Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: Refined Flagship

Honors Magic 7 Pro is a refinement Flagship Android phone which weaves the latest AI features with state-of-the-art hardware. It excels everywhere that matters. You get an incredibly versatile camera, impressive stamina, fast charging, silky smooth performance and an excellent display. Several subtle but important improvements over its predecessor have taken this smartphone to the next level.

Chinese phone maker Honor has impressed me with its hardware since last year Magic 6 Pro From the impossible Honor Magic V3. This year, it paid more attention to the software with some welcome polish. Its heavy investment in AI is starting to mature, with features that seem more practical in the Magic 7 Pro than its predecessors. It’s an expensive flagship at £1,099 ($1,346), and sadly it’s not officially sold in the US. But UK and European buyers shouldn’t sleep on the magic.

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At first glance, the Magic 7 Pro looks similar to the 6 Pro, but I was pleased to find a flatter display and frame, much more comfortable to use and less prone to accidental touches than curved glass. Honor has toned down the camera module, though it’s still big enough to make the phone look a little unbalanced. This phone feels great after Using the Pixel 9It is manageable. I’m not in love with the marble effect on my Lunar Shadow Gray review unit, but it’s more attractive than the plain blue or black options.

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 2,800 x 1,200-pixel resolution, a variable Refresh rate up to 120 Hzand 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 are nice and loud without distortion. The Honor also includes several features intended to reduce eye fatigue and strain, but they are difficult to quantify.

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My only slight gripe was the large selfie camera cutout, though you’ll soon get used to it. It’s a compromise I can accept for the convenience of secure Face Unlock—a rarity on Android phones, as it even works with banking apps.

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

Inserted inside, a much higher level of polish is evident throughout. Honor talks about AI in the Magic 7 Pro, and we’ll get into specific features, but it’s spread across the phone. AI has made its way into the phone app to reduce background noise and make voices clearer, and there’s a privacy feature to prevent sound leaks and intercept eavesdroppers.