High-end · 2023

ZTE nubia RedMagic 8S Pro+

Name: ZTE nubia RedMagic 8S Pro+
Brand: ZTE

Our Take CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Samsung Galaxy S23+

A strong high-end phone with all-day battery and 165W fast charging.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength All-day battery (5000mAh), 165W fast charging

6.8″ AMOLED · 120Hz

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 16 / 256 GB

5000 mAh 165W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G NFC

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What stands out

Hi-Res audio for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: 8K video, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

240 fps slow motion for action clips

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

Brightness

1300 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Performance

Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.36 GHz · Adreno 740 (719 MHz)

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,750,553

v11

CPU

8-core, 3.36 GHz

GPU

Adreno 740 (719 MHz)

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

1x3.2GHz Cortex X3 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A715 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A710 + 3x2.02 GHz Cortex A510

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · 16 MP selfie

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

16 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Samsung GN5, 1/1.57", 1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

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

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

5000 mAh · 165 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

5000 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

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

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

230 g · 8.9 mm

Height

164.0 mm

Width

76.4 mm

Thickness

8.9 mm

Weight

230 g

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

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

1.8M vs 1.5M AnTuTu

49% larger battery capacity

165 W vs 15 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 230 g vs 171 g

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Samsung Galaxy S23

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

28% larger battery capacity

165 W vs 25 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 230 g vs 168 g

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