The New “AIR” Gaming Smartphone

So, we got the latest from Red Magic. It is the 11 Air. These things represent value for money. You're actually getting some nice specs for that. On top of the fact that you're getting gaming specific features like those shoulder buttons, which really change the way that you play games, like it it actually makes you more effective. This one is stated Phantom. I presume that's black. And then I've also got Prism, which I presume is white. Let's open this one first. I've looked at so many Red Magic phones over the years. You get a few things in the box pretty much guaranteed, including a case to get you started with some degree of protection. It's basic, but it's like basic plus because it's not just a soft case. Like, it's one actually is a little more rigid and it has some texture to it. You've also got a SIM tool. That's about it for that. Here is the black device. Okay. satisfying. Just like previous Red Magic phones, it has that transparent back panel, so you know right away that it's something special. It's not boring. It's distinctive and different. It's definitely not just another iPhone. You've also got the cooling system built in, which of course is going to aid in your gameplay so you don't overheat. This can be even more important depending on the climate that you find yourself. This is a smooth glass back with some curvature around the edges and then the sides are flat. USBC on the bottom, power, volume. Here you can see the exhaust for the fan. And now you can also spot those shoulder buttons which are touchbased and they have a fast or high refresh rate for touch sampling. Instantaneous reactions to your inputs. You will map those to your favorite games and all of a sudden you free up your thumbs for aiming as you're firing if you're playing any kind of shooter game. But I mean these are they're mapappable for any style of game that you're into. You've also got this dedicated switch on the left hand side. By default, this is mapped to launch your game mode on the device. However, you can do a number of things. It's a custom button. If you want to launch into something else, you can do that as well. And then also in the package, you're going to get a fairly substantial power brick. The device supports up to 80 watts for fast charging. And you do get a red cable. Obviously, you would get a red and black cable with a gaming phone. Okay, so that's the black one. Let's compare it now to the Prism, which is the white one. You guys can tell me which one you prefer. I presume the case will be identical, which it is. And here is the white phone. Now, Mo said he prefers this one. He thinks it looks even more special. I might agree with him. I might have to agree with him on that. I like the transparent aspect of both. It just gives you a little bit more detail in a somewhat bland marketplace for smartphones, but I don't know. This one actually kind of does the same thing because you can see the pass through of those elements below the glass. So, you let me know what you would pick, the white one or the black one. Okay, so check this out. Look, we got a little widget for our game fan. Let's put it on. Super chilly. Did you hear that? Wow. Super chilly. I don't know if you're going to pick it up with all of our lighting in here, but you can see there's some RGB happening. And you can hear the fan when it's on. It's a max cooling mode. But if you're down here and you have the sound turned on on your game, it's pretty subtle. But if you're looking for it, like I'll give it It's working. You don't have to question that. I'll put it right in a microphone for you. And then there's also an eco mode. So, it's going to spin at a lower RPM. And then obviously, we can turn it off completely. Now, that's accessible via this widget. And your games are accessible like any typical smartphone, but it's a lot more fun to launch into the game mode by holding the special key. Look at that. Wo. And I feel some haptics as well. There's some vibration there. So, this is your hub for all of your gaming. Your titles are going to be in here. Your settings are going to be in here. The sound is Wow. We got some sound as well. Stereo, solid stereo sound. The other thing I like about this is the screen to body ratio and the lack of prioritization for front-facing camera, which again, it's more about the immersiveness of the display over some traditional smartphone features. It obviously has a camera built in, but it's simply not the highest priority because it is a gaming phone. But I will just snap a couple photos just because it does still have a camera. You don't need to be too worried. And it's actually not even that bad. That's 24. And that's 14, which maybe doesn't look quite as nice as the 24. You can take a photo if you need to take a photo. And the main camera is not that bad, but it's just not the priority. Let's see. We could take a video at 4K 60. Why don't we just take a quick sample because Mo's already here and he's going to do his usual thing. Oh, you're not. He has a chip. He eats a chip today. Was that a pita chip? Mhm. Okay. It's pretty good. So, it'll do 4K 60 stabilization, not the priority. It's a gaming phone first. Now, let's do a quick spec rundown because I did say that this a pretty good value around 500 bucks. What you're going to get is a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. You're going to get 256 or 512 gigs for storage. You're going to get that advanced cooling system up to 24,000 RPM on that fan, but you've also got a large vapor chamber in there before the fan even kicks off. Big battery in here, which does charge up to 80 watts. It's a 7,000 mAh battery. Battery life obviously so important on a gaming phone because gaming is one of those things that drains your battery faster than a lot of other things you do on your smartphone. The display is 1.5K resolution with a 144 hertz refresh rate. The size of the display is coming in at 6.85 in of OLED and a 95.1% screen to body ratio. So, the other cool thing is you don't want to leave your game to adjust some commonly used settings. So, you actually just swipe in from the side and you get access to anything that you would want to change on the fly, including your performance mode. So, it's in balance right now. I can also set it to an eco mode or a rise mode in order to maximize performance. I can also go in here and play with my notification settings so I don't get distracted by any type of message while I'm in my game if that's what I want. I can control obviously my fan in here. I can see info on game performance. I can do screen recording if I want to record my gameplay, adjustments to my RGB settings, and also I can remap my triggers. And I can have single tap, long press, rapid fire settings. It's endless what you can do here in order to customize your experience. And all of that is accessible just by pulling in from the side. Target in sight. Enemy down. out. It's too close. Fight harder. Target. Enemy down. What? Enemy contact. Enemy down. Changing mag. There we go. I should play at range cuz I have better aim. Killer drone ready for deployment. Oh, I do. Lost the lead. UAV online. Enemy contact. Friendly hunter killer drone. There we go. There we go. We lost the lead. Target down. Reload. Enemy down. Killer drone. Reloading. Stand by. UAV online. Killer drone. Taking the lead. Down target. Oh, we won. Okay, there we go. Yeah, it was pretty key with the the missile. You know what I mean? It was kind of a key. Oh, yeah. There it is. It was that moment right there. MVP moment right there. kind of targets in sight gave us what we needed there. It's kind of an MVP. It's kind of an MVP moment kind of it. This is the biggest key is just these capacitive touch buttons in a different spot. That is a controller that's always in your pocket and that is the biggest difference. The other thing I can say the device is like you can tell it's warming up a little bit but not even enough to initiate the fan. It's got that large vapor chamber in there. It's really purpose-built. So, if you're a person that runs your battery down, these are all the considerations that are top priority for Red Magic when it comes to developing a gaming phone. You have your gaming specific hardware, you're doing your gaming, and you have your options for colors, and you have a price point that's a little more approachable around 500 bucks to start. That's it. That is the Red Magic 11 Air. Would you pick the uh the black one or the white one?