38 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 65REVIEWThat performance is, unsurprisingly, impressive.
We’ve not experienced any kind of lag or frame rate
drops when using the smartphone to play games,
browse social media and take photos. It didn’t even
break a sweat during a long PUBG Mobile session
with graphics set to Ultra, and this is backed up by
our benchmark results. For context, we were supplied
with the 8GB/128GB variant for review.
It’s a similar story in the battery life department,
with the Magic 3 boasting a whopping 5,000mAh
battery. That’s more than enough to get you through
the day with about half of the battery remaining. It
does admittedly drop down when you spend a lot of
time playing games, but the drain is nowhere near
noticeable as other smartphones on the market.
For context, the Red Magic 3 lasted 11 hours and 46
minutes during our battery test, compared to just 6
hours 27 minutes on offer by the Asus ROG Phone.
When it does come to time to charge, the Red
Magic 3 offers 27W fast charge support, although
sadly, you don’t get a powerful charger in the box.
Oh, and it sports dual-band Wi-Fi alongside
Bluetooth 5.0 and GPS, but rather surprisingly,
there’s no NFC. Those wanting to use Google Pay
will have to look elsewhere.The cameras miss out on the Magic
Cameras are notoriously a weak spot among
gaming-focused smartphones, with manufacturers
often focusing too much on the gaming aspect
and not considering other wants and needs – it’s
not like gamers hate taking photos, right?38 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 65
REVIEW
That performance is, unsurprisingly, impressive.
We’ve not experienced any kind of lag or frame rate
drops when using the smartphone to play games,
browse social media and take photos. It didn’t even
break a sweat during a long PUBG Mobile session
with graphics set to Ultra, and this is backed up by
our benchmark results. For context, we were supplied
with the 8GB/128GB variant for review.
It’s a similar story in the battery life department,
with the Magic 3 boasting a whopping 5,000mAh
battery. That’s more than enough to get you through
the day with about half of the battery remaining. It
does admittedly drop down when you spend a lot of
time playing games, but the drain is nowhere near
noticeable as other smartphones on the market.
For context, the Red Magic 3 lasted 11 hours and 46
minutes during our battery test, compared to just 6
hours 27 minutes on offer by the Asus ROG Phone.
When it does come to time to charge, the Red
Magic 3 offers 27W fast charge support, although
sadly, you don’t get a powerful charger in the box.
Oh, and it sports dual-band Wi-Fi alongside
Bluetooth 5.0 and GPS, but rather surprisingly,
there’s no NFC. Those wanting to use Google Pay
will have to look elsewhere.The cameras miss out on the Magic
Camerasarenotoriouslya weakspotamong
gaming-focused smartphones, with manufacturers
often focusing too much on the gaming aspect
and not considering other wants and needs – it’s
not like gamers hate taking photos, right?