Honor Magic6 series debut with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, up to 1TB storage and 180MP periscope
Honor’s flagship smartphones for 2024 are all about pushing the envelope in terms of hardware. Honor Magic6 and Magic6 Pro feature Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, vivid LTPO OLED displays and impressive triple cameras headlined by a 180MP periscope on the Pro variant.
Magic6 and 6 Pro are equipped with 6.8-inch curved LTPO AMOLEDs with 1,264 x 2,800px resolution and a variable 1-120Hz refresh rate. Honor is touting 1,800 nits of peak brightness in auto mode and up to a whopping 5,000 (five-thousand!) nits of local peak brightness for HDR content.
Honor Magic6 and 6 Pro feature curved 6.8-inch LTPO AMOLED displays
Both displays also feature 4,320Hz ultra-high frequency PWM dimming and pack a 50MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. Magic6 gets a single punch hole cutout while the Pro features a pill for the added 3D depth face unlock module.
The back features a redesigned camera island with a 50MP main cam with f/1.4-f/2.0 variable aperture on the Mgic6 Pro and a 50MP f/1.9 shooter on the Magic6. Honor is also bringing a 180MP periscope lens with 2.5x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom for its Pro model and a 50MP ultrawide lens.
Magic6 Pro brings a f/1.4-f/2.0 variable aperture and a 180MP periscope lens with 2.5x optical and up to 100x digital zoom
The non-Pro gets a 32MP telephoto lens with 2.5 optical and 50x digital zoom alongside a 50MP ultrawide lens.
Both phones come bundled with Honor’s new MagicOS 8.0 based on Android 14. You can choose between 12 and 16GB RAM and up to 1TB of storage on the Pro model.
Honor Magic6 brings a 5,450mAh battery capacity with 66W wired charging and 50W wireless via Honor’s proprietary wireless charger. The Pro variant bumps up to at 5,600 mAh cell with 80W wired and 66W wireless charging.
Connectivity is also impressive with support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 while the Magic6 Pro also gets the added benefit of satellite connectivity in China. Both phones also get IR blasters for controlling home appliances and are IP68 dustproof and water-resistant.
Honor Magic6 and 6 Pro come in black, green, blue, purple, and white colors. Pricing in China starts at CNY 4,399 ($620) for the 12/256GB Magic6 and tops out at CNY 6,699 ($943) for the 16GB RAM and 1TB storage Magic6 Pro.
RAM/Storage | Honor Magic6 | Honor Magic6 Pro |
---|---|---|
12GB/256GB | CNY 4,399 | CNY 5,699 |
16GB/256GB | CNY 4,699 | - |
16GB/512GB | CNY 4,999 | CNY 6,199 |
16GB/1TB | - | CNY 6,699 |
Open sales in China are scheduled to begin on January 18 while international pricing and availability will be detailed at a later stage.
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Reader comments
- Anonymous
- 14 Jan 2024
- gDf
As the "180 megapixel 68mm camera" seems to be a crop from a 180 megapixel 62mm camera, I wondered why they chose 68mm. I think I have an explanation: The 27mm crop from the 50 megapixel 23mm camera will give you approximately 9.1 megapix...
- Anonymous
- 14 Jan 2024
- gDf
Apparently, the field of view of the periscope camera is 62mm in its 201 megapixel mode. I have seen a sample image with 62mm f/2.6 and I also just found this interesting post: twitter.com/ML_Autofocus/status/1745435443376841078?t=tXMxUe7P7AYV6PfPNyU...
- Anonymous
- 14 Jan 2024
- gDf
By the way, the specs on Honor's website indicate that you can take 201 megapixel photos.