Honor Magic 7 Pro debuts in China with iPhone-threatening specs

300MP camera system

The combined pixel count of the three cameras on the Honor Magic 7 Pro comes to 300 MP. There's one 50MP main camera with a large 1/1.3-inch Super Dynamic HONOR Falcon Camera H9000 HDR sensor (probably the same rebranded OmniVision OV50H we know from the previous generation).

There's another 50MP sensor under the ultrawide lens, and finally, a huge 200MP 1/1.4-inch telephoto sensor finishes the job. We suspect this is the same 1/1.4-inch Samsung S5KHP9 sensor used under the telephoto lens inside the Vivo X100 Ultra.

The hardware of the camera is assisted by Honor's Image Engine 3.0. This engine includes algorithms for portrait refinement, light and shadow enhancement, snapshot enhancement, and telephoto optimization. Finally, the Harcourt Portrait mode is also present.

5,850 mAh third generation silicon-carbon battery

Honor was the first brand to take this tech outside China and offer it inside the Magic 6 Pro. Now we're at the third gen of the silicon-carbon battery, where there's some silicon embedded into the carbon anode, offering expanded capacity.

The battery of the Honor Magic 7 Pro is rated at 5,850 mAh, 250 mAh more than the one in the previous generation. Along with the ample battery, the flagship comes with fast wired and wireless charging, 100W and 80W, respectively.

Snapdragon 8 Elite onboard

Unsurprisingly, the Honor Magic 7 Pro features the latest and eagerly awaited Qualcomm silicon, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. We already had numerous leaked benchmarks of this chipset, and the results are quite promising. Some say Qualcomm has finally been able to beat Apple on the smartphone silicon scene.

Design and Display

The design of the Honor Magic 7 Pro follows the same language the company used in its predecessor. There's a slight curvature on the back glass; the camera system occupied a circular housing, but this year around the quad-curved display is flatter with more gentle curvature all around.

Speaking of the display, it's a 6.82-inch AMOLED panel with 5,000 nits advertised peak brightness, 1-120Hz variable refresh rate, and a bunch of eye-care features and certifications, including Circular Polarized Display, Dry Eye Friendly, HONOR AI Defocus Display, 4320Hz Risk-free PWM Dimming, Circadian Night Display, and Natural Tone Display.

We're already familiar with most of these from the Honor V3 foldable, so it's a good thing we're seeing the tech dripping down to the regular flagship of the company. The Honor Magic 7 Pro is available in Moon Shadow Gray, Snow White, Sky Blue, and Velvet Black.

MagicOS 9.0 now comes with a working smart assistant

Honor already unveiled the MagicOS 9.0 a couple of days ago, and this Android 14 based UI powers the Magic 7 Pro. There are some interesting additions onboard, such as the YOYO Agent, a smart assistant that was present on previous versions but not operational.

This YOYO Agent should act as your smart companion, helping with daily tasks and using simple commands. We're not sure which of the features will be available in the global variant, so we have to wait and test it when the Honor Magic 7 Pro launches globally.

There's another interesting feature, which is China-only at the moment. The AI Deep Fake detection feature should help users identify spam and fake calls and videocalls. Finally, there's a circle to search feature coming to the AI suite as well, where you will be able to circle objects to activate text and image comprehension.

Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche Design

Good news for Porsche fans! The Magic 7 Pro will get its own RSR edition, just like its predecessor. The phone will borrow some design elements from the Taycan Turbo S sports car and will feature a hexagonal camera design plus the same nitride-oxide anti-scratch coating as the previous Porsche Design model.

The Honor Magic 7 Pro starts at 5699 yuan (around $799) for the 12/256GB version.