Honor Magic7 Pro review

Design, build quality, handling

The Magic7 Pro presents a refined take on last year's design, straightening some of the curves while still maintaining a relatively fluid look. The display is a little flatter, the sides are a little meatier, the camera island squircle is a little less square and a little more circle - the changes are subtle, but the look is fresh and not really generic.

Of course, other than the styling, a large part of the reason why you might be able to tell the Magic7 Pro apart from the other Android handset out there is the pill-shaped cutout on the front. It houses the selfie camera and the 3D face recognition hardware - we're not saying it's pretty, but it's not ugly either, and it serves a purpose. Indeed, we had a very positive experience using the face unlock feature, in all sorts of environments.

Speaking of unlocking, there's one generational change in that area - the Magic7 Pro has made the switch from an optical to an ultrasonic fingerprint reader. Technically, that should mean more trouble-free unlocks with dirty or wet fingers. In general use we found the Magic to be quick and reliable and we do appreciate not having to deal with bright light during the process. The enrollment procedure is pretty fast too, with just three taps on the sensor.

Another of the 2025 upgrades is the IP68/IP69 rating - for the industry as a whole, and for the Magic here in particular. So the 7 Pro should be good for submersion as deep as 1.5m for as long as 30 minutes, as well as being subjected to high pressure water jets with a temperature at up to 80 degrees. We'd advise against testing that yourselves, obviously.

SIM tray protected by a red gasket (dual nano slot, eSIM also an option for SIM2)

Our review unit is the Lunar Shadow Grey colorway, with an allusion to the lunar surface underneath the rear panel's... surface. Breeze Blue is another option trying to invoke thoughts of the sky, and there's also a more incognito Black option. Additionally, a Snowy White variant is available in China, but seemingly not anywhere else for now.

Our Lunar Shadow Grey review unit

Regardless of color, the rear panel is made of glass and has a fine silky textured finish as opposed to being glossy. Yes, it's plenty slippery. The display is protected by NanoCrystal Shield glass, an Honor-exclusive concoction that they say has 10 times better drop resistance than regular glass, whatever that means. At this point, it's probably about as tough as anything else used for similar applications. The frame is aluminum.

Glass back • NanoCrystal Shield front • Aluminum sides