RedMagic Astra 2 Tablet Launched in China, Dubbed Gaming Tablet 5 Pro For Now

Nubia RedMagic has just unveiled a brand new tablet, that’s known as Red Magic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro in China and will most likely end up as the Red Magic Astra 2 Tablet in Europe. This is one of the most powerful tablets unveiled in 2026 and it’s meant for gaming.

The successor to the RedMagic Astra features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, as well as up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of UFS 4.1 Pro storage. The specs also include a 9.06 inch OLED display with a 2.4K resolution, meaning 2400 x 1504 pixels. It provides a refresh rate of 185 Hz, compared to the first gen’s 165 Hz. In order to keep latency low, RedMagic is using a Synaptics S3930 touch controller.

It supports a 300 Hz touch sampling rate. There’s also a proprietary RedMagic RedCore R4 gaming chip, plus an updated active liquid cooling system, that’s exposed on the back. It even comes with RGB lighting, as any gaming tablet should. An interesting feature I didn’t know much about is the PC Emulator with Steam support. Not sure how legit it is, but it’s integrated within the Game Space app and enables x86 applications and games to run on the machine.

According to RedMagic, users should be able to play titles up to 144 Hz and up to 2K resolution. There’s also an 8300 mAh battery with 80W fast charging and an extra USB-C port, that lets you do charging and connect peripherals. Only the main bottom port is an USB 3.2 one and supports 80W charging speed.

Price and availability

The RedMagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro is available in Silver Wing and Dark Night. It starts at $736 with 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage and goes to $904 in the 16 GB RAM, 1 TB config. The first units are coming to China on July 7th.

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