Nubia Red Magic 3S Will Also Come with the Snapdragon 855 Plus

Jul. 23, 2019

After Qualcommannounced the new Snapdragon 855 Pluswith increased CPU and GPU clock speeds, companies jumped at the chance to bring phones out with the new flagship processor. Asus announced that theROG Phone 2willcome with the Snapdragon 855 Plus, Xiaomi is expected to launch theBlack Shark 2 with a Snapdragon 855 Pluson July 30, aRedmi phone with Snapdragon 855 Pluswas recently confirmed, and rumors are suggesting that thePixel 4 and 4 XL will also come with the Snapdragon 855 Plus.

Well, joining the ranks of these smartphones that have been confirmed or are rumoured to pack in the Snapdragon 855 Plus, Nubia is expected to put the latest flagship processor in its upcoming gaming phone too — the Nubia Red Magic 3S.

This isn’t confirmed yet, but comes from industry insider Sudhanshu Ambhore, who tweeted that Nubia’s upcoming Red Magic 3S will come with the Snapdragon 855 Plus.

The Snapdragon 855 Plus doesn’t change a whole lot in terms of hardware, but overclocks the Kryo 485 cores in the processor to a whopping 2.96GHz, while the Adreno 640 is claimed to be clocked 15% higher than the 640 in the regular Snapdragon 855.

Meanwhile, the Red Magic 3S is shrouded in mystery, with no details about the phone being available so far, other than this Snapdragon 855 Plus rumour. Still, since it’s a gaming phone, it should come with 8 to 12GB of RAM, and 256 to 512GB onboard storage, along with some exciting gaming centric features.