RedMagic Astra review Comments
- jiyen235
- XNA
Hemedans, 26 Aug 2025It's cheaper than comparable phone and tablets with active cooling. that's what im saying man a friggin tablet is cheaper than a phone.... lmao the redmagic 10 pro+ is more expensive and i'd say this makes far more sense than that phone
Expandable storage and/or larger batteries should be the top priority, if not sd cards then maybe bump up the storage. Tablets should be media monsters capable of handling loads of content!
charging is surprisingly slow too, another thing to think about
- Hemedans
- XKx
Anonymous, 26 Aug 2025Cpu performance absolutely tanked, on a fully aluminum clad 9 inch tablet. 40% perf loss is re... more8 elite use 17W, even tablet won't be able to sustain that, and even if they get magic cooling and sustain 17W in gaming you will get less than 2 hour of battery life.
- Hemedans
- XKx
jiyen235, 26 Aug 2025what even is the point of more expensive tablets now? LOL Like apart from size, there'... moreIt's cheaper than comparable phone and tablets with active cooling.
- Hemedans
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Anonymous, 25 Aug 2025So the GPU throttes to about 80%. GSMArena should have understood by now that the stability sc... moreYes around 80% it's still really good score though for 8 elite device.
- Anonymous
- EP%
"Redmagic" out of all the names to choose why did they choose to use a name that sounds like it came from dollar store RPG game? I don't think I'd be able to tell anyone with straight face my tablet is called "Redmagic"
- Anonymous
- vxj
Anonymous, 26 Aug 20259 inch tablet with active cooling and it couldn't keep the s8e above 60% sustained. Very ... moreThey probably tested it in powersave mode. 😅
- RushGamer
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Regret, 25 Aug 2025Don't be fooled. This tablet appears amazing. But after having it a few weeks here are th... moreAnother crybaby, most issues on the reddit page are mostly on the craddle case and the shipping because of UPS not even RedMagic's fault. My brother have the RM Astra tab and it even outperforms his iPad.
- RushGamer
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Anonymous, 25 Aug 2025With bad software support. Forget decent updates and even if they come they will be far apart ... moreNah, RedMagic across all of their 2025 devices are already providing 5 years of OS updates as per the new EU law.
- Anonymous
- 70d
YUKI93, 26 Aug 2025Given that this tablet has a built-in active cooling system, it's not surprising to see b... moreIt's a 9" tablet. If everything else is equal, using a fan will result in less battery life because a fan needs power to work.
- YUKI93
- K1L
Given that this tablet has a built-in active cooling system, it's not surprising to see better battery performance compared to the Global OnePlus Pad 3. I'm still surprised to know that they are still the only two Android tablets with the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC available globally. There's also the Lenovo Legion Y700 Gen 4, which remains a China-only model, and the Oppo Pad 4 Pro, which is a China-only ColorOS facsimile of the Global OnePlus Pad 3.
- jiyen235
- XNA
what even is the point of more expensive tablets now? LOL
Like apart from size, there's not much they can use to justify the high prices of the other tablets, this has nuked all other stuff in terms of value. Unreal stuff.
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 25 Aug 2025Almost useful. Missing sim card, sms and phone calls. Why they do almost useful products but n... moreIt's not a phone. You're not meant to take calls on it.
- Anonymous
- J4I
Cpu performance absolutely tanked, on a fully aluminum clad 9 inch tablet. 40% perf loss is really disappointing.
- Anonymous
- LmW
9 inch tablet with active cooling and it couldn't keep the s8e above 60% sustained. Very disappointing.
- Anonymous
- yL{
To actually measure this thing, you need to put in Diablo Mode. You'll see that will neve throttle or lose performance.
- Anonymous
- 70d
Hemedans, 25 Aug 2025It's fake stability though Oem have been doing it for some time now, but still good score... moreSo the GPU throttes to about 80%. GSMArena should have understood by now that the stability score and the throttled performance percentage are two different things. In order to calculate the throttled performance percentage, you have to compare the actual performance to the true peak performance. The best loop score doesn't necessarily indicate the true peak performance. The GPU may throttle even in the first loop, or the manufacturer may purposely limit the performance for stability purposes.
- Hemedans
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Pedzio, 25 Aug 2025WoW that gpu stability!
The speakers are the only not so major shortcoming.
God i want this 🥲It's fake stability though Oem have been doing it for some time now, but still good score.
Actual score of 8 elite is 6600, when phone detect stress test they limit first run to lower score, this tablet show 5600 as highest score and 5300 as lowest loop, to generate bigger percentage number. Look at lowest loop to get overall idea of what perfomance you are getting and not percentage number.
- Chavdar S.
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Anonymous, 25 Aug 2025Everywhere else including the about tablet section in settings says it only has the normal 8 e... moreYou are right, it's the standard SD 8 Elite 4.32GHz. The review has been updated to be factually correct. This does not change the benchmark scores or the conclusions.
- Anonymous
- 3p5
Almost useful. Missing sim card, sms and phone calls. Why they do almost useful products but not quite.
