The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova has a footprint of 164.6 x 253.3 mm with a thickness of 7.3 mm and a weight of 530 g, giving it a fairly substantial physical presence in line with its large-screen design. The device does not include a stylus, detachable keyboard, or backlit keyboard, and it offers no water resistance rating. Tilt sensitivity is also absent, reflecting a straightforward accessory-free build focused on the core tablet experience.
The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova features a 10.9-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 2880 x 1800 px at 312 ppi, paired with a 144Hz refresh rate and an exceptionally high 840Hz touch sampling rate suited to responsive input. The display includes an anti-reflection coating but does not use branded damage-resistant glass or sapphire glass. HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision are not supported, and the panel is not an e-paper type.
The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, built on a 4nm process with an 8-thread CPU configuration running at speeds of up to 3.3 GHz across its big.LITTLE and HMP architecture, alongside an Adreno 750 GPU clocked at 900 MHz with integrated graphics supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenVG 1.2, and OpenCL 2. The chip carries a TDP of 12.5W, an L2 cache of 1MB, and an L3 cache of 12MB, with integrated LTE and TrustZone security also on-die. The tablet comes with 24GB of DDR5 RAM at 4800 MHz across two memory channels, offering up to 76.6 GB/s of bandwidth and a maximum supported memory of 24GB, paired with 1024GB of internal storage via eMMC 5.1 — with no external memory slot available. Geekbench 6 results are recorded at 2213 single-core and 7325 multi-core, and the device runs Android 14 with full 64-bit support.
The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova has a 50MP rear CMOS camera capable of recording 4K video at 30fps, with slow-motion recording, touch autofocus, continuous autofocus during video, a video light, and a single LED flash also available. Manual controls cover ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, though manual shutter speed is not supported. The rear camera has no optical zoom, no optical image stabilization, and no back-illuminated sensor, and in-camera panorama, 360-degree panorama, burst mode, and 3D recording are all absent. On the front, a 20MP camera is included without a front-facing flash, and neither HDR10 nor Dolby Vision recording is supported on either camera.
The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova includes stereo speakers but does not have a 3.5mm headphone jack or a built-in radio. On the wireless audio side, none of the Bluetooth codec enhancements are supported — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent.
The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova houses a 10,100 mAh rechargeable battery with fast charging support and a battery level indicator. The battery is sealed and not user-removable, and wireless charging is not available.
The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova connects via Wi-Fi with listed download and upload speeds of 10,000 and 3,500 Mbit/s respectively, and includes NFC and a USB Type-C port, though it has no cellular module, 5G support, GPS, HDMI output, or Ethernet. Sensors on board include an accelerometer and compass, while a barometer, infrared sensor, and iris scanner are not present. Biometric security is handled by a fingerprint scanner, with 3D facial recognition unavailable. On the software side, the device supports multi-user operation, split screen, Picture-in-Picture, dark mode, dynamic and manual theme customization, widgets, media picker, full-page screenshots, customizable notifications, child lock, voice commands, offline voice recognition, on-device machine learning, battery health check, and the ability to play games while they download. Privacy features include location privacy options, camera and microphone access controls, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though Mail Privacy Protection, cross-site tracking blocking, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not supported. The device does not offer Quick Start, app offloading, focus modes, direct OS vendor updates, a built-in projector, Galileo satellite support, or device position tracking via the platform.
The ZTE Nubia Red Magic Nova uses DDR5 memory and supports multithreading, allowing the processor to handle multiple threads simultaneously for more efficient task execution.
