly

Removable

Audio

Excellent (-21.3 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Excellent (-21.3 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 16/512GB

Storage type

UFS 4.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 7

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 7

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS systems

A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78

Build & Design

207 g · 8.0 mm · IP54

Height

163.8 mm

Width

76.5 mm

Thickness

8.0 mm

Weight

207 g

IP rating

IP54

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 17e

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

144 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1216 × 2688 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 6.85″ vs 6.1″ screen

Higher benchmark score

3.9M vs 2.2M AnTuTu

Better video capture

8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 50 MP · f/1.9 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main · 16 MP vs 12 MP selfie

Longer tested battery life

17h 20m vs 15h 30m active use · 80 W vs 25 W charging · 7,000 mAh vs 4,005 mAh battery

Heavier in hand

207 g vs 169 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S26

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Higher benchmark score

3.9M vs 3.1M AnTuTu

Longer tested battery life

17h 20m vs 15h 20m active use · 80 W vs 25 W charging · 7,000 mAh vs 4,300 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Weaker camera hardware

— vs Telephoto · OIS

Heavier in hand

207 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

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In the Real World

Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

Apple iPhone 17e

Samsung Galaxy S26

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