You gotta salute Redmagic’s dedication to its craft. It is not only one of the surviving gaming phone brands, but it is also constantly innovating. First, it pulled off the under-display front-facing camera for a truly uninterrupted display. Then it went ahead and stuck a fan inside a phone. And now, with the Redmagic 11 Pro Series, it’s jumped into the deep end with an actual water-cooling system. Not vapor chamber, not marketing fluff—real liquid cooling like the AIO rigs in PCs. Which makes you wonder: is this still a phone or a tiny desktop rig? For the record, the 11 Pro+ is the world’s first mass-produced liquid-cooled smartphone.
Cooling Insanity
The so-called “pulsating water-cooled engine,” as it is called, doesn’t work alone. It syncs with the Redmagic AquaCore Cooling System, which features the industry’s fastest active fan, the Yufeng 4.0. This fan spins up to 24,000 RPM, is waterproof, and pushes air through a larger waterfall-style air duct.
Together, they live inside the ICE Magic Cooling System, which also layers copper foil under the entire screen, high-conductivity graphene, 4D Ice VC, composite liquid metal, thermal gel, motherboard copper foil, and a through-type air duct, with heat also being pulled away by an aerospace-grade aluminum mid-frame. Basically, Redmagic built a data center in your pocket.
Display and Touch Wizardry
The Hole-free Display 2.0 trims bezels down to 1.25 mm for a 95.3% screen-to-body ratio. It’s a 6.85-inch 1.5K panel with 144 Hz refresh rate and the new X10 under-display lighting material, which is more efficient, more durable, and brighter. Eye Protection 2.0 brings TÜV and SGS low-blue-light certifications.
Then there’s Magic Touch 3.0. This first-ever dedicated touch chip delivers a staggering 3,000 Hz instant touch sampling rate, plus 360 Hz multi-touch, and it even works with wet, sweaty fingers. The shoulder triggers also step up with 520 Hz dual-IC touch, larger surfaces, millisecond response, and anti-sweat algorithms. Yes, sweaty gamers are fully accounted for.
Hardware Muscle
Under the hood, it’s Snapdragon 8 Lite Gen 5 plus Redmagic’s self-developed R4 gaming chip, paired with LPDDR5T RAM and UFS 4.1 Pro storage. The Pro houses a monstrous 8,000 mAh “Ox Demon King 3.0” battery with 80 W fast charging. The Pro+ runs a slightly smaller 7,500 mAh pack but upgrades to 120 W wired charging and 80 W wireless charging.
Lights, Design, and Extras
Redmagic continues its transparent design language, so you can see the Snapdragon logo, Redmagic branding, RGB effects, and—on the Pro+—the water cooling liquid moving through the tubes. RGB shows up everywhere: gaming mode light effects, logo, fan, and shoulder triggers.
The design itself sticks with square-off edges and a true flat back, which makes long gaming sessions more comfortable and ensures no “corner cutting” of the gaming view.
Other gamer-friendly goodies include an under-display 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, an X-linear motor, custom-tuned stereo speakers, 360° antenna design, 5G dual-band Wi-Fi, three-mic setup for gaming, NFC, an IR blaster (this time on the back, not the side), and—praise be—the 3.5 mm headphone jack. Also worth a big shout: the Redmagic 11 Pro is IPX8-rated for water resistance, a first for the brand.
Cameras
The rear carries dual 50 MP main cameras with a 1/1.55 CMOS sensor and OIS, plus AI-powered tools like scene expansion and object removal.
Gaming Optimization
Snapdragon Elite Gaming features combine with Redmagic CUBE 3.0 engine, Game Ready driver support, and Adreno’s dedicated high-speed video memory rendering tech, ensuring smooth frames even when you’re frying your fingers with demanding titles.
Price and Availability
The Redmagic 11 Pro starts at 4,999 yuan [CH], while the Pro+ starts at 5,699 yuan [CH]. International launch is scheduled for November 3, 2025, at 7 AM EST. Global pricing will be revealed then. It ships with Redmagic OS 11. Obviously, the global version will be Google-friendly.
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