Honor Magic7 Pro review

Competition

The Magic7 Pro is another entry in a long list of high-end phones we've been getting lately - 2025 flagships with top-of-the-line hardware and a focus on camera performance. With an MSRP of €1300, it costs about what you'd expect at launch - perhaps a touch too much, but not unreasonable, and with room for discounts. There's not a shortage of options for that kind of money, possibly even less.

The first one that comes to mind is the vivo X200 Pro thanks to its similar at first sight telephoto camera, which is in practice superior in many ways, helping make the vivo the better cameraphone altogether, even if the Honor's selfies are an argument in its favor. The Find X8 Pro is another similar option, though it tackles zooming in a different, two-camera way - it's again possibly a better choice for photography overall.

A slightly different approach would be going for the Galaxy S24 Ultra. It's a very competent cameraphone too, of course, but it's also a productivity powerhouse on top of that in part because of being the only viable option with a stylus. You'll save some cash too, seeing how the S24 Ultra is now a year old, its successor right around the corner. Savings are to be had if you choose the OnePlus 13 too - with the only real sacrifice being telephoto closeups. And one last thing - the Magic6 Pro, last year's model, is more or less the same phone, at two thirds of the price of the 7 Pro.

vivo X200 Pro • Oppo Find X8 Pro • Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra • OnePlus 13 • Honor Magic6 Pro

Verdict

The Magic7 Pro does a lot of things right - to the high standard you'd expect from a top-shelf model - and it also manages to stand out in a couple of ways worth mentioning. At least two of them can be found in the pill-shaped cutout in the display - the selfie camera and the 3D face scanning bits that you can't get on all that many Androids. The unusually loud speakers are also possibly a selling point.

Honor's approach to zoomed in photos starts off promisingly with a sizable sensor, but is a bit of letdown in practice because of the added digital magnification. The smaller battery capacity for Europe-bound units is also a questionable development and one that is preventing the Magic7 Pro from achieving its full potential.

In the end, the Magic7 Pro isn't bringing us the level of camera excitement we hoped it would (and the level it just should be able to attain with its hardware). It's also not a significant enough update to the otherwise pretty appealing 2024 model.

Pros

• IP69-rated design.
• High-end OLED (w/ Dolby Vision).
• Very fast charging.
• 3D Face unlock and superb selfies.
• Top-notch sustained performance.
• Speakers are louder than most.
• Competent camera system overall.
• Wi-Fi 7; eSIM support, IR blaster.

Cons

• Europe gets a smaller battery and no bundled charger.
• Telephoto camera's default photo output is suboptimal.