Honor Magic5 Pro review

13 March 2023


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  • 15 Mar 2023

So all chinese phones are going to look like this? Xiaomi 13 ultra, oppo find 6, huawei

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    • HLj
    • 15 Mar 2023

    I like the phone and its camera was already rated as number one by dxo.
    I missed in your camera review the mentioning of the Falcon-Capture-Function which Honor advertised on their website as an AI supported snapshot function for fast moving objects.
    Besides, the phone will probably launch in May and I heard that there would be 2 major updates before the launch. So, this can't be the final review and probably has to be amended.
    But thanks for this great review. I am torn between this phone and the Xiaomi 13 pro.

      Everything seems right except for the battery 🔋 should've been better, it's a big one but not optimized right

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        • Anonymous
        • gqb
        • 15 Mar 2023

        Anonymous, 14 Mar 2023Maybe spiritual upgrades but not real upgrades. As the Magi... moreIt's not uncommon for Chinese brands to focus timely software updates on their home turf more than international models. Some like Xiaomi keep the exisiting OS version while updating the UI version only.

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          • Anonymous
          • gqb
          • 15 Mar 2023

          Anton-, 14 Mar 2023I don't care about that garbage! I always have it dis... moreSamsung don't make the best optical fingerprint scanner. That award goes to Vivo iQOO.

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            • Anonymous
            • gqb
            • 15 Mar 2023

            Anonymous, 14 Mar 2023Not needed as the face unlock is the secure typePlease, not a chance. You have to take phone out to unlock it. No need for that with fingerprint scanning.

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              • Anonymous
              • 3p7
              • 15 Mar 2023

              namzap, 14 Mar 2023what do you think is better, magic5 pro or xiaomi 13 pro? B... moreI have 13 Pro, its very good. Display, cameras, battery life. Miui is fine, cant see any problem. I dont understand why people complaining about miui.

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                • Anonymous
                • PTF
                • 15 Mar 2023

                This Phone Failed, 14 Mar 2023GSMArena, big thanks for your review. So now we can have an... moreOnly China variant have silicon battery bruh. GSMarena is testing international unit.

                  Anonymous, 14 Mar 2023The face recognition on this phone is even faster than Face... moreI'm the one who's going to pay, right? So I decide what to wear and what not to wear!! The world doesn't revolve around you friend! I'm not interested in facial unlocking, if I want to use that I buy an iPhone and not a copycat

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                    • a3x
                    • 14 Mar 2023

                    namzap, 14 Mar 2023what do you think is better, magic5 pro or xiaomi 13 pro? B... moreFind a way to get Chinese version, then the battery will no longer bother you, although the global version also isn't something that let you down in middle of day but yeah it is a loss in battery to almost every competitor in this field.
                    But 2y os update for such good phone is not what I ever choose for my self.

                      what do you think is better, magic5 pro or xiaomi 13 pro? Based on reviews ive seen from random people, miui can be a little complicated to use but honor has worse battery life.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 14 Mar 2023

                        Anton-, 14 Mar 2023I don't care about that garbage! I always have it dis... moreThe face recognition on this phone is even faster than Face ID on the iPhone. It truly is the fastest and most convenient way to unlock a smartphone. Why would you not want that??

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                          • QB1
                          • 14 Mar 2023

                          GSMArena, big thanks for your review. So now we can have an overall conclusion:

                          GPU Throttling problems because it has a bad cooling system. Mix that up with this ugly design, lame battery with 109h endurance rating, even more lame given the fact they boast about the "new silicon carbon battery", cameras are very good but still not the best, and video and selfie are far from the best, it has optical sensor (like 200$ phones) not ultrasonic sensor and the 0 software support Honor offers (Honor Magic 4 Pro from April 2022 is still with Android 12 in March 2023) and you got... A BIG FAIL of a phone!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • QB1
                            • 14 Mar 2023

                            Aierlan, 14 Mar 2023It's 3 OS updates and 5 years of security patches. Gs... moreMaybe spiritual upgrades but not real upgrades. As the Magic 4 Pro launched in April 2022 is still with Android 12 in March 13 while most flagship phones got Android 13 a half a year ago!


                              Great to see that superwide is not of course thing, even with the performance of other cameras being great.
                              lvl2 - great lens, lvl3 - hi res and great lens, this is like lvl1.

                                Anton-, 14 Mar 2023I don't care about that garbage! I always have it dis... moreMy Magic 4 Pro has an ultrasonic sensor. Other sites say it is ultrasonic. I think on balance of probabilities GSMArena have got it wrong by saying it is optical. Maybe. But I'm suspicious they are wrong.

                                  Anonymous, 14 Mar 2023Not needed as the face unlock is the secure typeI don't care about that garbage! I always have it disabled! For that if I wanted it, I bought an iPhone! I want an ultra-sonic under-screen fingerprint sensor like the one Samsung mounts and not that optical garbage...

                                    namzap, 13 Mar 2023what about the OS updates? I saw some online posts that it ... moreIt's 3 OS updates and 5 years of security patches. Gsmarena confirmed it in their interview with George Zhao.
                                    https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_ceo_we_can_now_compete_in_europe_still_need_time_to_enter_the_us-news-57792.php

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • atq
                                      • 14 Mar 2023

                                      namzap, 13 Mar 2023what about the OS updates? I saw some online posts that it ... moreYes one os update this year, another next and one the year after, works out at just over 2years. Dont concentrate on years as it makes the deal sound worse.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • m62
                                        • 14 Mar 2023

                                        Anonymous, 14 Mar 2023yeah right , it's so ordinary it top dxomark chart in ... moreLiterally doesn't matter, a gold-sprayed turd also looks nice, in the end this phone is failing where it matters, for battery life and sustained performance. You're better off getting one of the other good phones, there's not much difference between these displays and cameras anyways.

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