The Chinese manufacturer Honor has finally introduced its Honor Magic 8 Pro Air and Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design smartphones in its home country, China.
Here are the details.
Honor Magic 8 Pro Air
Features
The device features a 6.31-inch LTPO OLED display with a 1.5K screen resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, 6000 nits of peak brightness, and 4320Hz PWM Dimming. It is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC paired with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. It runs on MagicOS 10, based on Android 16.
The smartphone is backed by a 5500 mAh Qinghai Lake battery and supports 80W wired fast charging and 50W wireless fast charging. It packs a 50MP main camera, 50MP ultra-wide angle camera, and 64MP periscope telephoto lens on the rear side, while on the front it features a 50MP selfie camera. It arrives with a 6.1mm thin body and weighs 155g.
Other features include 1.08mm ultra-narrow four-sided bezel, luxury car-style paint process, AI Zoom Array Flash, 530MPa high-strength aerospace aluminium integrated mid-frame, IP68 & IP69 rating, 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, eye-friendly features, Honor Circada Wing architecture, stereo dual-field speakers, eSIM & SIM dual standby, AI Button, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, industry’s first CCD strobe portrait mode, USB Type-C, WiFi 7, and Honor Giant Rhino Glass Protection.
Availability
The smartphone is available in Light Orange, Fairy Purple, Feather White, and Shadow Black colours. The pre-orders are now open in China, and the official sale will start on 23rd January. The prices (retail price) are given below:
- 12/256GB- 4999 Yuan
- 12/512GB- 5299 Yuan
- 16/512GB- 5599 Yuan
- 16GB/1TB- 5999 Yuan
Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design
Features
The device features a Classic Porsche Streamer design and a Classic Porsche matrix headlights-inspired rear camera module. It comes with a microcrystalline nano-ceramics back panel. It has a Mohs hardness of 8.5 and an A0-grade mirror polish. This special edition device also offers an exclusive theme and magic lock screen.
It also supports the Professional Imaging Kit that includes a magnetic camera grip. The phone case has a 67mm filter adapter ring and can also be fitted with a 200mm Nox telephoto lens.
Coming to its specs, the device sports a 6.71-inch 8T LTPO quad-curved OLED display that offers 1.5K screen resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 6000 nits peak brightness, 4320Hz PWM Dimming, and the display is protected by Honor Giant Rhino Glass. It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC paired with LPDDR5X Extreme Edition and UFS 4.1 storage. It runs on MagicOS 10, based on Android 16.
The smartphone packs a 200MP telephoto lens, 50MP main camera and 50MP ultra-wide-angle lens on the rear side, while on the front it features a 50MP selfie camera+ 3D depth sensing camera. It is backed by a 7200 mAh Qinghai Lake battery and supports 120W wired fast charging and 80W wireless fast charging.
Other features include CIPA 6.5 image stabilisation, Honor AI Oasis Eye Protection screen, IP68+IP69K rating, 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, 3D face recognition, Honor AI Surround Sound with dual 1216 speakers, YOYO intelligent agent, AiMAGE colour engine, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, WiFi, Tiando Satellite communication, BeiDou satellite communication, and 2nd-gen self-developed Satellite chip.
Availability
The device comes in Moonlight Stone and Slate Grey colours. The pre-orders are now open in China, and the official sale will start on 23rd January.
- 16/51GB- 7999 Yuan
- 24GB/1TB- 8999 Yuan
