RedMagic's '10 Pro' is a Mobile Gaming Powerhouse

In 2025, mobile gaming isn’t just flinging birds or matching candy, it’s moved on from the tap-and-swipe simplicity of the past with purpose-built devices – like the RedMagic 10 Pro – that pack desktop-level power in your pocket allowing you to run full-blown AAA titles wherever you are.

The RedMagic 10 Pro is an Android-based smartphone that includes all of the typical features you’d expect in a modern phone, like a bright touchscreen with a high refresh rate, contactless payments, long battery life, and multiple cameras capable of capturing ultra-high-resolution photos and video. But what sets it apart from most is that it’s been built with a focus on gaming and, as such, has been optimized

It boasts a 6.80-inch AMOLED display with a 1.5K resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, providing a fluid scrolling experience in everyday use and more than enough frames for super-smooth gaming. Additionally, it can reach a peak brightness of 2,000 nits, which ensures clarity and visibility under direct sunlight, and put it on par with other flagship devices including Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max. Unlike the iPhone, though, the RedMagic 10 Pro has a notch-free display, with the selfie camera hidden below the screen to let provide users with completely uninterrupted gameplay.

Powering the RedMagic 10 Pro is one of the best chipsets currently available, with Qualcomm’s flagship mobile processor the Snapdragon 8 Elite found at the heart of the device. This, together with up to 24GB of RAM (depending on the model variant), ranks the RedMagic 10 Pro among the most capable smartphones currently on the market in terms of pure performance, and in real world terms the 10 Pro shines brightest when it comes to the main reason it exists: gaming.

Powering the RedMagic 10 Pro is Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset – one of the most advanced mobile processors available today. Paired with up to 24GB of RAM (depending on the model), it firmly positions the 10 Pro among the most performance-driven smartphones on the market, especially when it comes to gaming. The 10 Pro handles even the most demanding Android games with ease, running titles like Genshin Impact – notorious for hogging both the CPU and the GPU – steadily at high frame rates with ease and with minimal dips in performance. Additionally, the power derived from the Snapdragon chipset combined with the large amount of RAM included by RedMagic makes the 10 Pro the ideal emulation device. Users can also expect to smoothly run various emulators with near-perfect performance for consoles including Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 3, as well as the PC emulator Winlator, creating the potential to place vast games libraries in your pocket.

Other gamer-focused features not found in most smartphones that are present in the RedMagic 10 Pro include its RGB LED lighting, which users can control and cusomize to their liking. Most importantly, though, the 10 Pro features a bespoke temperature management system known as ICE-X and described by RedMagic as the “ultimate cooling system.” The ICE-X system is key to sustaining the 10 Pro’s high performance levels and helps to keep the gaming phone’s temperature down as as user turns things up during demanding gameplay sessions. It features a 23,000 RPM active fan that’s been designed to operate at minimal noise, with liquid metal thermal conductivity used to ensure efficient heat dissipation and “sustained peak performance even during marathon gaming sessions,” according to the brand. There are even two fully remappable 520Hz “shoulder triggers” that act like real “L” and “R” buttons and work through haptic feedback, providing gamers with an alternative to touchscreen controls and coming in especially helpful with first-person shooter games.

The RedMagic 10 Pro features a total of three cameras: a dual-lens setup on the rear comprising a wide and an ultra-wide, both at 50MP, and a single front-facing camera, the aforementioned selfie cam. Although RedMagic has managed to discreetly hide its front camera under the screen, it features a total of 2MP and is probably the weakest part of the phone.

Gaming phones are quite niche and there are only two major manufacturers left in this space – RedMagic and ASUS – but, with the 10 Pro, RedMagic has managed to deliver maximum features at at an affordable price.

The RedMagic 10 Pro is available now in various finishes and specification starting at £549 GBP / $649 USD.