Two flagship launches in a single 12 months – why not, given the tempo of technological enchancment. Honor unveiled the Magic6 sequence this January and at the moment it brings the sequel with a brand new chipset, even larger batteries, sooner charging, more durable our bodies and extra.
Each the Honor Magic7 and Magic7 Professional are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite and so they leverage its NPU compute energy for quite a lot of AI duties that vary from a digital assistant to enhancements to digicam processing.
Each Magic7 telephones are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite
The massive improve on the Honor Magic7 Professional is the 200MP telephoto digicam, changing the already spectacular 180MP shooter on the Magic6 Professional. The brand new sensor is kind of giant – 1/1.4” is “principal digicam” materials for sure different flagships – and sits behind a 60mm lens. This provides a comfortable 2.5x zoom on the brief finish, which you’ll be able to prolong all the best way to 100x with digital zoom.
The Magic7 Professional has a formidable 200MP 1/1.4” sensor in its tele digicam
The primary digicam stays the identical with a 50MP 1/1.3” sensor and a variable aperture (f/1.4-f/2.0), plus OIS. The extremely broad digicam is actually the identical too, with a 50MP sensor and a 12mm f/2.0 lens (122°), which might focus at a simply a few centimeters away to take macro pictures.
The front-facing digicam has one more 50MP sensor and a large 90° lens (f/2.0). The pill-shaped cutout holds it and the 3D face scanner for safe biometric unlocking. In contrast to camera-based approaches, this one works in the dead of night because it has its personal IR illuminator. To be truthful, the ultrasonic fingerprint reader works in the dead of night too.
6.8” LTPO show with a 3D face scanner
The reader is constructed into the 6.8” LTPO OLED show (1-120Hz) with 1,280 x 2,800px decision and 10-bit colours (Dolby Imaginative and prescient). The worldwide peak brightness is 1,600 nits, however HDR content material can go as much as 5,000 nits. All that gentle is reigned in with high-frequency PWM dimming (4,320Hz). Be aware that the show isn’t flat, however is “micro quad curved”.
The battery contained in the Professional has grown to five,850mAh (250mAh greater than the Magic6 Professional), the larger enchancment right here is the sooner charging – 100W wired and 80W wi-fi, in comparison with 80W/66W for the older cellphone.
The Honor Magic7 additionally has an LTPO OLED show (1-120Hz), a flat 6.78” panel this time (1,264 x 2,800px). This mannequin additionally switches to an ultrasonic fingerprint reader (the Magic6 and Professional from January used optical readers). There’s no 3D face scanner right here, so you may have simply the fingerprint reader (and a smaller gap in your display screen).
Predictably, the vanilla cellphone loses the superior telephoto module, however the remainder is mainly the identical. The tele here’s a 50MP 68mm module with OIS (3x optical, as much as 50x digital zoom). It’s joined by a 50MP principal (1/1.3” sensor, mounted f/1.9 aperture) and 50MP extremely broad (122° with macro mode). The selfie digicam has a 50MP sensor and a 90° lens.
Honor Magic7 digicam
The Magic7 has a 3rd technology Honor Qinghai Lake battery – the identical branding as on the Professional, however we’re not seeing a point out of Silicon-Carbon. It doesn’t matter, although, the capability is what counts and the brand new vanilla cellphone has a 5,650mAh battery (200mAh greater than its predecessor) and helps the identical quick charging because the Professional at 100W wired and 80W wi-fi (up from 66W/55W).
Honor Magic7 batteries have extra capability and sooner charging
It’s additionally value noting that the Magic6 had no mud or water resistance ranking, the Magic6 Professional had IP68. However the Magic7 and Magic7 Professional are more durable than each with not solely IP68, but in addition IP69 (resistance towards sizzling water jets).
Each telephones are rated IP68/IP69
It’s nice to see the “vanilla” mannequin be on par with the Professional on so many issues – chipset, a lot of the cameras, battery tech, waterproofing. This contains satellite tv for pc connectivity, however since it’s based mostly on the Beidou system, it is going to most probably be obtainable solely in China.
Honor Magic7 and Magic7 Professional costs in China
The 2 Magic7 fashions go on pre-order at the moment and Honor will begin promoting them on November 8 (Friday subsequent week). The vanilla Honor Magic7 begins at CNY 4,500 for the bottom 12/256GB mannequin (this converts to $630/€585/₹53,000. There are a number of improve choices: 12/512GB for CNY 4,800, 16/512GB for CNY 5,000 and 16GB/1TB for CNY 5,500.
Honor Magic7 coloration choices
The Honor Magic7 Professional begins at CNY 5,700 for a 12/256GB mannequin ($800/€740/₹67,250). A few larger tiers can be found too: 16/512GB for CNY 6,200 and 16GB/1TB for CNY 6,700.
Honor Magic7 Professional coloration choices
