Nowadays, mobile phones have become a necessity in people's lives, and with the continuous development of the mobile Internet, the potential of mobile phones is constantly being explored, the most typical is the entertainment represented by games.
Compared with PCs and consoles, mobile phones are more portable, the price is easier to accept by the majority of users, and the threshold for games to get started is lower, so the market scale has expanded rapidly, according to the "2021 China Game Industry Report" released by the China Game Industry Association, domestic mobile game players have exceeded 656 million.
The boom in the mobile game market has also promoted the development of the subdivision of "game mobile phones". In the past two years, the game phone has embarked on a different path from the traditional flagship model with extreme performance, excellent heat dissipation and various optimizations made specifically for games.
Red Devil, one of the most well-known game mobile phone brands in China, released the latest product Red Devil 7 game phone series on February 17, which pushed the performance release and gaming experience of mobile phones to a new height through the new Snapdragon 8 processor, 165Hz refresh rate and extreme heat dissipation performance.
The handsome appearance highlights the esports gene
The front of the Red Devil 7 is a 6.8-inch AMOLED ultra-clear full screen, display ratio of 20:9, support DCI-P3 wide color gamut, resolution of 2400 * 1080, the screen arrangement is the main stream of crystal diamond arrangement, whether playing games, watching videos or daily use of the look and feel is excellent. This screen also supports DC dimming, and has also passed the SGS low blue light eye protection certification, which can ensure comfort when using.
It is commendable that the Red Devil 7 does not use designs such as digging holes or water droplets like most full-screen mobile phones, but integrates the front camera module into the upper frame to ensure a complete look and feel.
The fuselage cover uses a whole piece of glass, which feels warm and does not leave fingerprints, and the middle frame is made of metal, which is naturally transitioned with the back cover. Therefore, the Red Devil 7 as a whole is a larger mobile phone, and it is also very comfortable to hold.
The Red Devil 7 in the hands of electric technology is the color of the "Night Rider", at first glance it is just ordinary black, and it is not difficult to find that it has a rich layer of light and dark texture at a closer look, which is because the mobile phone uses a high-precision etching process. With the RGB breathing light on the back, the mobile phone looks handsome and cold while highlighting the wild and energetic, which can be described as a great lethality for male users.
Unlike many phones today, the Red Devil 7's camera has few bulges. This design is likely to take into account the scene of playing games with the mobile phone on the desktop, to prevent the phone from shaking around when using it, especially suitable for audio gamers. In today's increasingly pompous mobile phone camera modules, the back cover design of the Red Devil 7 is a clear stream.
The design of the heat sink also reflects the game genes of Red Devil 7. The heat of the new Snapdragon 8 is well known, in order to maintain a stable performance output of the mobile phone at all times, the Red Devil 7 has placed a total of 4 heat dissipation holes in the fuselage cover, left side, right side and below, so that the performance can be fully released, and also to ensure the comfort and safety of the user.
There are two shoulder keys on the right side of the fuselage, which allows players to find the feeling of playing games with a gamepad on the phone, in addition, the bottom of the phone is also equipped with a "very advanced" 3.5mm headphone hole, although wireless headphones are popular nowadays, but the advantages of wired headphones in sound quality and latency are still unsurpassed, especially for games such as sound games, the headphone hole is absolutely essential, which can also be seen that the Red Devil 7 firmly grasps the pain points of players when designed.
The appearance of the Red Devil 7 is just like its packaging box, showing the mecha aesthetic everywhere, so, under the tough appearance, does the Red Devil 7 also have the surging power of the mecha?
From the inside out, it is specially built for competition
As a gaming phone, the Red Devil 7 is equipped with the latest new Snapdragon 8 processor, which forms a powerful "Magic Three Ring Engine" with the full-blood version of LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1. In order to free the performance of this configuration, Red Devil 7 is equipped with 9 layers of heat dissipation technology such as high-speed centrifugal fans, aerospace-grade heat dissipation materials, ultra-flexible and high thermal conductivity rare earths, canyon cooling air ducts, superconducting copper foil, VC heat sinks, high thermal conductivity gels, composite graphene, and aerothermodynamic aviation aluminum frames.
Judging from the test data, the Red Devil 7 has achieved more than 1.03 million points in the Antutu performance test, and the storage test score has also exceeded 58,000 points, which shows the strength of the performance.
In addition to the processor and memory, the game performance of mobile phones also has a lot to do with the screen. Nowadays, the 120Hz refresh rate has become popular in mobile phones, which is completely enough for daily use, but for core competitive players, the refresh rate is naturally higher and better.
The Red Magic 7 is equipped with an industry-leading 165Hz screen refresh rate, which is already in line with the PC, while the touch sample rate is as high as 720Hz, which can be easily controlled by MOBA, FPS or audio games. In daily use, users can adjust to 90Hz or 120Hz mode, balancing fluency and power saving needs.
The Red Devils 7 has a red competitive button on the left side, which can be pushed up to enter the game space, where you can view the games you play, and set up fans, RGB breathing lights and other related hardware.
In addition, there is a rich resource library in the game space, players can download the shoulder key mapping, one-click combo and other configuration files, give full play to the advantages of the shoulder button, bring better competitive experience.
When starting the game, the user can call up the game assistant by swiping left and right, adjusting the phone's running mode, fan speed, refresh rate, shoulder button and other functions.
One of the most practical personal ones is the virtual shoulder button function. Mobile phones are limited by size, many functions are concentrated on one side, just take the shooting game as an example, turn the angle of view, open camera aiming and shooting these three types of operations need to be done with the thumb of the right hand, so it is likely to be busy when encountering enemies.
The Red Devil 7 can map the keys to the two shoulder keys, and I personally use the left shoulder button to aim and shoot with the right shoulder button in Peace Elite, sharing the pressure of the thumb of the right hand. In addition, if you are accustomed to the gamepad, you can also map the attack to the shoulder button in a game with an action nature such as "Original God", bringing a more familiar operation feel.
Players can also quickly adjust the game tone in the game assistant to get a clearer view in the game. In games like Peace Elite, you can turn on high-contrast mode and even anti-color "hunting mode", so that enemies lying in the grass have nowhere to hide.
It is not difficult to see that the Red Devil 7, whether from the perspective of hardware or software, can be called built for the game, so what is its actual gaming experience? We chose two MOBAs, two FPSs and two action games to test, and then we will share the experience of playing with you separately.
The smooth experience casts the Canyon God of War
The first game we tested was "Glory of Kings", in high quality and high resolution, the two games were about 30 minutes, and the whole process could run smoothly at 120 frames, whether it was team battles or the number of skill frames would not be affected.
"Glory of Kings" also supports the "Red Devil Moment" function, which will automatically save the video after the death, and save multiple wonderful moments after the end of a game, which users can quickly share directly.
The Red Devil 7's 165Hz refresh rate screen also shines in "Glory of Kings", whether it is moving position or adjusting the field of vision is extremely smooth. For this type of competitive game, the improvement brought about by smooth frame rates and smooth handling is very obvious, and as a MOBA hard hand, I even think that the Red Devils 7 has increased my combat effectiveness by 20%.
Another MOBA game we tested was the League of Legends mobile game, and since the game has not yet adapted to a mode of more than 60 frames, we can only run at 60 frames in high quality, so it is not a serious test for the Red Devils 7.
When running these two games, in addition to ensuring the smoothness of the frame rate, the Red Devil 7 did not have a perceived obvious heat in the fuselage, indicating that it was more than enough to run MOBA games, and summoners could start with confidence.
Play the correct posture of the FPS mobile game
The next thing we tested was Peace Elite, a game that supports high-quality 60-frame and smooth-quality 90-frame modes, and we tested them separately without any frame drops or heat upshots.
Although it only supports up to 90 frames of operation, the high refresh rate of 165Hz still has a huge improvement on pulling the gun and aiming. In games like Peace Elite, enemies can suddenly appear from any direction at any time, so it is important to quickly rotate the angle to locate the enemy, which can greatly improve the player's chances of survival.
Another FPS we tested was the Call of Duty mobile game, similar to League of Legends, the game did not turn on the 90 frame mode adaptation, so the test ran in high-quality 60 frame mode, the whole run did not drop frames and stutter, the temperature control is also very good, the grip part does not feel hot.
Honestly, I didn't think that mobile phones were suitable devices for playing FPS games, and the reason is that as mentioned earlier, crowded layouts and overly concentrated features can make me feel busy, and many times people really have the urge to drop their phones.
However, the Red Devil 7 continued to break my previous stereotypes, the High Refresh Rate and Shoulder Button function of the Red Devil 7 allowed me to find a more familiar and comfortable shooting feel on the phone, and with its help, I "ate chicken" twice in Peace Elite and became MVP in Call of Duty. This kind of operation experience that is very different on FPS is also the advantage and difference that I personally think that "game phone" has the strongest perception compared to the general "flagship phone".
Challenge the real "Great Demon King"
It can be seen that as a game phone with competitive ability as the selling point, the performance of the Red Devil 7 in competitive games is perfect, but MOBA and FPS in order to prioritize the smoothness, in terms of picture quality, often "spare", and the real test of the game's extreme performance is also an action game.
We first tested it with Battle Doubles Pamish, a fast-paced action game that requires a lot of button feedback and stick heeling, and the Red Devils 7 performs satisfactorily on both.
At the level of picture quality, if you turn on high quality, then "Battle Double Pamish" can still maintain 60 frames running smoothly most of the time, but occasionally there will be more obvious frame drops and catons, and there is no obvious correlation with the number of game screen special effects, it seems that it is only "metaphysics" to drop frames, which should be related to the optimization of the game. The heat of the mobile phone is a state that can be perceived, but has no obvious impact.
The next thing it wants to challenge is the recognized "Great Demon King" in the mobile game industry - "Original God".
Somewhat unexpectedly, after opening the 60-frame mode of "Original God", the running performance of the Red Devil 7 was more stable than that of "Battle Double", and the frame drop also appeared in the scene of the more gorgeous special effects, and there was no obvious frequency reduction phenomenon in the operation of more than half an hour.
The results show that the Red Devil 7 can run the original god at 60 frames of high quality, but it must be admitted that this is the effect forced by the player, so the heat of the game will be more obvious, but the overall can also be controlled within 50 degrees Celsius, and does not affect the player's long-term grip and operation. Overall, when running such a high-quality, optimized and poor game, the performance of the Red Devils 7 is relatively solid.
Judging from the performance of the two action games, the extreme performance of the Red Devil 7 is enough to run such games with better screens, and its performance is actually the ceiling of the current mobile phone, but as mentioned above, in view of the optimization problems of the game itself, especially the all-platform game itself such as "Original God", there are still some unstable situations, so at this stage, it is more recommended that players use the 30 and 40 frame mode to run, so as to obtain a smoother game experience. But I also hope that the Red Devils can bring us a more silky and cheerful performance through subsequent updates.
Partial but no short-board game flagship
The Red Devil 7 phone has also left a deep influence on me elsewhere. The first is charging, as a mobile phone that supports up to 120W fast charging, it is equipped with a 165W charging head, which can meet the power supply needs of Switch, tablets and even laptops. As a person who follows everything when I go out, this kind of charging head that can "drag more" hits my pain points.
In terms of charging speed, the Red Devils 7 is naturally unambiguous. Measured from 20% charging, 2 minutes charging 17%, 5 minutes charging 50%, 13 minutes after fully charged, I believe this speed for the vast majority of users are more than enough.
The Red Devils 7 is paired with a 4500 mAh battery, and after half an hour of 60Hz mode "Original God", half an hour of 120Hz mode of "Glory of kings", half an hour of 120Hz mode Sina Weibo, half an hour of Bilibili video playback and 20 minutes of 120Hz mode Tencent News, the battery capacity is still 58%. This endurance result is also quite excellent.
The Red Devils 7 also adds some special ingenuity to the battery. For example, it supports the game's "screen-off hang-up" feature, which is very useful for some games that require downloading a large number of resource packs. I myself have encountered a dilemma when downloading the resource pack: if the constant screen loses power too quickly, and the power supply is too hot, turning off the display may kill the background, resulting in download failure. The Red Devil 7's "screen-off hang-up" perfectly solves this puzzle and allows me to download the game with confidence.
Many players may have the need to play while charging, but this may lead to more serious heat problems, in this regard, Red Devil 7 supports the "charging separation" function, this function is turned on, in the case of connecting the charging cable, the power supply will bypass the battery directly to power the mobile phone, so as to avoid damage to the battery, and effectively control the heat of the mobile phone.
In addition to game-related features, the Red Devils 7 is also solid in other areas. Taking imaging as an example, in fact, many of the target audiences of game phones are not interested in taking pictures, but the Red Devils 7 is still equipped with a 64 million pixel AI triple camera, and the sample details are very rich, and the white balance, contrast and other aspects are also relatively well controlled. Even if you don't like to take pictures, I believe there will be a whim to record the moment of life, presumably at that time, anyone should hope that the mobile phone in their hands can have a better imaging quality.
At the system level, Red Devil 7 has built-in AI Red Devil Ji Mora, in addition to providing players with services such as information broadcasting during the game, it can also interact with players during daily use, adding some fun.
Overall, the Red Devil 7 is not stingy in terms of stacking materials, full of sincerity: the ultra-high refresh rate of 165Hz brings an incomparably smooth use experience, the "Magic Three Ring Engine" led by the new Snapdragon 8 and the heat dissipation system that has worked hard enough to make it able to exert the strongest game performance, and the various functions and optimizations of the software and hardware level for game design make its game experience have obvious advantages over similar configurations of flagship mobile phones. Taken together, these factors make the Red Devils 7 worthy of the name of "gaming phone".
At the level of taking photos and system experience, the Red Devils 7 also handed over an answer sheet above the standard, making it a different game phone. In the past, when it comes to game phones, people tend to think that this is a mobile phone that is not satisfactory in addition to playing games, and the Red Devil 7 does not "let go of itself" in other aspects on the basis of perfectly meeting the needs of gamers, so that the long board is long enough, and there is no obvious shortcoming.
In an environment where players are increasingly demanding mobile phones for games, the Red Devils 7 is undoubtedly on the right path.