The ZTE RedMagic Astra has a footprint of 207 mm wide by 134.2 mm tall and a volume of 191.68 cm³, with a slim 6.9 mm profile and a weight of 370 g. It carries an IP54 ingress protection rating, meaning it offers resistance against dust and water splashes, though it does not come with a stylus, a detachable keyboard, or backlit keyboard support.
The ZTE RedMagic Astra features a 9.06″ OLED/AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 2400 x 1504 pixels and a pixel density of 313 ppi, backed by a typical brightness of 1100 nits. It supports a 165Hz refresh rate alongside a 240Hz touch sampling rate, and the panel is protected by branded damage-resistant glass. The display does not include an anti-reflection coating and lacks support for HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision.
The ZTE RedMagic Astra is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, built on a 3nm process with an 8-core CPU running at up to 4.32 GHz, a TDP of 8.2W, and support for 64-bit, big.LITTLE, and HMP technologies. It comes with 24GB of RAM running at 5300 MHz across 2 memory channels, delivering a maximum bandwidth of 85.1 GB/s, and 1024GB of internal storage with no external memory slot. The Adreno 830 GPU runs at 1100 MHz with 1536 shading units and supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 3, with integrated graphics capable of driving up to 2 displays simultaneously. Cache configuration spans 192KB of L1, 12MB of L2, and 8MB of L3, while the SoC also integrates LTE and includes TrustZone and ECC memory support. Running Android 15, the device scores 3234 in Geekbench 6 single-core and 10059 in multi-core.
The ZTE RedMagic Astra includes a 13MP rear CMOS camera capable of recording 4K video at 30fps, with a single LED flash, a video light, and support for touch autofocus, continuous autofocus during recording, slow-motion video, HDR mode, and in-camera panoramas, though it lacks optical zoom, optical image stabilization, a BSI sensor, burst mode, and 360° panorama shooting. Manual controls cover ISO, focus, exposure, and white balance, while manual shutter speed is not available, and HDR10 and Dolby Vision recording are not supported. On the front, a 9MP camera with an f/2.2 aperture handles selfies, though it has no dedicated LED flash.
The ZTE RedMagic Astra features stereo speakers but omits a 3.5mm headphone jack and has no built-in radio. On the wireless audio side, none of the Bluetooth codec extensions are supported, meaning aptX, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent.
The ZTE RedMagic Astra houses an 8200 mAh rechargeable battery with support for fast charging and a battery level indicator, though it does not support wireless charging and the battery is not removable.
The ZTE RedMagic Astra supports Wi-Fi 4, 5, and 6 along with Bluetooth 5.4, and connects via USB Type-C 3.2 with download and upload speeds of 10,000 Mbits/s and 3,500 Mbits/s respectively. It does not include a cellular module, 5G support, NFC, GPS, HDMI output, Ethernet, or Galileo navigation, and biometric authentication is handled by a fingerprint scanner only, as 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are absent. Sensors on board include a gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass, while a barometer and infrared sensor are not present. On the software side, the device offers a broad set of features including on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, media picker, widgets, full-page screenshots, customizable notifications, app offloading, an extra dim mode, battery health check, child lock, multi-user support, sharing intents, and mobile device tracking. Privacy options cover location controls, camera and microphone access management, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, Wi-Fi password sharing, focus modes, Quick Start, and direct OS vendor updates are not supported.
The ZTE RedMagic Astra uses DDR5 memory and supports multithreading for handling concurrent processing tasks.
