Nubia Red Magic 6R review: The slim, fan-less gaming phone you can carry every day.
Gaming you can pocket.
Red Magic 6R stripped out the internal fan to deliver a slim, lightweight gaming phone you could actually carry every day — keeping the 144Hz display, Snapdragon 888 and shoulder triggers in a body that didn't scream "gamer".
01Display
88/10088/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
02Camera
76/10076/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
03Performance
90/10090/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
04Battery
78/10078/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2021 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
82/10082/100 puts it above the 80-point average for flagship phones of 2021.
- Slim 7.8 mm / 186 g — usable as a daily phone
- 144Hz + Snapdragon 888 + shoulder triggers
- More restrained design than the fan models
- No internal fan — thermal throttling under long sessions
- Smaller 4200 mAh battery
- 30W charging modest
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .