WHY Does a Gaming Phone Exist in 2024? - REDMAGIC 9S Pro

I took the plunge and bought the REDMAGIC 9S Pro to see if gaming phones are still worth it in 2024. Despite some impressive specs and benchmarks, I discovered some major drawbacks that make me question the whole concept of gaming phones. This is why I think you're better off with a regular flagship or dedicated handheld for gaming.

Chapter Titles:
0:00 A Gaming Phone in 2024?
0:54 Unboxing REDMAGIC 9S Pro
2:48 Hello Mora
4:02 Gaming
6:01 Benchmarks
8:52 Hardware
10:56 Performance
11:55 Software
13:44 Camera
14:38 Conclusion

[REDMAGIC]

Austin Evans reviewing REDMAGIC 9S Pro was not on my bingo card 👀

Appreciate the video and feedback!

[wadeepperson]

I've never seen a single ad for one of these 😂. It would be cool to get some different ads.

[zpark_kingz]

i really don't think they should be having someone who doesn't game that much review a GAMING phone...

[zombieterrorist]

You keep comparing it to a phone that's considerably more expensive instead of something that's closer to it's price range. And you gave the Samsung another unfair advantage by testing it with the external fan and not using it with the phone it's actually for ? Couldn't you test it on both of the phones to keep it fair ? You had it out for this phone from the beginning not a great review.

[raken]

feels like this review is an Ad for Samsung lmao

[i_forgor_whar]

aaand get ready for rule 34 artists to immediately getting to work with Mora

[brianc]

Try gaming on S24 ultra with warm weather.. then you'll know why we need gaming phones.

[ShockingPikachu]

Its unbelievably sad how excited we get about headphone jacks.
I cant be the only one getting really annoyed with bluetooth headphones. Sometimes i want the reliability of a cable :/

[OjsGloves]

I have never seen an ad for this in my lifetime

[dolan-duk]

Love the camera bump-less back and the under display front camera. I almost never use the front camera so a lower image quality there doesn't really matter.

[donarmando]

"who doesn't want to use the front facing camera on their phone?" obviously the ones paying 900 for a gaming phone and not a flagship lmao

[DashedSimpusMaximus]

Honestly, I hardly ever use a front facing camera.
So under the screen is fine even if lower quality.
And yes, more software updates, more is better.

[iash]

And that's why people who aren't playing Mobile games regularly shouldn't review Gaming phones
Because they don't know why Redmagic or Rogs are better than normal flagships
For once the touch sampling rate is way better on gaming phones
And the ability to retain fps in intense situations during the gaming session is so much better
For example: the s24 ultra drop frames alot while playing codm Ranked lobbies (no I'm not talking about elite or master lobbies or your pubs any phone can run fine while playing low ranked matches or pubs I'm talking Legendary ranked and scrims) the fps some times drop to 90 which messes up sensitivity increases motion blur and touch sampling as well not to mention it gets extremely hot
while redmagic retains fps like you can get 115-120 easily yes it gets hot but only like 40-41°C max
So yes it is worth it for People to buy these gaming phones if they want to play at the highest ranks comfortably

[ivanhoek]

Bruh you missed the entire point of a gaming phone.. it's not as much about the hardware/performance these days, but rather about gaming specific features - things like bypass charging, additional charging ports (so your cable can be routed around your hands), macro creation and execution (to grind in games), video recording and sharing features, etc etc...

It's not just about FPS because as you point out, regular phones can do that - what they can't do is all the other stuff. Oh, and have you tried playing a mobile game in the summer - outside - on a non-gaming phone? I have.. it doesn't end well. On a gaming phone, the base level cooling is better, plus they have additional active cooling - you can actually play the games. Extended gaming sessions have no problems on gaming phones either.

[DragonoxForce]

funny thing is if you also put the cooler on the redmagic you'd prob get even better performance i'd assume.
whole point of a gaming phone is to game on them for long period of time without as much throttling, ontop of the fact they got charging separation too so you can actual game with it plugged in without it using the battery which should help its battery lifecycle and prob performance too. (idk why other phones still don't do this)

i'd 100% buy one, not only because it's cheaper for flagship specs but i do a ton of gaming on my phone so getting the most out of it would be a pretty big +.

[BckupHere]

Removing charger from the phone box for environmental sustainability is the most BS phase every smartphone consumer is going through

[hmoham]

Might be controversial, but sometimes you need these 'Gaming' phones to push the envelope that will then in a few years will become the standard, if not for these phones, we'd likely not get the 120hz displays, or the better controller support, or better cooling, maybe even more RAM and storage options.
So I say let these smaller players continue to push the industry so in a few years we'll get better features as standard.

[dylives]

_"OMG, a headphone jack?"_

- Average iPhone user in 2018 looking at Android phones.

[Styphoryte]

Dude those live wallpapers are the modern day BonziBuddy I swear 😂

[nethri]

Who doesn't want to use the front facing camera.... and here I am thinking to myself "no biggie, I almost never use the front facing camera".. LOL