Honor officially presented the new Magic 4 series today at the MWC in Barcelona. We have summarized all the information about the Honor Magic 4 Pro for you in the following lines.
The Magic 4 series consists of the regular Magic 4 and the 4 Pro. In Germany, however, only the Pro version will be released initially.
Design
The Honor Magic 4 Pro is definitely not a small smartphone. It measures 163,6 x 74,7 x 9,1 mm and weighs 215 grams. The device is IP68 certified against water and dust ingress and will be available in black, white, gold, green and orange. While orange is made of vegan leather, the other colors are made of glass. Honor has adopted the so-called "Eye of Muse" camera design from its predecessor, which captures the installed lenses in a large black circle.
Cameras
Honor relies on a system consisting of three cameras: a 50 MP main camera, a 50 MP wide-angle camera and a 64 MP 3,5x periscope camera. The Sony IMX766 is used again as the main sensor, which measures 1/1.56″ and unfortunately is again not optically stabilized. That's a shame, of course, because you know that the sensor is good in the case of the Huawei P50 Pro and OPPO FIND X5 PRO The ultra-wide-angle sensor is actually a new one and also has a resolution of 50 MP. It has a field of view of 122 degrees and with a sensor size of 1/2.5″ is smaller than the one in the OPPO Find X5 Pro, but larger than the sensors in the Xiaomi 12 Pro, Huawei P50 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro.
The system is then complemented by a 64 MP periscope camera, which enables a 3,5x lossless optical zoom. A maximum of 100x digital zoom is supported. This is the same zoom camera as in the Huawei P50 Pro, which is one of the best on the market. Unlike the Magic 4, the 4 Pro uses two front cameras, although there is actually only one, because the second sensor is a 3D depth sensor, which enables 3D facial recognition. The actual front camera is identical to the 12 MP camera in the Magic 4.
Display
Like the Magic 4, the Magic 4 Pro has a 6,81″ OLED display. However, this has a slightly higher resolution of 2.848 x 1.312. This results in a pixel density of 460 ppi. What is particularly impressive is that a quad-curve display is used here again. We last saw this on the Huawei P40 Plus and Xiaomi Mi 11 seen. The Magic 4 Pro also uses a larger punch hole to enable 3D facial recognition. Apart from that, the display is identical to that in the Honor Magic 4, i.e. it supports LTPO technology, which enables an adaptive refresh rate of 1-120 Hz. The screen should also be up to 1.000 nits bright.
Performance
Honor is also using the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 as the SoC, which is supported by 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage. Honor is also advertising a feature called "GPU Turbo X", which is supposed to improve performance even further. But the cooling is likely to be particularly exciting, as the 8 Gen 1 does seem to have some problems here.
Software
The software should also contribute to the improved performance. Magic UI 6.0 based on Android 12 with all Google services is used here. How long Honor will provide the Magic 4 Pro with updates is unfortunately still unclear at this point.
Battery
The battery in the Honor Magic 4 Pro measures 4.600 mAh, which is considered average. Some competitors now offer a bit more. Honor scores highly when it comes to charging, as the smartphone can be charged with up to 100 watts both wired and wirelessly. This makes it the first smartphone to achieve such speeds when charging wirelessly.
Other
As is usual for a flagship, the Magic 4 Pro comes with stereo speakers and an X-axis vibration motor. The company is particularly proud of its security features. In addition to an in-display fingerprint sensor based on ultrasound technology and 3D facial recognition, the company is also particularly proud of the "Dual TEE Security OS Chip". A test will have to show how useful this will be in everyday life.
Price
The Honor Magic 4 Pro will be available in black and green at a recommended retail price of 1.099 euros. A German launch is planned for early summer 2022.
