In a show-off Near Space flight: a phone makes it to over 16,000 ft in the air, gets back to Earth with 86% battery،
The ads are getting out of control. A phone was sent some 16,000 feet into the air and then parachuted to Earth while streaming video throughout the 3-hour journey. At such heights, temperatures are a bit cool – -18°C and, as you know, cold is the enemy of the battery.
Somehow this handset managed to start its 'space' journey with a 100% battery level, then upon landing it was at 86% – very impressive, well done!
The hero of the day is the Honor Magic 6 Pro. And the secret lies in its “2nd generation silicon-carbon battery”, as Honor puts it.
Honor's flagship Magic 6 range (consisting of the Magic 6 and Magic 6 Pro) will launch globally alongside the Honor Magic V2 and the RSR Porsche Design Magic V2 (a luxury version of the standard Magic V2) at next Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’s scheduled for the end of February.
By the way: the Honor the Magic V2 is a gem that addresses two of the weak points of foldables: the exterior screen and thickness. The Magic V2 features a 6.4-inch AMOLED cover display that can run from 1-120Hz and go up to 2,500 nits of brightness. When the phone is folded, it's just 9.9mm thick (it's the thinnest foldable out there… currently), which means you can use it folded like a regular phone.
But back to the Magic 6 Pro and its crazy journey. Honor collaborated with 'Sent into space', a company that is in the commercial business of Near Space launches. They are located in the UK and are paid to send all kinds of things (a bottle of vodka, a portrait of Shakespeare, a toy T-Rex, etc.) thousands of feet into the air with balloons, filming this which is sent to the edge of space with Earth as the background, then return them safely to the ground.
There's a one-minute video on Honor's X/Twitter account that shows the Magic 6 Pro's journey. When taking off, the phone is placed on a support, then a video is broadcast on the device. Then the phone is already in the air, climbing to more than 16,000 feet, where it's -0.4°F, according to data in the promotional video. The maximum altitude is not specified; Honor will probably reveal it at MWC.
Here is the video:
