World’s first smartphone with 24GB of RAM is now official

The world’s first smartphone with 24GB of RAM is now official, it’s the RedMagic 8S Pro+. Well, the company announced both the RedMagic 8S Pro and 8S Pro+ variants. The differences are in the RAM, storage, battery and charging departments. RedMagic has been teasing these smartphones for a while now, and now we finally have all the details.

World’s first smartphone with 24GB of RAM is official

The devices got announced in China, but at least one is almost certainly coming to global markets. We’ll have to wait for more info on that, however, as today’s event was fully focused on the Chinese market. Chances are the RedMagic 8S Pro will be launched globally, though.

Let’s talk about the design first. The RedMagic 8S Pro (both the  8S Pro & Pro+ look the same) definitely looks a lot like the RedMagic 8 Pro. The flat sides are once again combined with a flat display that has thin bezels. RedMagic once again opted for an under-display camera, so that you get as much screen real estate as possible.

Three cameras sit on the back of these two devices, and one variant of the phone even features a see-through back. This is a gaming smartphone series, and the phones feature an ICE 12.0 cooling system, which has a 3D vapor chamber, and a graphene heat sink. There is also a cooling fan included in the mix.

An overclocked version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is used here

These devices come with an overclocked version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, basically the one we’ve seen in the Galaxy S23 series. RedMagic also included up to 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM here (Pro+ model only), and up to 1TB of UFS 4.0 flash storage.

The RedMagic 8S Pro includes a 6,000mAh battery, and supports 80W wired charging. The Pro+ model, however, comes with a 5,000mAh battery, but it supports 165W wired charging.

Shoulder triggers are included in the package, and the same goes for an RGB light on the back. A 16-megapixel under-display camera is used here, and a 50-megapixel main camera (ISOCELL GN5 sensor). An 8-megapixel ultrawide camera also sits on the back, as does a 2-megapixel depth/macro camera.

You do get an audio jack here

RedMagic opted to include a 3.5mm headphone jack on its new devices, while they also support Wi-Fi 7.

The RedMagic 8S Pro with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage costs CNY3,999 ($552), that’s the entry-level model. For the top-end variant, though, the RedMagic 8S Pro+ with 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, users have to set aside CNY7,499 ($1,036).