Thats good news for any games that can hit 120fps or higher.
There is the slight sense that Nubia hasnt quite thought this whole gaming tablet thing through, though.
Its nothing to worry about with todays most advanced games, though, where everything flies.
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Red Magic has, however, told TechRadar that stock will be replenished in November.
Pricing starts from just $499/439 for the model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
You wont find another Android-based tablet with this level of performance for such a low price.
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TheSamsung Galaxy Tab S9 FEgets closer to the Red Magic on price, starting from 449.
However, it doesnt even approach the Nova Tablet on raw performance.
Its got that familiar flat-edged form factor, with an all-metal body and tightly rounded corners.
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At 7.3mm, this isnt the thinnest tablet on the market, but nor is it distractingly thick.
Nubia has also advertised the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Version chip in a similar manner.
One genuine component on display is the cooling fan, which can be seen alongside the rear camera.
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The tablet feels nice to handle, with a power key partly recessed on the left edge.
This doubles as a fingerprint sensor, and it performs quickly and reliably.
Im a little puzzled by the omission of a 3.5mm headphone jack on the Red Magic.
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This feels like the kind of tablet that would really benefit from one.
Image quality is solid rather than spectacular.
I would have liked the Nova to get a little brighter, though.
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Nubia cites a top brightness of 550 nits, which is fine.
This is a slightly overclocked version of the chip that runs most of thebest Android phonesin 2024.
In other words, its one of the very best mobile chips on the market.
General performance is unimpeachable, especially with either 12 or 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM backing it up.
Im testing the top spec, and I couldnt make it sweat at all in general usage.
Of course, its not in regular scenarios that this tablet needs to be judged.
Itll run bothGenshin ImpactandWreckfeston maxed-out graphical options with more or less perfect fluidity.
Thats to be expected, because both of those games are a few years old now.
This speaks to a wider issue with dedicated mobile gaming devices.
The end result is that even a half-decent mid-range smartphone can play these more visually opulent games pretty well.
Where these gaming devicescanset themselves apart is with sustained performance.
Those top-notch off-the-shelf chips, when paired with bespoke cooling systems, can run faster for longer.
To that end, Nubia has equipped the Red Magic Nova Tablet with a 20,000 RPM cooling fan.
Interestingly, you dont get the accompanying open vent of the Red Magic smartphone series.
This gear instead uses the extra internal volume to create an extended but closed loop for cooling.
Allied to that is a nine-layer cooling system, together with a 103mm-long 3D heat pipe.
The results were mixed.
Switching between Rising and Balanced performance modes didnt seem to make any difference here, either.
Even that top mark of 72% is far from blistering.
True, the Red Magic scored higher marks in general, but it was no more consistent with it.
I should also note that the tablet would occasionally run uncomfortably hot by the end of these tests.
Interestingly, I found similarly less-than-stellar results in these tests on the Red Magic 9S Pro smartphone.
After an hour ofWreckfestrunning on maximum graphical tweaks, I didnt notice any big drop in frame rate.
Nubia has included a single 50MP camera on the rear of the phone.
Its an appropriately bare-bones offering with no OIS, though it does at least support4Kvideo at 30fps.
Itll do fine for video calls.
It still feels a little unfinished, as evidenced by the odd syntax-mangling Game Space notification.
Needless to say, none of the applications contained within look remotely hot.
With all that said, Red Magic OS 9.5 is perfectly smooth and functional.
It runs at a consistently speedy lick, and doesnt flood the home screen with third-party apps.
Yes, theres an extraneous web web client, and yes, Booking.com sneaks its way in again.
But both are at least stashed away in the app tray.
Theres no physical switch to activate Nubias Game Space app here, unlike with the brands gaming phones.
Its a powerful tool for gamers looking to set their favored game up just so.
Thats bigger even than that of the OnePlus Pad 2, which is a bigger rig.
The official estimate for battery life here is up to 10 hours of uninterrupted gaming on a single charge.
I suspect that this isnt a particularly representative scenario for your average committed gamer.
Even with lighter fare, I couldnt get close to that stated figure.
With such a large cell, theres always the worry about charging times.
Nubia has mitigated this with 80W charging support, and it even includes the brick in the box.
A quick 15-minute splash got it to 36%.
Should I buy the Nubia Red Magic Nova Tablet?
How I tested the Nubia Red Magic Nova Tablet
First reviewed: October 2024
