ISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 41REVIEWtime with it, we think it’s like Marmite; you’ll either
love it or hate it. It varies between small changes,
such as square icons instead of circular, and larger
changes, like a custom notification shade and a lack
of gesture navigation options.
Beyond that, the UI needs a bit of TLC – especially
in the dedicated Game Space – as we’ve come
across chunks of text that are either in broken
English or (what we assume to be) Mandarin. Yes,
Red Magic isn’t as well-known as the likes of Razer
and Asus, but to compete you need to focus on the
software as well as the hardware.
The biggest disappointment at the time of writing
is that the LED strip doesn’t really work. It lights up
green to indicate charging and changes colour when
activating the Game Space, but it doesn’t work when
playing music, receiving notifications or when there’sThe rear LED strip lights
up green to indicate
charging and changes
colour when activating
the Game SpaceISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 41REVIEWtime with it, we think it’s like Marmite; you’ll either
love it or hate it. It varies between small changes,
such as square icons instead of circular, and larger
changes, like a custom notification shade and a lack
of gesture navigation options.
Beyond that, the UI needs a bit of TLC – especially
in the dedicated Game Space – as we’ve come
across chunks of text that are either in broken
English or (what we assume to be) Mandarin. Yes,
Red Magic isn’t as well-known as the likes of Razer
and Asus, but to compete you need to focus on the
software as well as the hardware.
The biggest disappointment at the time of writing
is that the LED strip doesn’t really work. It lights up
green to indicate charging and changes colour when
activating the Game Space, but it doesn’t work when
playing music, receiving notifications or when there’sThe rear LED strip lights
up green to indicate
charging and changes
colour when activating
the Game Space