The Honor Magic8 Pro will have a smaller battery in Europe, here's a look

Here we go again – the newly-launched Honor Magic8 Pro will have different battery capacities in different regions. We just got a confirmation first-hand that the version sold in the EU will get a noticeable reduction in battery size, but that’s not the whole story either.

Honor Magic8 Pro

The Magic8 Pro is already available in China and locals enjoy a large 7,200mAh Si/C battery. However, the upcoming global variant will have a capacity of 7,100mAh instead. That is less than a 2% difference and is not something that you are likely to notice.

But Europeans will notice this – the EU variant of the Magic8 Pro will only have a 6,270mAh battery. Here are the global and EU versions side by side:

Honor Magic8 Pro: global variant (left) and EU variant (right)

This is a drop of almost 12% and it will have a tangible impact on battery life. To be fair, 6,270mAh is still a fairly large battery as it is 1,000mAh more than the Magic7 Pro (EU version) had. The 2024 model achieved a respectable Active use score of 13:53h and the new one should easily beat that.

That’s not all either – the Chinese models have a higher wired charging rate of 120W compared to 100W for the global and EU models. There is no difference in wireless charging, 80W in both cases.

We will have more on the Magic8 Pro soon and its upcoming global release soon, so stay tuned.

Honor Magic7 Pro