Honor Magic5 Pro review
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- NewNewNews
- D$k
- 13 Mar 2023
It's be useful if GSM Arena created a poll of features users may find important / irrelevant
I want
+ Best camera - big sensor
+ Quad DAC, hi-res sound
+ Storage for my pics and lossless audio
+ Battery life
+ Fast processor
+ How many years of updates and patches
I don't care about
- the material it's made of - always gets a phone case
- Corning EternalVirginity glass - it's getting a tempered glass sacrificial cover
- waterproofing - once in 25 years has my phone been submerged
- wireless charging, speed of charging - overplayed
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- Anders
- 39y
- 13 Mar 2023
4K videos are limited to 15 minutes. Honor is such a meme.
The last good phone they made was the View 10
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- LV426
- 3p7
- 13 Mar 2023
I just brought Xiaomi 13 Pro today and i can tell u guys, its absolutly amazing phone. Finaly phone where night photo is just night photo. Look at this Honor, something like Vivo, night photos seems like after sunset..
- Volt
- mJw
- 13 Mar 2023
namzap, 13 Mar 2023what about the OS updates? I saw some online posts that it ... more3 OS updates and 5 security from what I've read
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- Anonymous
- mpg
- 13 Mar 2023
This phoned thermal throttling is shockingly bad for an 8 gen 2 chip rather have 60 to 70% sustained performance than up down line
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- Anonymous
- 0%R
- 13 Mar 2023
notafanboy, 13 Mar 2023"Charging speed also is not that fast." Faster th... moreBro, why do you hate Samsung so much? The charging speed is slower but absolutely fine and the camera isn't just a gimmick thanks to Pixel Binning. Nothing positive of this phone matters to any sensible buyer, the throttling is beyond attrocious, especially since it uses the SD 8 Gen 2..
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- Anonymous
- 0%R
- 13 Mar 2023
That phone is trash. It got so much hype, but that throttling is the worst I've ever seen I believe, that's just inexcusable
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- Anton-
- 8xX
- 13 Mar 2023
Amitangshu, 13 Mar 2023I thought that they gave an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner.... moreOn launch day right here they said it was ultra Sonic and that's what caught my attention about this phone! maybe it's a typographical error * if not, it will be another one that doesn't interest me from the list! I will not go back to that optical sensor that throws a few flashes of light in the dark and I use the phone in the dark at home
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- Amitangshu
- t4n
- 13 Mar 2023
I thought that they gave an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. The Magic 4 Pro had one. It's better than an optical one. Also they should have upgraded the front camera to the Sony 50MP 1/2.51" sensor which supports 4K24/30/60 and 1080p24/30/60/120. That would have provided a true flagship level front camera. The Ultrawide should have been the IMX989 sensor. It would have been an industry first. There could have been 2 telephoto sensors, a 2X with 1/1.28" IMX707 and an 8X with the Sony 1/2.51" 50MP sensor. That would have brought all the sensors to 50MP providing no colour shifts and giving smooth transition between lenses. 8K isn't mandatory but having unrestricted 4K60 on all cameras is a good thing.
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- Amitangshu
- t4n
- 13 Mar 2023
I thought they used an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner! They had one in the Magic 4 Pro. They shouldn't have downgraded to an optical one.
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- derrr
- uT@
- 13 Mar 2023
AnonD-1087127, 13 Mar 2023Just another ordinary phone ...Comment is most likely a relativereflection of your world
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- Ljuba
- nUk
- 13 Mar 2023
notafanboy, 13 Mar 2023"Charging speed also is not that fast." Faster th... moreIm not fan of any brand, im fan of good product. Camera on Magic 5 pro is not better than S23U for sure. Im not say that S23 is perfect phone, but it most complete until now. Charging speed on Magic 5 pro is faster ~15min than S23U, but battery drain is lot better on S23U, so it equal there. If you wan to know, for me three best smarthone so far; 1. P30 Pro 3 Mate 20 Pro 3 Mate 10 Pro . Those three are most complete phones ever for me. This S23U is also very very good phone on every category. I hope Xiaomi 13 ultra will have 4k selfie camera and better telephoto camera than S23U.
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- Swampy
- m5i
- 13 Mar 2023
Hopefully the reviewer will actually fill in the usual numerical score in the audio section. The whole review appears badly edited. A pity as the reviewer does know his stuff.
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- Casio
- mGj
- 13 Mar 2023
Great device! If only they can expand their market to more areas.. in Norway you have no choice, only Samsung apple Sony.. American colony
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- Debatreyo
- t4n
- 13 Mar 2023
I think the fingerprint sensor is Ultrasonic. They could have bumped up the display resolution to 1440p. The front camera could have been a 50MP Sony sensor with 1/2.51" with 4K24/30/60 and 1080p24/30/60/120 support. The Ultrawide camera could have increased in size as well. These changes would have gone long distances.
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- Anton-
- 8xX
- 13 Mar 2023
That the fingerprint reader was not ultrasonic? Why now they put it as optical?
- notafanboy
- p5E
- 13 Mar 2023
Ljuba, 13 Mar 2023On presentation of this phone they say battery is the best ... more"Charging speed also is not that fast." Faster than Samdung prehistoric 25W.
"camera is not the best for sure." definitely better than Samdung 200MP gimmicks.
all phones have their pros and cons, so stop typing nonsense and acting like Samdung S23U is perfect or something.
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- Ljuba
- nUk
- 13 Mar 2023
On presentation of this phone they say battery is the best on the market, but not even better than Xiaomi 13 Pro, S23U and 14pro max are far better battery drain. Charging speed also is not that fast. Display is good, but camera is not the best for sure. Phone have problem with overheating. GPU throtle and 4k recording is limited at 15min (c'mon, its '23), 8k recording is missing. So, lot worse than they announced. Only two top notch globaly released phone so far this year S23U and Xiaomi 13 Pro. If we consider the prices(on release date) beetwen these two, S23U is best option even they dont put charger and case into package. Sadly but everything i wrote is true...