Weekly survey: the Honor Magic8 and Magic8 Pro launch, however are they right for you?

A couple of days earlier, Honor revealed the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro and previously today the set of them went on sale in China. We have verification from Honor itself that the Magic8 series will likewise be readily available internationally, though we do not have the concrete information simply. Would you purchase the Magic8 or Magic8 Pro?

The 2 brand-new designs boast the current Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5– another shared upgrade is the brand-new AI button. The 2025 designs likewise have considerably bigger batteries than their predecessors, although both phones are smaller sized than their Magic7-series equivalents.

Honor Magic8 and Magic8 Pro

Let’s look at the Honor Magic8 Pro. It includes a 6.71″ OLED display screen, below 6.8″on in 2015’s design. The battery is a tremendous 7,200 mAh for the Chinese system and 6,270 mAh for the European one (vs. 5,850 mAh and 5,270 mAh last year).

The primary electronic camera still includes a 50MP 1/1.3″sensing unit, however the f/1.4 -2.0 aperture has actually been changed by a repaired f/1.6 aperture. On the plus side, the 200MP 1/1.4″ sensing unit in the telephoto electronic camera is now coupled with a longer 3.7 x lens, up from 3x.

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Honor Magic8 Pro

The Honor Magic8 remains in a comparable circumstance– it has a smaller sized 6.58″ OLED screen, below 6.78″, while loading a bigger 7,000 mAh battery.

The cam has actually seen a downgrade as the 50MP primary now has a smaller sized 1/1.56″ sensing unit, while the Magic7 matched its Pro brother or sister at 1/1.3″.

The telephoto module was switched also, with a 64MP sensing unit rather of 50MP, however it stays at the exact same 3x zoom.

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Honor Magic8

Here’s just how much the Honor Magic8 and Magic8 Pro expense in China– they are the exact same as in 2015, so international costs ought to be the exact same too (or a minimum of extremely close).

Setup	Honor Magic8	Honor Magic8 Pro
12GB/256GB	CNY 4,499 ($ 630)	CNY 5,699 ($ 800)
12GB/512GB	CNY 4,799 ($ 670)	CNY 5,999 ($ 840)
16GB/512GB	CNY 4,999 ($ 700)	CNY 6,199 ($ 870)
16GB/1TB	CNY 5,499 ($ 770)	CNY 6,699 ($ 940)

Time to vote, beginning with the Honor Magic8 Pro– will you offer it an opportunity or do you believe there are much better phones to invest your cash on?

What about the Honor Magic8– is the brand-new smaller sized type aspect something that attract you?