RedMagic Nova Gaming Tablet – Unboxing

I am not a dedicated gamer by any means but when a product comes out with the hardware that this one presents I can’t ignore it. So with that said let me introduce you to the RedMagic Nova Gaming Tablet. This a tablet that has been designed with one thing in mind giving gamers the best possible gaming experience and as such some interesting design choices have been made in the process. So lets have a quick tour of the device to see what it brings to the table

First up is the display size as this is one of the most important things for a tablet. Here we find that we have a 10.9′ display with a 2.8K resolution (2880 x 1800) and a 16:10 aspect ratio. which makes it more widescreen than the likes of the recently reviewed OnePlus Pad 2 which is 7:5. You can see the difference in the image below, the Nova is on top.

This means that when you are in a game that has been set up correctly for a widescreen format you will be able to reap the full benefits without a ‘letterboxing’ effect. it also has the added benefit of not restricting the viewable area for video as well.

Moving away from the display we have the various ports and buttons located around the edges to look at so lets start on the right hand side. 

This is where we will find two fo the 4 side-firing speakers that sit on either side of the USB Type C 3.2 port that is capable of video output and also up to 80W fast charging when using the included 80W power brick or an appropriate similar brick (like a high wattage GAN charger for instance)Nestled in the upper left-handmost corner is the 50MP camera and next to his in what could be mistaken for another camera is the RGB-accented Turbo cooling fan.

I like the fact that some effort has been made to make the back of the tablet interesting but it would have been so much cooler if it were actually the real motherboard that was visible under this window. I guess that this is not that practical a solution especially having watched a few tear-down videos of the device.

In terms of weight, the Nova tablet weighs 530 grams and is 7.3mm at its thinnest point. 

Under the sleek body we have got a a lot going on as this tablet is running the Snapdragon 8th Gen 3 Leading Version which has been boosted to 3.Ghz on the big cores. Now with this power you would expect a cooling system to match. Well you are correct as the Nova has a 9-layer cooling system that is also aided by the 17173.4mm High-Speed Turbine Centrifugal Fan which has a Fan Speed of up to 20,000 RPM.

In addition to this powerhouse of a processor we have got 16GB of LDDR5X of RAM and 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage, this is the highest-end version as there is a specced version that halves the Storage and reduces the RAM to 12GB. Keeping this all going is a mammoth 10100mAh daul cell Battery which can charge at up to 80W