RedMagic 11 Pro Gaming Smartphone Puts Water Where It Counts in the Form of Liquid Cooling

Nubia is very familiar with designing phones for users who use their phone as a controller extension. The RedMagic brand has always gone all in on that, packing features that turn a slab of glass and metal into a handheld console. The 11 Pro, which will be available in China on October 17, is their most extreme effort yet. Liquid cooling joins the fan, which has been there since the beginning, and the result is a phone that can withstand any marathon session without breaking a sweat – or in this case, boiling over.

Blue tubes snake around the back, carrying coolant through a closed loop that surrounds the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. This CPU, Qualcomm’s latest monster released earlier this year, can play the most demanding games at max settings, but it also generates heat like a small fire. Nubia’s engineers paired it with a 24,000 RPM fan – yes, that’s rotations per minute, like a drone propeller – which blows air through specific vents to remove heat. The liquid system kicks in to circulate the heat further, spreading it over a larger surface area inside the chassis.

An 8,000mAh battery powers the whole thing, promising playtime into double digits for lighter loads or 6-8 hours of heavy graphics work. That’s double what many flagships can do and it doesn’t add bulk to the phone. It measures 164 x 76 x 8.9mm and weighs around 230g – beefy but familiar territory for anyone who’s held a previous RedMagic phone. Fast charging is 80W wired, refilling from empty to full in under 40 minutes, and 50W wireless for those who prefer a pad over a cable.

Up front, a 6.85-inch AMOLED screen takes center stage, with a 144Hz refresh rate for silky smooth motion. Brightness tops out at 1,600 nits, and the panel supports HDR10+ for deeper blacks as well. Touch response is a blistering 520Hz during games, so inputs register almost before your finger lifts. An under display camera hides in the pixels, a 16MP sensor that pops up for video calls or selfies without interrupting the view. Down below, a 3D ultrasonic fingerprint reader sits under the glass, scanning even if your hands are slippery from a long gaming session.

Cameras rarely steal the show on gaming phones, but the 11 Pro makes a case for itself. Three lenses on the back: a 50MP main shooter with OIS for steady shots in low light, a 50MP ultra wide that doubles as a macro lens up close and an 8MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom to pull in distant subjects without losing detail. Video records up to 8K at 30fps, the main sensor handles the heavy lifting for stabilized footage. The front under display camera can do 1080p video, fine for quick streams or social posts. Processing happens through the Red Core R4 chip, a dedicated co-processor that sharpens images in real time and even overlays graphical info during gameplay for things like frame rate counters or performance stats.

Two versions emerge from the leaks: a standard version with an opaque back in black or silver and transparent editions that let the cooling system shine through. Both have the same hardware, but the see through ones add a layer of visual flair, like looking into a high end PC build. Storage starts at 12GB RAM with 256GB and goes up to 24GB and 1TB. Prices should start at around $800 for the base model and $1,100 for the top end, while global availability is set to follow the China launch, likely hitting the US and Europe by November.
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