Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: An Elegant Flagship

Honor spell 7 Pro is elegant flagship Android phone weaves the latest AI features with advanced hardware. It excels everywhere that matters. You get an incredibly versatile camera, impressive endurance, fast charging, silky-smooth performance and a great display. A few subtle but important improvements over its predecessor take this smartphone to the next level.

Chinese phone manufacturer Honor impressed me with their devices last year Magic 6 Pro impossibly thin Honor Magic V3. This year, he focused more on software. With features that feel more practical than its predecessors in the Magic 7 Pro, its big investment in artificial intelligence is starting to pay off. It’s an expensive flagship at £1,099 ($1,346), and unfortunately it’s not officially sold in the US. But UK and European buyers shouldn’t sleep on the Magic.

Fine details

At first glance, the Magic 7 Pro looks similar to the 6 Pro, but I was pleased to find a flatter screen and bezel that made it more comfortable to use and less prone to accidental touches compared to the curved glass. Honor has toned down the camera module, although it’s still large enough to balance the phone a bit. While this phone then feels great Using the Pixel 9it is possible to manage. I’m not in love with the marble effect of my Lunar Shadow Gray review unit, but it’s more interesting than the plain blue or black alternatives.

The 6.8-inch screen is as good as any I’ve tested. It is bright, smooth and sharp. By the numbers, it has a resolution of 2800 x 1200 pixels, variable Up to 120 Hz refresh rateand 1,600 nits of brightness (up to 5,000 nits for highlights). Video looks great on the 7 Pro with Dolby Vision and HDR Vivid support, and the speakers sound nice and loud without distortion. Honor also includes several features designed to reduce eye fatigue and strain, but they’re hard to quantify.

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The only slight annoyance was the cutout for the large selfie camera, though you’ll soon get used to it. It’s a trade-off I can accept for the convenience of secure face unlock – a rarity on Android phones, as it even works with banking apps.

With Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and 12GB of RAM, there’s plenty of power under the hood. As you would expect, the benchmark results are on top and this phone can handle anything. There’s also a very generous 512GB of fast storage, which is more than most phones offer at this price. Honor Magic 7 Pro has it IP68 and IP69 rating, which means it’s submersible and can run with water jets or steam.

Stepping inside, a higher level of polish is evident. Honor talks about AI in the Magic 7 Pro and we’ll get to the specifics, but it permeates the phone. Artificial intelligence is built into the phone’s software to reduce background noise and make voices clearer, and there’s a privacy feature designed to prevent voice leaks and prevent eavesdroppers.