The Honor Magic 6 Pro is now official with magical camera, paranormal battery, and AI،
Finally, the Honor Magic 6 Pro is official and global, and it's very exciting – both outside and inside.
It's not just up to giants like Apple, Samsung and Google to make devices worthy of your attention. On the contrary, much of the smartphone innovation in the otherwise stagnant world of mobile technology often comes from brands beyond the big three.
Honor's Magic Pro 6, unveiled at the ongoing MWC in Barcelona, certainly brings innovation.
Honor's latest flagship packs a lot into a variety of areas: this phone isn't focused on delivering the “best” in just one area; instead, the Magic 6 Pro offers advancements in photography, display, performance, battery and AI.
So, let's go ahead and see what's so magical about the Magic 6 Pro!
MagicOS 8.0 brings Magic Capsule and Magic Portal
The Magic 6 Pro comes with MagicOS 8.0, the latest version of Honor's Android operating system. As we previously reported, MagicOS 8.0 is touted as the industry's first intent-based user interface, capable of “interpreting language, images, gestures, and eye movements to understand a user's intent.” user and offer services proactively.
This is done using Magic Capsule and Magic Portal:
- Magic Capsule: With a simple tap of the notifications banner at the top of the screen, the Magic Capsule expands to offer additional information and related options, giving users instant access to essential resources and eliminating the need to navigate through multiple applications for maximum productivity and efficiency.
- Magic portal: This feature harnesses the power of AI to understand user messages and behavior, streamlining complex tasks into a single-step process. For example, Magic Portal's AI quickly recognizes addresses in a text message and directs users to Google Maps, enabling effortless navigation at the touch of a button. For social networks like TikTok and Facebook, it also streamlines access and sharing, allowing users to transfer their booking details or online search results with a simple swipe. Additionally, Magic Portal facilitates image-based shopping experiences, seamlessly guiding users to the platforms where they can find and purchase the items they want.
Honor claims that Magic Portal supports over 100 of the world's most frequently used apps, providing users with a seamless experience across various platforms.
The AI magic of the Magic 6 Pro in practice: how to control a car hands-free
Speaking of being an AI pioneer, Honor has an ace up its sleeve. Demonstrating the possibilities that smartphone eye tracking could open up in the future, Honor revealed how it's possible to control a car hands-free using the Honor Magic 6 Pro's AI-powered eye tracking system. The experimental concept shows how the interaction between smartphones and AI-enhanced vehicles can go beyond screen or voice commands, paving the way for a realm of human-device interactions offering… immense possibilities.
Honor's Falcon camera system and what it means for the Magic 6 Pro's cameras
Sportography – that's the word Honor is bringing to MWC 2024 when it comes to the Magic 6 Pro and its camera capabilities.
As we said before, it looks like this Honor flagship is ready for some quick action. So long ago, Honor teamed up with world fencing champion and Olympic silver medalist Cecilia Berder for an impressive photo shoot.
Whether you are a fan of the sport of fencing or not, everyone knows that fencing is a very fast sport. This is a problem for photographers, as not all cameras are capable of capturing quality shots while fencers jump in their white jumpsuits and attack with lightning speed. As the sport is played indoors, there is less light available: another obstacle.
Less-lit, ultra-fast-moving subjects are a recipe for a blurry, chaotic, and unappealing photo. This is what the Magic 6 Pro wants to overcome.
On the flagship, users can expect a new and improved Honor Falcon camera system, powered by an AI model trained with a database 28 times larger than the previous generation.
The Honor Magic 6 Pro features Honor AI Motion Sensing Capture: an advanced AI capture algorithm that effortlessly predicts and captures decisive moments in ultra-high definition. The Honor AI Motion Sensing Capture covers a wide range of sports and activities such as jumping, dancing and martial arts, making it theoretically ideal for capturing the decisive moment during sporting events and races.
On the hardware side, the cameras offer the following:
- 50 MP main camera with variable aperture (f/1.4 and f/2.0, OIS)
- 180MP telephoto lens (f/2.6, OIS) with 2.5x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom
- 50MP ultra-wide camera (f.2.0, EIS)
- 50MP selfie camera
The phone offers 4K 60fps video capture, 3840 x 2160 pixels resolution.
The Magic 6 Pro screen takes the lead: 5,000 nits of maximum brightness
Honor made a pretty bold statement by introducing the Magic 6 Pro's 6.8-inch LTPO quad-curved display:
Featuring the industry's most drop-resistant screen glass to date, the Honor Magic6 Pro moves forward with improvements in screen drop resistance. Verified by SGS's global five-star glass drop resistance certification in multiple scenarios, the screen uses advanced materials with a 50% improvement in crystal density, which improves its shock absorption capabilities by up to 10 times compared to regular glass.
The display specifications are remarkable: 6.8-inch LTPO display covers a color gamut of 1.07 billion colors, HDR10+, up to 120Hz refresh rate, 5,000 nits of peak HDR brightness, a resolution of 2800 x 1280 pixels, 453 PPI, Dolby Vision certification.
There are also many eye comfort features:
- Dynamic dimming
- 4320Hz PWM dimming
- Displaying natural tones
- Personalized Circadian Nighttime Display
Performance: the essential Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Android flagships late 2023/early 2024 without Snapdragon 8 generation 3 are rare – the Magic 6 Pro packs it (1 x Cortex-X4 3.3 GHz CPU + 3x Cortex-A720 3.2 GHz + 2x Cortex
A720 3.0 GHz + 2x Cortex-A520 2.3 GHz). The GPU is Adreno 750. On the RAM/storage front, users can expect the 12/512 GB option.
Be impressed (be very impressed) by the battery of this flagship product
So far, we haven't talked about the Magic 6 Pro's 5,600 mAh battery or charging capabilities. It's because it's so impressive that it deserves its own segment.
Avid PhoneArena readers may remember an article or two about the Magic 6 Pro's battery from the past few weeks.
The first time we devoted an article to the phone battery was in early February, when during a near-space flight, a phone reached more than 16,000 feet in the air and returned to Earth with 86% battery. That phone, of course, was the Magic 6 Pro.
A few days later, the device's battery was subjected to another test with this year's maximum champion from Samsung. After 48 hours at -7 Fahrenheit, it retained some battery, unlike the Galaxy S24 Ultra – spoiler alert.
But it wasn't over: after five days in the freezer, the Magic 6 Pro was still running on more than 10% battery. Very impressive, not to mention astonishing.
Honor E1: a battery management chipset
In short, the 5600 mAh of the Magic 6 Pro are very impressive. But how. Well, that's because Honor's inspiration comes from electric vehicles and their batteries. There is also a battery management chipset for power efficiency:
Taking inspiration from the disruptive electric vehicle (EV) industry, Honor brings the all-new second-generation Honor silicon-carbon battery to the Honor Magic 6 Pro with Honor E1, a battery management chipset for performance enhancement. energetic efficiency.
Additionally, with its 80W wired SuperCharge and 66W wireless SuperCharge, users can charge the Honor Magic6 Pro to 100% in just 40 minutes.
Colors and prices
Two color options are available for the Magic 6 Pro: Epi Green (it's a shade that resembles pale jade) and the ever-stylish black.
The Magic 6 Pro 12/512 GB is coming to Europe for €1,299 (just over $1,400) with pre-orders starting February 25; availability is planned for March 1st.
