Red Magic expanded its ecosystem today with what seems like a natural addition: a gaming laptop called the Red Magic Titan 16 Pro. It debuted in China back in July, but now it’s finally going international, and we’ve got one in for review.
It’s a mighty laptop, packing an Intel Core i9 processor and an Nvidia GPU – ours came with the RTX4060, but there’s also an RTX4070 version available. The laptop has an over-engineered gaming aesthetic that’s similar to the Red Magic smartphones and a bunch of other portable gaming computers.
The Titan is fairly heavy by modern standards, with its 2.4kg body measuring 23.9mm thick. That’s to be expected if you want anything approaching the decent cooling that’s mandatory for a smooth gaming session, but it’s not the easiest thing to lug around.
The two-piece, proprietary charger required to keep the GPU and CPU powered at full capacity weighs about as much as some ultraportables we’ve recently reviewed.
In terms of specs, our unit comes with 32GB of DDR5 RAM made by Samsung, while the SSD is 1TB with a read speed of 7,000MB/s; there’s also a PCIe 4.0 M.2 expansion slot for adding a second SSD. There are also two large fans running at 3,850RPM, dual speakers, and 100W PD fast charging support.
There’s one full-size HDMI port, three USB-A ports on three different sides, a regular USB-C, and a Thunderbolt 4 USB-C.
The Red Magic Titan 16 Pro comes with an RGB backlit keyboard, because of course it is. The Red Magic logo on the cover also lights up in different colors, leaving everyone in no doubt that this is, in fact, a gaming laptop.
The Red Magic Titan 16 Pro features a 16” 2.5K display with a 240Hz refresh rate. That’s a pretty demanding task, but in our full review we’ll take a look at how the GPU handles it.
We will come with a verdict in a few weeks. Stay tuned!