During my time using the RedMagic 11 Air, I had moments that I could see how this phone could be a great deal for its $499 price. Many of the hardware features I like from the more-expensive Pro models have made it to the pared-back Air largely unchanged: It has the big 7,000-mAh battery, 80-watt wired charging, a high-resolution 6.85-inch screen free of any display cutouts and a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor (a slight step down from the highest-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip) that quickly boots up games like Red Dead Redemption and Crazy Taxi.
The RedMagic 11 Air has 80W wired charging.
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But then I actually start using the Air as a phone and see nearly all the same software quirks that annoyed me during my time with last fall’s RedMagic 11 Pro. The RedMagic OS ships with a lot
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