Honor may not be probably the most well-known cellphone maker in Europe, however its high-end handsets often hit the headlines.
That’s no completely different on the Magic 6 sequence, its flagship lineup for 2024. There are 4 handsets this time – the Magic 6, Magic 6 Professional, Magic 6 Lite and Magic 6 Final.
Solely two of those telephones have made it to Europe thus far, and there’s no signal of the opposite fashions becoming a member of them but. Right here’s every part you must know in regards to the Magic 6 sequence, together with their launch date, pricing and all the important thing specs and options.
When was the Honor Magic 6 launched?
The Honor Magic 6 lineup seems to now be full, although the launch dates of telephones has been staggered.
The Magic 6 Lite was first up, although the 4 December Chinese language unveiling was quickly adopted by a European launch on 10 January.
Only a day later, on 11 January, the Magic 6 and Magic 6 Professional joined their extra inexpensive counterpart in China. Honor used its pre-MWC keynote in Barcelona on 25 February to disclose the Magic 6 Professional in Europe, however not the common Magic 6. The Professional was then launched on 1 March.
Then, on 18 March 2024, Honor revealed its top-of-the-line Magic 6 Final in China. Transport begins on 22 March, however there’s no phrase on a world launch. Until one thing modifications, neither it or the common Magic 6 will make it to Europe.
For context, right here’s when the earlier generations have been launched in Europe:
Don’t anticipate any of the telephones to ever be accessible in North America – Honor doesn’t promote its units there.
How a lot will the Honor Magic 6 value?
The Magic 6 Professional is a flagship cellphone in virtually each sense of the phrase, and its worth displays that. The cellphone prices €1,299 for a mannequin with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
That makes it probably the most costly Android telephones you should purchase, although the Magic 6 Lite is much extra inexpensive. It prices £349.99 for the one mannequin accessible within the UK.
The common Magic 6’s ¥4,399 Chinese language worth interprets to round £500, but when the cellphone ever launches within the UK, anticipate it to be rather more costly. The Magic 5 value €899 in Europe, for instance.
If the Magic 6 Final ever involves Europe, its ¥6999 worth in China suggests it’ll be considerably dearer than even the Magic 6 Professional.
For context, right here’s how a lot their predecessors value at launch:
Honor Magic 5 Lite: £329/€369
Honor Magic 5: €899
Honor Magic 5 Professional: £949/€1,199
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What specs and options will the Honor Magic 6 have?
The Chinese language and world variations of the Magic 6 Professional are an identical, whereas the Magic 6 and 6 Final stay unique to China. All of the specs and options talked about under apply to all markets during which the telephones can be found.
Magic 6 and 6 Professional
The Magic 6 and 6 Professional are at the moment accessible in 5 colors: black, white, inexperienced, cyan and purple.
Nonetheless, one other new design is coming – Honor has confirmed {that a} Porsche Design model of the Magic 6 Professional is coming in March. It’ll possible undertake the same aesthetic to the equal model of the Magic V2 foldable.
Each the Magic 6 and 6 Professional telephones showcase a 6.8-inch curved LTPO AMOLED show with a decision of 1,264 x 2,800 pixels and a variable 1-120Hz refresh price. Honor highlights a peak brightness of 1,800 nits in auto mode and a formidable 5,000 nits of native peak brightness for HDR content material.
Distinguishing between the 2 fashions, the Magic 6 encompasses a single punch gap cutout, whereas the Professional model features a pill-shaped cutout for the extra 3D depth face unlock module. Moreover, each shows incorporate 4,320Hz ultra-high frequency PWM dimming.
Turning to the rear, a redesigned digicam island distinguishes the fashions primarily based on their respective lenses.
The Magic 6 Professional boasts a 50MP fundamental digicam with a variable aperture of f/1.4-f/2.0, whereas the Magic 6 is supplied with a 50MP f/1.9 shooter.
The Professional mannequin introduces a 180MP periscope lens with 2.5x optical zoom and as much as 100x digital zoom, alongside a 50MP ultrawide lens.
In the meantime, the usual Magic 6 encompasses a 32MP telephoto lens providing 2.5x optical and 50x digital zoom, paired with a 50MP ultrawide lens. Each telephones home a 50MP front-facing digicam with an f/2.0 aperture for selfies.
What’s extra, Honor says the brand new ‘Falcon Digicam System’ on the Magic 6 sequence is constructed to seize photos of fast-moving scenes, particularly in sport. To take action, the telephones are geared up with upgrades sensors, improved shutter speeds, sooner imaging speeds and new, devoted algorithms.
