RedMagic 11 Pro review Comments
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StefanAndrei92, 19 Nov 2025Z80 ultra is for photo maniacs. It misses some of the cooling and gaming features tha Rm11 has... moreWait, if different smartphones with different features have different use cases, how are we going to fight about which one is better?
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jiyen235, 19 Nov 2025z80 ultra exists and it invalidates this phone company hired commenters are getting really ... moreZ80 ultra is for photo maniacs. It misses some of the cooling and gaming features tha Rm11 has as Rm11 misses the quality of the cameras. If you want the best performer in terms of gaming you choose Rm11, if you are photomaniac you choose Z80 Ultra. Both phones are very good for their purpose. Z80 ultra can play games but not at the same level as Rm11 and Rm11 can take photos but not at the same quality as Z80 ultra.
- StefanAndrei92
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Anonymous, 19 Nov 2025I wonder how much the "liquid cooling" adds to the table. From JerryRigEverything te... moreIt's role is to spread the heat not to cool it.
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I wonder how much the "liquid cooling" adds to the table. From JerryRigEverything teardown, the loop barely has any contact to the cooling chamber.
- jiyen235
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StefanAndrei92, 19 Nov 2025You're talking nonsense! The charging time is irrelevant between 80w and 120w because it&... morez80 ultra exists and it invalidates this phone
company hired commenters are getting really lazy nowadays
- StefanAndrei92
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jiyen235, 17 Nov 2025The speakers suck, the battery is worse than the 17 Pro Max, Find X9 Pro and the Oneplus 15 an... moreYou're talking nonsense! The charging time is irrelevant between 80w and 120w because it's a matter of a few minutes. It's not like it's the end of the world and you have to charge it 10 minutes earlier. As for the battery life, you're talking nonsense again. The differences between the phones you mentioned and the RM are imperceptible and the cooling systems consume little and you won't even notice this in terms of battery life. The price for what the phone offers is pure charity, there's nothing better than this for this money.
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 19 Nov 2025I'm done trying to explain to you how that's not how it works, keep bathing in your ... moreIt's how it works. If you don't understand basic physics, learn it.
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Anonymous, 19 Nov 2025No, throttling can occur while playing normal games if they are demanding. Not throttling mean... moreI'm done trying to explain to you how that's not how it works, keep bathing in your own ignorance, byebye
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akubewae, 18 Nov 2025uh, what is the point of liquid cooling with active fan when its not better (even worse) than ... moreThe point of the liquid cooling + fan is sustained performance, if you check the reviews of all the other phones you mentioned:
The GPU sustained performance is always better with Redmagic.
The CPU sustained performance is better with Redmagic with exception of the OnePlus 15, but only when using the "gaming assistant".
So the phone is better compared to the others for sustained performances and/or price (e.g. 250€ less than the OnePlus 15). It is also better for the other performance benchmarks. It is better if you want a 3.5mm jack. It is better if you don't want an hole in your screen. It is better if you don't want a screen with big rounded corners. It is better if you don't want camera bumps. It is better for fast wireless charging.
And yes for other metrics it may be worse, that's why this phone has its place in its niche.
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2025Ok, last time I'm going to say this, you're starting to sound like a broken disc. 1... moreNo, throttling can occur while playing normal games if they are demanding. Not throttling means not overheating, which is more comfortable for users. The gaming experience will be smoother as the frame rate won't suddenly significantly drop. Not throttling means almost 100% stability at all time. Not overheating means using less power and results in better battery life. The SoC designers can test their SoCs with standard cooling to find out the optimal clock speeds.
- akubewae
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sayabosanhidup, 18 Nov 2025dude to begin with do u even realize that this is the only
phone with an under display camera... moreunder diplay camera have nothing to do with liquid cooler, and also mean worst camera selfie
so what's the point?
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2025My point exactly. In everyday tasks and light tasks, the SoC won't throttle. So if 2 GHz ... moreOk, last time I'm going to say this, you're starting to sound like a broken disc.
1) It won't throttle while playing normal games, it might during emulation, but even there there's still advantages to a higher clock speed.
2) You still haven't provided a single advantage to having a capped clock speed by default, while still repeating the same thing over and over without disproving any of my points.
3) For the last f******g time, YOU CAN'T DECIDE WHAT'S THE CLOCK SPEED AT WHICH THE SOC WON'T THROTTLE WITHOUT LOSING PERFORMANCE BECAUSE OF ALL THE VARIABLES THAT GO WITH IT. YOU JUST CAN'T. THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO LOCKING IT TO 2GHZ WHEN THROTTLING WILL DO THE SAME WHILE MAYBE GIVING 2.5 OR 3 IN BETTER SCENARIOS.
4) In all the other cases where the CPU will clock higher than 2Ghz but not long enough to throttle THEN YES, THERE WILL BE HUGE F******G BENEFITS.
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2025"For example, if loading a web page utilizes 20% of a 2 GHz SoC, doubling the clock speed... moreMy point exactly. In everyday tasks and light tasks, the SoC won't throttle. So if 2 GHz is more than enough, there is no benefit in using 4 GHz. Actually, when performing light tasks, the SoC won't run at 4 GHz anyway. Howerver, the SoC will throttle in about 10 minutes or less under heavy load such as playing a demanding game and lower the clock speed from 4 GHz to 2 GHz. What is the point then? Do you want high performance gaming for only about 10 minutes at the beginning? It's for marketing. There may be some very specific use cases that benefit from this, but in most cases it's useless outside benchmarking.
