Nubia Red Magic 7 could be 2022's best gaming phone and it's coming soon

Nubia Red Magic 6
A Nubia Red Magic 6 (Image credit: Future)

February is proving a busy month for smartphone launches, and Nubia has joined the fray, as it has announced its Red Magic 7 family of gaming phones will come along on February 17.

The company announced this via Weibo, a Chinese social media site that lots of brands from the country use for announcements. 

Other than the launch date, something stands out about the post: the Red Magic 7 is referred to as a 'series', suggesting more than one gaming phone is coming. Leaks suggest at least one phone could have 165W powering, which is staggeringly fast, and both are slated to use the top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset.

It's worth pointing out that the Weibo post says 'Follow + forward, and get a Red Devils 7 gaming phone on February 27' (a competition that's likely only open to Chinese phone fans). When we first read this, we assumed that meant the Red Magic 7 release date would be February 27th, but in hindsight that's not necessarily true - it could just mean that the competition winner would receive the phone then.

Stay tuned for the Nubia Red Magic 7 launch, as we'll bring you everything you need to know about the new devices as soon as we can.

Tom Bedford
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Tom Bedford is a freelance contributor covering tech, entertainment and gaming. Beyond TechRadar, he has bylines on sites including GamesRadar, Digital Trends, WhattoWatch and BGR. From 2019 to 2022 he was on the TechRadar team as the staff writer and then deputy editor for the mobile team.