Weekly poll: which Honor Magic7 model is the right one for you?

Peter, 19 January 2025

While not new, the Honor Magic7 Pro and Magic7 Lite arrived in Europe earlier this week – on Wednesday, the Lite went on sale while the Pro went on pre-order. Then, a day later, the Magic7 RSR Porsche Design joined them.

First, the Pro and RSR models are mostly the same – the latter stands out with a bespoke design, a larger 5,850mAh battery (the global Pro has a 5,270mAh battery) and a different telephoto camera.

Honor Magic7 Pro Honor Magic7 Pro Honor Magic7 Pro
Honor Magic7 Pro

The Honor Magic7 Pro has a gently curved 6.8” display, a 10-bit LTPO panel with up to 120Hz refresh rate, plus Dolby Vision and HDR support and Giant Rhino Glass protection. The phone is rated IP68/IP69 for protection against submersion and hot water jets.

The Magic7 Pro and the RSR Porsche Design are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite. They have 50MP main cameras (large 1/1.3” sensors) with a variable aperture (f/1.4-f/2.0) and OIS, plus a 50MP ultra-wide (12mm, 122°). The Pro has a 200MP 3x tele camera (f/2.6), while the RSR gets a 180MP tele camera (with a brighter f/1.9 lens), both with OIS. Charging is done at 100W over USB-C and at 80W wirelessly. Honor confirmed to us that it will provide 5 years of OS updates and security patches for the Pro and RSR.

The Honor Magic7 Lite is a mid-ranger with the older Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip. It has a pretty good 6.78” OLED display, a curved 10-bit panel with 120Hz refresh rate (but isn’t LTPO) and up to 4,000 nits peak brightness. That’s almost as high as the Pro/RSR display, which peaks at 5,000 nits.

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Honor Magic7 Lite

However, the 108MP rear camera (1/1.67”, OIS, fixed aperture) and ultra-wide camera with only a 5MP sensor show that this is no flagship. The selfie camera is also quite basic with a 16MP sensor, compared to the 50MP unit on the pricier models. On the plus side, the battery is absolutely massive at 6,600mAh and has fast 66W charging.

Naturally, there is a difference in prices too. Check out the table below. Note that the Pro comes with a free Honor MagicPad 2 (normally €600/£500 on its own), while the Lite is paired with the Honor Earbuds Open (worth £150 normally).

Honor Storage EU UK
Magic7 Lite 8/256GB €370 -
8/512GB €400 £400
Magic7 Pro 12/512GB €1,300 £1,100
Magic7 RSR 16/512GB €1,800 -

Honor Magic7 Pro

Honor Magic7 Lite

Can the Honor Magic7 Pro be your next flagship? Vote below:

What about the Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design – are you the type to splurge on something fancy?

Finally, what do you think of the Honor Magic7 Lite?


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  • Lowemon
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  • xJb

No Huawei only updated the EMUI version, but still, got stuck in Android 10, so it only got two OS upgrades. That was with their last models with GMS, because older ones rarely got a single OS upgrade.

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