RedMagic Astra 2 review Comments
- RushGamer
- XRf
Obiorah , 25 Jul 2026Best gaming tablet, but it is not what we were expecting from redmagic and no much upgrades fr... moreThey've added an additional USB C port, liquid cooling, liquid metal, and upgraded the chip. (hmmm kinda typical semi-minor upgrades). Though I hope the pricing improves over time due to the RAMpocalypse. Also, let's hope that Astra 3 gets everything perfect just like how they perfected the RedMagic 8Pro before way back 2023.
- RushGamer
- XRf
CoolGuy, 22 Jul 2026serious gamers don't game on mobile lol...Oh really? and yet mobile gaming is the most profitable and has the largest marketshare globally lol. All mobile AAA games(especially those eSports titles like CODM etc.) are totally free and f2p like the esports PC games of old days. In Asia, mobile gaming alone is the largest and they held mobile esports tournaments too.
Not to mention the reality that Android devices can now emulate PC games and its getting better and better day by day. Just go bypass charging + mobile cooler and you're good for prolong PC emulation. (Redmagic devices has this).
Hoping they'll add an SD card slot due to the rising RAM / storage prices ..
- Obiorah
- XBF
Best gaming tablet, but it is not what we were expecting from redmagic and no much upgrades from the Astra gaming tablet
- Recovery
- t7X
it couldn't beat the quality of the speakers on the Pad 5 GSMARENA reviewed 5 years ago.
- Anonymous
- B4r
RushGamer, 21 Jul 2026For those commenting about "throttling in prolong gaming", well dunno if GSMArena kn... moreRedmagic devices enable Diablo Mode by default when they detect any benchmarking suite, this is the 'justification' 3DMark gave for banning them. I actually tested my own RM11 Pro in the same way the review did and got a near identical result to that review, so clearly it's a chipset that not even actively cooled devices can run at 100% all the time. Apparently it draws something like 20W at full power, which is a leven of power consumption higher than some handheld PCs.
- Anonymous
- B4r
mawlki, 21 Jul 2026It's actually pathetic this thing is limited to wireless bluetooth gaming headsets. Serio... moreIt does at least have a second USB-C this time around so you can bypass charge and use an adapter at the same time... but when Asus (RIP) has proven it's not hard at all to have both that and a native 3.5mm on a much smaller device it's still very disappointing. For this size and including a PC emulator it really should have has an SD card slot too, even if 1TB was physically possible to offer it wouldn't be enough when PC games are involved.
- Dop3 tech
- XKb
And the native windows emulator
- CoolGuy
- JBU
mawlki, 21 Jul 2026It's actually pathetic this thing is limited to wireless bluetooth gaming headsets. Serio... moreserious gamers don't game on mobile lol...
- mawlki
- J8u
It's actually pathetic this thing is limited to wireless bluetooth gaming headsets. Serious gamers use 0 latency wired connection 3,5mm headphones.
- Mike
- 8JH
RushGamer, 21 Jul 2026For those commenting about "throttling in prolong gaming", well dunno if GSMArena kn... moreThis.
I don't know why they don't include Diablo Mode in the tests. Every RedMagic with this funcion DOES NOT THROTTLE when using it. The smartphone can get up to 50ºC and it DOES NOT THROTTLE.
- RushGamer
- eCg
Anonymous, 19 Jul 2026It seems to me that their answer for not being able to keep the thing cool is throttle it from... moreFor those commenting about "throttling in prolong gaming", well dunno if GSMArena know that RedMagic has a feature called "Diablo Mode" in the Gamespace where it will maximize both its CPU/GPU performance with no throttlng. GSMArena didn't even mentioned if they utilize and what Game mode they used. If its just Eco or Balance of course it might throttle a little as both of those are to prolong performance while maintaining battery life.
Heck Samsung and Apple will throttle in just 10 minutes of AAA gaming.
- Anonymous
- y6W
So the 8e5 throttles too hard as they push full loads in benchmarking.
But in actual gaming (most they care), might at least smooth gameplay with a bit high visuals by default.
But paying off the value of 8e5 with everything max graphics, ultra performance, raised to 10000hz touch sampling, did it everything.
As the limiting factor with the Mobile nature of 8e5 throttles down, yeah still needs improvements here to be stable, and to be acknowledge the throttling behavior of Astra 2.
If Qualcomm made a big change in packaging that still use the PoP method which a bit compromise in heat, plus the heat load at +15W is a bit horrifying, but cool to see the peak here.
- TimmyKH
- PWa
Akinaro, 20 Jul 2026So we have 700$ gaming device that after 30min of heavy gaming have performance of 400$ tablet... moreand the $400 one will be down to $100+ after 30mn as well 🤣
- TD070VA1
- DGT
Anonymous, 21 Jul 2026If you want a powerful compact tablet, better yet, a comfy device for gaming on the go - this ... moreIt is indeed a dream device. This and the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5.
But I think I'm good with my Legion Tab Gen 3 (SD 8 Gen 3) except for its not-so-polished software.
- TD070VA1
- DGT
swired, 21 Jul 2026Not all of em. For emulation freedom , Snapdragon is always the main choice , heck even Exynos... moreNot just custom driver support, but optimizations too.
The same opening sequence of a particular PS2 game runs poorly on a Dimensity 8350 but flawless (98%) on a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 at the exact same emulator settings, despite them being mostly equal. Heck, even an Exynos 2400(e) can't do it.
I also had a similar result with an 8 Gen 1 before selling it.
- Anonymous
- gJm
If you want a powerful compact tablet, better yet, a comfy device for gaming on the go - this is it. The Astra 2 has the guts to handle everything and has the screen to show it beautifully.
- swired
- tu6
Anonymous, 19 Jul 2026Even D8300 can emulate, what are you saying. Are you living under a rock?Not all of em. For emulation freedom , Snapdragon is always the main choice , heck even Exynos is improving lately with their recent custom driver support while mediashit still stuck being closed source. I wouldn't suprised if Unisoc or even Kirin somehow managed to provide custom driver support before mediashit. Obviously i respect mediashit has really strong raw gpu performance but the fact they handicapped it so hard for no particular reason. And the security from the cpu itself are weak and vulnerable from its TEE unlike other cpus.
