Red Magic has pulled the wraps off the Red Magic 11S Pro, and the headline features are exactly the sort of spec-sheet flex gaming-phone buyers expect: a 6.85-inch display with no cutout, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, an 8000 mAh battery, and a pile of cooling hardware. The company is also offering a Red Magic 11S Pro+ variant, because apparently one overbuilt phone was not enough.
Red Magic 11S Pro display has a hidden selfie camera
The phone uses a 6.85-inch Wukong Screen 2.0 with 1.5K resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate, and a 16-megapixel front camera tucked away behind the panel. That gives Red Magic the uninterrupted display it wants for gaming, while the 3D ultrasonic fingerprint reader and Synaptics touch chip are there to keep taps and swipes fast enough for people who take mobile esports very seriously.
Red Magic says the touch system reaches 3000 Hz for instantaneous sampling and 360 Hz for multi-finger input. In a category where rivals keep chasing higher touch response and brighter panels, the company is leaning hard into the idea that fewer visual distractions and faster input matter more than pretty marketing phrases.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Redcore R4 do the heavy lifting
Inside, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 runs up to 4.74 GHz and is described by the company as its most powerful mobile platform yet. Red Magic pairs it with its own Redcore R4 gaming chip, which handles touch optimization, lighting effects, rendering speed, and higher-resolution, higher-frame-rate output.
That combination puts the 11S Pro squarely in competition with other premium gaming phones that increasingly try to sell software tricks alongside raw silicon. The bigger story is that gaming handsets are no longer just about faster processors; they are becoming mini ecosystems, complete with custom accelerators and game-specific features.
PC emulator features and cooling hardware
Red Magic is also pushing a new-generation PC emulator that the company says is the first to offer direct Steam connection, cross-platform compatibility with original PC games, real-time save syncing, and a built-in Thunder Accelerator with a free 6-month trial. It also supports two-player cross-platform gaming and co-op mode, which sounds ambitious for a phone and exactly the kind of thing Red Magic wants to brag about at launch.
Cooling is another selling point. The company says the phone combines air and liquid cooling, and includes a waterproof Wind Chaser 4.0 fan spinning at 24,000 rpm with noise below 30 dB. That is a lot of engineering to keep a handset from turning into a pocket-sized toaster, especially with high-end Snapdragon chips now getting pushed harder by games and AI features.
Red Magic 11S Pro battery, charging, cameras, and price
The biggest battery in Red Magic’s lineup is here: the Bull Demon King Battery 3.0 with 8000 mAh capacity. The Red Magic 11S Pro+ adds 120W Magic Flash wired charging and 80W wireless charging, while the base model keeps the same large-cell appeal without leaning as hard into charging speed.
On the back, there is a 50-megapixel dual-camera setup, plus AI photo editing, full-function NFC, an IR blaster, a 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi 7, and a bundle of AI features. Pricing starts at 5499 yuan in China, which is aggressive on paper for a phone that is trying to be both a gaming machine and a feature dump in the nicest possible sense.
For now, the Red Magic 11S Pro looks aimed squarely at buyers who want the biggest possible battery, active cooling, and a full-screen gaming design rather than the thinnest or most camera-focused flagship. That should make it a direct rival to other performance-first phones that trade elegance for endurance and speed.