Flagship · 2023

ZTE nubia RedMagic 9 Pro+

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Camera shares the Samsung Galaxy S23's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 165W fast charging

Extras All-screen front, Gaming controls

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

6.8″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8 Gen 3 16 / 256 GB

5500 mAh 165W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.8″ · AMOLED · 1116 × 2480 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.8"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1116 × 2480 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1600 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Performance

Qualcomm SM8650-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.3 GHz · Adreno 750

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8650-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Flagship

AnTuTu

2,343,754

v11

CPU

8-core, 3.3 GHz

GPU

Adreno 750

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

1x3.3GHz Cortex X4 + 3x3.2 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x3.0 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x2.3 GHz Cortex A520

Software & updates

Android 14, Redmagic OS 9 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 14, Redmagic OS 9

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP 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

OIS

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.2

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

16 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Samsung GN5, 1/1.57", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Samsung Galaxy S23 , Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

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

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

5500 mAh · 165 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

5500 mAh

Wired charging

165 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

16 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

16 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

16/256GB · 16/512GB · 24/1TB

Storage type

UFS 4.0

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

5.3

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 3.2

USB OTG

Yes

Video out

DisplayPort

Screen out

Accessory connector

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

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, B6, B8, B19

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

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28a, n38, n41, n66, n77, n78

Build & Design

229 g · 8.9 mm

Height

164.0 mm

Width

76.4 mm

Thickness

8.9 mm

Weight

229 g

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

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 15

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.8″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1116 × 2480 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution

Higher benchmark score

2.3M vs 1.5M AnTuTu · Flagship vs High-end tier

Better video capture

8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 16 MP vs 12 MP selfie

64% larger battery capacity

165 W vs 20 W charging · 5,500 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 229 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Higher benchmark score

2.3M vs 1.8M AnTuTu · Flagship vs High-end tier

41% larger battery capacity

165 W vs 25 W charging · 5,500 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Weaker camera hardware

— vs Telephoto · OIS

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 229 g vs 168 g

Full comparison

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