TL;DR
- After launching in China last month, REDMAGIC’s liquid-cooled gaming tablet is now on sale globally.
- REDMAGIC Astra 2 comes with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 185Hz OLED display and huge battery with fast charging.
- Although the tablet goes on sale globally today, it won’t be available for purchase before the end of August.
As we promised last month, REDMAGIC’s newest liquid-cooled gaming tablet now globally known as Astra 2. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, supports native PC gaming emulation, and has one of the nicest designs you’ll find on Android tablets.
The highlight of the design is the new blue-colored liquid cooling mechanism, which the Astra 2 bends from the rear glass and even under the logo. REDMAGIC has further embellished it with RGB lighting, making the tablet utility even more important. The refrigerator can operate in an extreme temperature range of -60ºC to 125ºC (-76ºF to 257ºF). But in contrast The latest gaming phone from REDMAGIC or some previous devices, the tablet lacks a physical fan to cool the system faster.
On the front is a 9-inch OLED display with a 185Hz refresh rate, 2.4K resolution and a custom Synaptics chip for faster touch response. Underneath, you get an 8,300 mAh battery split into two cells for faster charging. The tablet also supports 80W fast wired charging, and while you get a brick in the box, you can use almost any USB-PD compatible charger to achieve those speeds.
In addition Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5the tablet also packs a RedCore R4 gaming chip that handles additional customization features that can run on top of games. There are two configurations with RAM and storage options including 12GB + 256GB and 16GB + 512GB. Both of these options are available in two different colors: Black Eclipse and Silver Starfrost.
In addition, the tablet gets not one, but two USB-C ports with USB 3.2 Gen 2, which also supports DisplayPort output. The global variant comes with REDMAGIC OS 11 based on Android 16. The ZTE-owned brand makes no promises about future Android updates.
REDMAGIC Astra 2 Gaming Tablet: Price and Availability
Speaking of availability, while REDMAGIC announced the tablet today for global markets, it won’t be available until next month. REDMAGIC plans to make early bird vouchers available by mid-August, with pre-orders starting in late August. It will also go on sale in “late August,” but there’s no word on the exact dates either way.
As for the price, the REDMAGIC Astra 2 will start at $749 for the base variant and $849 for the higher trim. There’s no word on the actual early bird incentives the company plans to offer, but we’ll keep an eye out for future announcements.
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