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Honor's Magic5 Pro is one of the leading flagship smartphones launched this year and we were genuinely impressed by its all-around feature set during our review process. Its 50MP triple camera setup provided superb captures in all shooting scenarios during our tests and now the brand is sharing some behind-the-scenes details on the development process of the Magic5 Pro’s camera rig and how it was tested at Honor’s R&D labs. Honor’s dedicated camera lab can test varying shooting scenes including lighting…

The Honor Magic5 Pro delivers on its promise of top-tier performance, a stunning camera, and a beautiful display. The only problem? It’s expensive.Pros Stunning display Excellent camera Premium build Top-tier performance Good battery life Honor attended MWC 2023 with a splash, launching the new Honor Magic Vs foldable phone, and its new flagship device, the Honor Magic5 Pro — which itself sits alongside the Magic5 and Magic5 Lite. The Magic5 Pro is built to offer the best of the best smartphone…

The Honor Magic5 Pro is one of the more impressive flagships launched this year and it’s now available in the UK. Magic5 Pro will be available in green and black colors for £949.99 with orders starting on April 19. We also got confirmation that the device is due to launch in other EU, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific markets soon. During our review, Magic5 Pro impressed us with its premium dual-glass curved design, great 120Hz LTPO OLED display and top-notch performance courtesy of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. The…

Introduction The Honor Magic5 Pro is yet another interesting flagship cameraphone to come to the global markets. It will be remembered for its unique design, premium hardware suite, and interesting camera kit. Furthermore, it's an ex-Huawei device, one that has access to the complete Google package and 5G networks. Honor separated from Huawei in 2020 and since then it has launched quite a few smartphones that were free of sanctions imposed on Huawei by the US. The flagship Magic lineup has always been a great…

The HONOR Magic5 Ultimate Edition has been announced by the company. This phone follows the HONOR Magic5 and Magic5 Pro, but unlike those two devices, it launched in China only. The other two phones have been announced for global markets too.The HONOR Magic5 Ultimate actually comes with a different design compared to the Magic5 Pro. It does have very similar specs to its sibling, but there are some differences worth noting here.The HONOR Magic5 Ultimate has different design, and a silicon carbon anode batteryIt has a…

Honor unveiled a new type of battery – a silicon-carbon battery – during its global Magic5 series event last week. And this isn’t just a paper launch like so many new battery technologies, we have confirmed that the Honor Magic5 Pro and the Magic5 Ultimate units sold in China use the new type power cells. Long story short, the silicon carbon battery has 5,450mAh capacity whereas the more traditional battery inside the global Magic5 Pro has 5,100mAh. The Ultimate, which was announced today, is unlikely to be available…

Honor just unveiled the Magic5 Ultimate. At an event held in China the company introduced the Honor5 series and added this special edition for the local market. Under the posh leather-bound exterior, the Magic5 Ultimate is actually a maxed-out 16/512GB Honor Magic5 Pro. The Honor Magic5 Ultimate ships in Elegant Black or Burning Orange, both in vegan leather trim, with a premium Montblanc Bespoke leather case in the retail package. The Ultimate also features USB-C headphones in the package, unlike the other members…

Following its debut at the Mobile World Congress at the start of this week the Honor Magic5 Pro enters our office and joins our review queue. So let's get an unboxing done, then we'll talk a bit about this powerful smartphone. Honor packages the Magic5 Pro with a case, a 66W charger, and a cable. Our unit is the Meadow Green one. The Honor Magic5 Pro is a striking device. The corners of its front glass are contoured and taper down at the sides. It creates a smooth and curved look and feel to the phone. Then on the…

The HONOR Magic5 Pro has a spec sheet & design that are hard to ignore.During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, HONOR announced two flagship-grade phones. Those phones are the HONOR Magic5 Pro and Magic Vs. The former is a regular, candybar-style flagship, while the latter is a foldable device. We’ve sent our ‘Best of MWC 2023’ awards to both of these devices, actually, but in this article, we’ll talk about the HONOR Magic5 Pro.This smartphone does look similar to its predecessor from the front, but HONOR changed…

So, you saw Honor Magic4’s awesome cameras but wished the company made a smaller flagship this year? Wish granted! Although you really should have been more specific with your wish – the Honor Magic5 is smaller but only just. Last year’s Magic4 was almost exactly the same size as its Pro sibling. This year the Magic5 has a screen that’s 0.08” smaller and the phone itself is shorter, narrower and thinner by about a millimeter. So, while it’s technically smaller, it’s hard to quantify the difference even when you have…