Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: An Advanced Flagship

The magic of honor 7 Pro is sophisticated a flagship Android phone which combines the latest AI features with cutting-edge hardware. It trumps everything that matters. You get an incredibly flexible camera, impressive durability, fast charging, silky-smooth operation and an excellent display. A few subtle but important improvements over its predecessor take this smartphone to the next level.

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

Subtle refinements

At first glance, the Magic 7 Pro looks similar to the 6 Pro, but I was pleased to find a flatter display and bezel, making it much more comfortable to use and less prone to accidental touches than the curved glass. Honor has toned down the camera module, although it’s still large enough to unbalance the phone a bit. While this phone felt big after that using the Pixel 9it’s manageable to deal with. I’m not in love with the marble effect on 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. According to the numbers, it has a resolution of 2800 x 1200 pixels, variable refresh rate up to 120 Hzand 1600 nits of brightness (up to 5000 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. Honor also includes several features designed to reduce eye fatigue and strain, but they’re hard to quantify.

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The only minor annoyance I had was with the large notch on the selfie camera, although you get used to it quickly. It’s a trade-off I can accept for the convenience of secure face unlock – a rarity for 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 handle anything. There’s also a very generous 512GB of fast storage, which is more than most phones offer at this price point. Honor Magic 7 Pro has IP68 and IP69 rating too, meaning it can be submerged and run with water jets or steam.

Digging inside, a far higher level of polish is evident throughout. Honor talks about the AI ​​in the Magic 7 Pro and we’ll get into the specific features, but it permeates the phone. AI has infiltrated the phone app to reduce background noise and make voices clearer, and there’s a privacy feature designed to prevent audio leakage and thwart eavesdroppers.