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2025Not every task will use the full capacity of the SoC. Doubling the clock speed won't doub... more"For example, if loading a web page utilizes 20% of a 2 GHz SoC, doubling the clock speed to 4 GHz won't make loading the web page faster. The task will simply utilize 10% of the SoC running at 4 GHz."
In that case it's not gonna throttle anyway, is it? Stop grasping at straws mate 😂
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2025"Why not set the clock speed to 2 Ghz in the first place? The sustained performance will ... moreNot every task will use the full capacity of the SoC. Doubling the clock speed won't doubling the speed of every task a device performs. For example, if loading a web page utilizes 20% of a 2 GHz SoC, doubling the clock speed to 4 GHz won't make loading the web page faster. The task will simply utilize 10% of the SoC running at 4 GHz.
I didn't read your entire post because it's clear that you lack basic understanding of how SoCs/APUs work.
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2025I understand what throttling is. Let's say a 4 GHz SoC can only operate at that clock spe... more"Why not set the clock speed to 2 Ghz in the first place? The sustained performance will be the same."
1) You lose peak performance, you don't seem to understand that in everyday use sustained performance is only one face of the coin. 4ghz vs 2ghz will open apps twice as fast, load web pages twice as fast and so on while not throttling because you're not holding that clocks for long periods of time like in benchmarks.
2) The clock speed that a chip can hold without throttling depends on a lot of external factors, it's not a one-size-fit-all. Ambient temperature, is it under direct sunlight or not, are you holding your phone in your hand or is it on a stand, does it have a protective case on it, is it charging, is the GPU also being stressed or not, how is the thermal paste application on the chip, is the thermal paste fresh or is it dry. All those things influence the potential top performance, the "2ghz" might be cutting 50% of the performance for someone who's playing a game while having the phone on a case with a cooling fan while still making the soc heat too much for someone who's browsing a web page at the beach. So no, sustained performance will not be the same.
3) "What everyday tasks do you want to use the full power of the SoC to perform for only about 10 minutes?" Modern smartphone CPUs have both 'performance' and 'efficiency' cores. Basically all the background processes run on the efficiency cores to use less power and drain less battery while the stuff you run on purpose will be a little bit of both. It doesn't need to be a benchmark or a heavy emulation to utilize the full potential of the chip, lots of stuff will benefit from a nice burst of performance for a few seconds or minutes, making the phone snappier, which is what people expect from flagship CPU (nowadays even from midrange). Web browsing, games loading or just not particularly optimized ones that will keep being smooth instead of stuttering, video conversion or editing, camera image processing, and so on and so on.
4) "Anyway, you seem confused. Not only the CPU throttles; the GPU also throttles. If you play a demanding game for 3 hours, what is the point to have high performance for about 10 minutes in the beginning and reduced performance for about 2 hours and 50 minutes? In any case, an SoC shouldn't throttle at all with standard cooling and settings."
First of all, the GPU generally doesn't throttle nearly as much as CPUs, and that's valid for smartphones, laptop and desktops. You need extreme cases like an nvidia 5090 to have a chip really output a lot of heat. Secondly, again, you don't need to utilize 100% of the cpu or gpu all the time, most games have their FPS capped anyway. But, for example, it will happen that a game runs smootly at say 60fps while using 70% of the gpu clock, having that headroom is still necessary for those moments with a couple extra effects or a higher draw distance to have the framerate stay high instead of dropping just because the chip was capped to avoid throttling.
Tl;dr. Throttling is expected behaviour, stop demonizing it. I also would bet my left nut that if they marketed it as "dynamic CPU clock" as an alternative to a capped clock speed by default like you're suggesting, you would be all over it and demanding that all manufacturers implement it.
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hooha, 18 Nov 2025is there any base model ?? non-pro ??
what is the different between this and pro+ ??Just read the review.
"One important distinction between the Chinese and the global RedMagic 11 lineups is that the Pro+ model in China is actually the standard Pro version for the rest of the world."
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2025I think you're confusing throttling with something else. Does throttling reduce sustained... moreI understand what throttling is. Let's say a 4 GHz SoC can only operate at that clock speed for only about 10 minutes under heavy load and then it will throttle and reduce the clock speed to 2 Ghz to reduce the operating temperature. Why not set the clock speed to 2 Ghz in the first place? The sustained performance will be the same. Lowering the clock speeds won't reduce the sustained performance. The answer is marketing. What everyday tasks do you want to use the full power of the SoC to perform for only about 10 minutes?
Anyway, you seem confused. Not only the CPU throttles; the GPU also throttles. If you play a demanding game for 3 hours, what is the point to have high performance for about 10 minutes in the beginning and reduced performance for about 2 hours and 50 minutes? In any case, an SoC shouldn't throttle at all with standard cooling and settings.
- Nibol Young
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Although I am Chinese and enjoy mobile games, I believe that 99% of people in the world wouldn't buy a phone just for gaming.😕
- StefanAndrei92
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Ken Loves Beserker, 18 Nov 2025Most gamers wont be able to justify it, this phone is just a gimmick and I guess it looks cool... moreYou really talk bullshit...
