Update: June 10, 2019 — The company has confirmed that the Red Magic 3 smartphone will launch in India on Flipkart on June 17.
Earlier: ZTE’s Nubia brand introduced the company’s latest gaming smartphone Red Magic 3 in China earlier this year. At the launch, the company promised that it will bring the smartphone to India soon and as promised, today, the company has announced that the Red Magic 3 gaming smartphone will launch in India next month.
Red Magic India posted a tweet earlier today which says “This Summer from the house of Nubia we bring to India Red Magic 3. COMING SOON”. This clearly indicates that the Nubia will be launching the Red Magic 3 in June in India.
This Summer from the house of Nubia we bring to India Red Magic 3.
COMING SOON pic.twitter.com/4vMTYuE5HP— Red Magic India (@RedMagicIN) May 27, 2019
In other news, Xiaomi-backed BlackShark, today has launched its BlackShark 2 gaming smartphone in India starting at Rs. 39,999. It is to be seen how Nubia prices the Red Magic 3 in India.
To recall, the Red Magic 3 flaunts a 6.65-inch FHD+ HDR AMOLED display with 90hz refresh rate, HDR support, is powered by Snapdragon 855 with up to 12GB of RAM, and the company claims that it is the world’s first smartphone with an active cooling system that dramatically improving thermal performance.
It also comes with an additional hardware switch that toggles “Red Magic Game Space 2.0,” a gaming-focused dashboard. The dashboard helps users to organize and quick-launch games, fine-tune performance settings and fan speeds, monitor temperature and usage stats in real time, block notifications for uninterrupted gaming, record in-game videos, and more.
The phone packs a 48-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX586 sensor offering 12MP output and a 16-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual front-facing stereo speakers, DTS:X, and 3D sound technologies that create a cinematic soundscape, with or without headphones. It packs a 5,000mAh battery with 27W quick charging, providing an hour of gameplay with a 10-minute charge.
The Nubia Red Magic 3 comes in Black, Flame Red, Camouflage and Red with Blue Gradient colors. The 6GB RAM + 64GB storage version costs 2899 yuan (US$ 430 / Rs. 30,065 approx.) and goes up to 4299 yuan (US$ 638 / Rs. 44,590 approx.) for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage version in China.