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This gaming phone gives Qualcomm’s latest powerhouse the liquid-cooling treatment

The REDMAGIC 12 Pro Plus launches today in China.

It’s one of the first gaming phones to use Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.

Global availability will be announced on November 3, but getting US carrier support remains tricky.

Our reliance on phones has made the demands placed on them higher every day, but perhaps none have to work as hard as a gaming phone. Today REDMAGIC is launching its 12 Pro Plus, and it’s among the first to use the powerful, just-released Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 is the first smartphone processor with a 5GHz CPU, helping the REDMAGIC 12 Pro Plus handle refresh rates in high-action sequences. It’s joined here by LPDDR5T memory running at up to 10,667Mbps, UFS 4.1 Pro storage, the RedCore R5 gaming chip, and the Gaming CUBE Engine 4.0.

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