Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design hands-on

15 January 2025
Our first impressions of Honor's all-out flagship.

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OneBraincelledWunkus, 14 hours agoOh, oops. Well you mean when zoomed in/cropped right? Well ... moreNo, look at the review, the Magic7 Pro's lens is 69mm natively and they use some sort of cropping and then upscaling to hit the "3x" tag. And then the 2x crop of the telephoto, in other words the 6x shots, look as bad as the x200 pro's 10x shots to me, if not worse. I don't think Honor can competently process this sensor's shots at all.

I don't understand why you're being defensive and telling me to get a dslr when i was just pointing out the fact that the Honor is doing bad for the sensor it has and for the amount of money it's asking. The X200 Pro already exists on the global market and gives you far superior zoomed shots. My point wasn't that phones are bad at zooming so all cameras suck, my point was that the Honor sucks.

Judging by the way gsmarena typed its review, it seems the lens is still 2.5x and they're just upscaling to 3x. A very bad attempt at upscaling and i'd say this is just blatant false advertising. AT least the Find X6 Pro listed itself as 2.8x, the Magic7 Pro is just lying on the spec page.

THAT is what i was referring to when i meant upscaled nonsense, they're stretching a 2.5x photo to 3x and that just doesn't look great. The Magic7 Pro's telephoto is only "good" but a 200MP 1/1.4" sensor shouldn't be "just" good, it should be excellent, if not exceptional. So the RSR version having a better hardware won't matter much when the software is going to nuke the end result. I hope i was able to clarify my point in a sufficient manner.

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    The Android Freak, 17 Jan 2025Oppo Find X8 Ultra and Xiaomi 15 Ultra will be the only one... more
    Damn good camera phones indeed, and I'd add the Vivo X200 Ultra (yet to be announced IIRC, but likely to appear) to complete that shortlist of "the Big Three". But following the news and rumours here only the Xiaomi is likely to be released internationally, whereas the Oppo and Vivo will remain China only.

      jiyen235, 17 hours agoBRO i was talking about the JN5 with that guy. Besides, ... moreOh, oops. Well you mean when zoomed in/cropped right? Well yeah, it's just another gimmick you can have, if you actually cared so much and want good images at range you'd spend your money on a 600mm lens and a crop camera to get a ~950-1000mm equivalent focal length or even better a micro four thrids camera to get a 2x crop, 1200mm equivalent.

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        I have never seen phone manufactures get enough rest in the last decade. They seems turning it as a hobby. We can notice how many new phones have been produced in a month with different design, hardware configuration and OS. Now Honor realeases Porsche Design smartphone with Hexagon rear camera housing which is unique and more feminim. I haven't seen it's predecessor design. More or less should not be far from Pentagon camera housing :)

          Is this phone available in Dubai? I haven't found on Amazon.

            OneBraincelledWunkus, 18 hours agoHard disagree. The periscope on this is almost a stop faste... moreBRO i was talking about the JN5 with that guy.

            Besides, the periscope is better, yeah, but it's still gonna be outputting upscaled nonsense.

              jiyen235, 21 hours agoi wouldn't call em significant, yeah on a technical le... moreHard disagree. The periscope on this is almost a stop faster, that's the complete opposite of being a minor upgrade in practice, but I'm guessing you don't know what that means. It let's in almost twice as much light than the one on the pro. That's a big improvement. Still though this one is way too expensive.

                I AM AMAZING, 22 hours agoThere are significant differences; although, not easily not... morei wouldn't call em significant, yeah on a technical level they might be hugely different but in practice it's only a minor upgrade. Mighty impressive considering the fact that they're the same sized sensor but not really that impressive in the grand scheme of things imo.

                  jiyen235, 16 Jan 2025meh i think the differences between the JN1 and JN5 aren�... moreThere are significant differences; although, not easily noticeable when you look at the specs.
                  D-VTG is one major one. Also, a new in-sensor processing mechanism is another.

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                    Ugly back design

                      WhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhy, 17 Jan 2025OK you tell me which phone does 24GB RAM + 1TB storage, SD8... moreOppo Find X8 Ultra and Xiaomi 15 Ultra will be the only ones I believe.

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                        xPandamon, 16 Jan 2025At this point Porsche Design is just a name. What even look... moreOK you tell me which phone does 24GB RAM + 1TB storage, SD8 Elite SoC, still decently sized battery, and a maybe-not-top-tier-but-still-very-nice cameras system, and is accessible in our markets. Go on, I'm listening....

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                          What happened to the Tandem Oled?

                            At this point Porsche Design is just a name. What even looks "Porsche" about this, except using Porsche exclusive colors? The tacky icon pack does not help it, even on the screenshots it looks missmatched because there's already apps on the phone that do not come with fitting icons..

                              vik457, 16 Jan 2025That's the problem, they didn't come out yet. Hon... moreYes that successor is ov50m

                                vik457, 16 Jan 2025That's the problem, they didn't come out yet. Hon... moreThey made a mistake by using older sensor and if they used they could have made move to at least significantly lessen frame-stacking across all rear cameras.

                                  jiyen235, 16 Jan 2025which phones use the successor's sensor? i wanna see s... moreThat's the problem, they didn't come out yet. Honor opted to continue using old sensor probably.

                                    vik457, 16 Jan 2025You mean ov50d? Built-in isp of sensor is reason it sucks, ... morewhich phones use the successor's sensor? i wanna see some samples now lol

                                      jiyen235, 16 Jan 2025i called the Honor's UW cam trash, due to not only its... moreYou mean ov50d? Built-in isp of sensor is reason it sucks, which was fixed along with other things in successor.

                                        I AM AMAZING, 16 Jan 2025I don't think it's trash. The JN5 made by Samsung... morei called the Honor's UW cam trash, due to not only its size but also the fact that it just produces bad images. Go ahead, take a look at the Magic6 Pro UW cam shots, it's horrendous at night. The Magic7 RSR and Pro both use the omnivision 1/2.88" sensor that mr vik mentioned.

                                        The JN5 is amazing, i talked about it too and praised the Find X8 Pro in another comment.

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