Redmagic’s Liquid-cooled Gaming Phone Starts At $749

Redmagic’s latest telephone is arsenic subtle looking arsenic ever.

The Redmagic 11 Pro is nan first telephone (outside of a OnePlus conception design, astatine least) to characteristic existent liquid cooling, and it’s launching worldwide later this period — including nan US, though you won’t beryllium capable to bargain it nonstop from immoderate carriers.

We’ve seen plentifulness of phones motorboat pinch vapor chambers and telephone it liquid cooling, but nan 11 Pro is nan first to person liquid coolant actively pumped information nan phone’s assemblage to cool nan internals. It’s supplemented by a waterproof fan, liquid metallic cooling for nan CPU, and a vapor enclosure too.

All that cooling tech was built for nan Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 connected nan inside, positive a immense 7,500mAh artillery (though that’s a small smaller than nan 8,000mAh compartment connected nan Chinese version). On nan extracurricular location are other LEDs, touch-sensitive enarthrosis buttons, a headphone jack, and 1 very invited touch: camera lenses that are entirely flush pinch nan body.

It goes connected waste nonstop from Redmagic connected November 19th, starting from $749 for nan achromatic Cryo finish, but that isn’t nan type you’re apt to spot each complete nan place, arsenic it hides nan liquid cooling nether nan surface. If you want to spot it successful action you’ll request either nan achromatic Nightfreeze I’ve been testing aliases nan metallic Cryo variant, which person a transparent conception that highlights nan cooling. Those models commencement astatine $849, but do nett you other RAM and retention too.

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