The cameras on the Magic 6 telephones additionally supposedly provide higher dynamic vary, gentle sensitivity, zoom capabilities and a dynamic finish outcome. Honor desires it to be on a par with a devoted mirrorless digicam.
These are top-tier options, and it’s clear that Honor desires the Magic 6 and 6 Professional to be simply pretty much as good as a devoted digicam for most individuals. Whereas the {hardware} is spectacular on paper, it’ll should be a big improve over even the Magic 5 Professional to attain that. The most effective digicam telephones additionally signify robust competitors.
Honor can be promoting the talents of the eye-tracking tech on the Magic 6 Professional, which makes use of AI to manage what’s on the display screen by simply taking a look at it. It might even be used to manage a automotive, as this YouTube video from Autocar demonstrates:
Below the hood, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powers each units. The Magic 6 is offered in configurations of 12/256GB, 16/256GB, and 16/512GB, whereas the Magic 6 Professional presents choices of 12/256GB, 16/512GB, or 16GB/1TB for RAM and storage.
The Magic 6 encompasses a 5,450mAh battery with 66W wired charging and 50W wi-fi charging (utilizing Honor’s wi-fi charger). Then again, the Professional variant steps as much as a 5,600mAh cell with 80W wired and 66W wi-fi charging capabilities.
Connectivity choices embody assist for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3. Each telephones are geared up with IR blasters for controlling house home equipment and boast IP68 dustproof and water resistant options.
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Working on the most recent MagicOS 8.0 primarily based on Android 14, these units provide a formidable array of options.
This new model introduces a MagicLM on-device giant language mannequin geared up with a formidable 7 billion parameters. Notably, Honor highlights the intent-based person interface (IUI) of MagicOS 8.0, which actively suggests companies and apps primarily based on the person’s utilization patterns.
A big addition is the Magic Portal function, making use of Honor’s LLM and IUI to offer context-based app and repair shortcut suggestions by a facet swipe. This performance, for instance, will allow you to drag and drop a reserving reservation from the messages app to the maps app, immediately getting instructions to the venue.
Magic Portal helps multimodal enter, incorporating textual content and pictures, and likewise registers gestures and eye actions on suitable Honor telephones. For instance, customers can faucet and maintain on photos of clothes and drag them to the facet to provoke searches inside buying apps.
Whereas Honor has confirmed assist for the highest 100 hottest apps in China, there aren’t any specifics on whether or not these options will prolong to different areas.
Moreover, MagicOS 8.0 introduces new choices for customizing the house display screen, enhances UI velocity, and is designed to be extra resource-efficient as a result of optimizations carried out by Honor’s software program crew. A notable function is the introduction of a “shake-to-block advertisements” performance to fight intrusive pop-ups, together with system-wide Parallel Areas that enable customers to show two situations of the identical app.
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Magic 6 Lite
The Magic 6 Lite is offered proper now in Europe in Midnight Black, Emerald Inexperienced and Dawn Orange finishes.
The cellphone boasts a 6.78-inch AMOLED curved show with Full HD+ decision (1220 × 2652 pixels), a side ratio of 19.5:9, and refresh price of 120Hz.
The display screen additionally supplies a most brightness of 1,200 nits, 1920Hz PWM dimming know-how, and encompasses a cut-out housing a 16MP selfie digicam with an f/2.5 aperture.
On the rear panel, the round module accommodates a three-camera setup, comprising a 108MP (f/1.75) fundamental digicam, a 5MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide digicam, and a 2MP (f/2.4) macro digicam. The setup can report video in as much as 4K decision at 30 frames per second.
Beneath the Magic 6 Lite’s chassis lies a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor, constructed utilizing a 4nm know-how course of. The chipset operates alongside 8GB of RAM and 256GB of inside storage.
For connectivity, the smartphone utilises dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, and a USB Kind-C port. It additionally options twin SIM assist and a fingerprint reader built-in into the show.
Though Honor has introduced the Android 14-based Magic OS 8.0, the Magic 6 Lite runs Android 13 with the Magic UI 7.2 overlay and is powered by a 5300mAh battery with 35W quick charging.
The smartphone measures 163.6×75.5×7.98mm and weighs 185 grams.
Magic 6 Final
The Magic 6 Final, at the moment unique to China, appears fairly completely different to the opposite telephones within the lineup.
As a substitute of the spherical rear digicam module, it’s extra sq. (albeit with rounded corners), regardless of solely small tweaks to the {hardware} itself. The primary lens continues to be 50Mp – it simply now has LiDAR autofocus somewhat than laser autofocus. It additionally now helps 4K video at 24fps (somewhat than simply 30- or 60fps) and helps OIS (optical picture stabilisation) for video in addition to nonetheless pictures.
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The 50Mp front-facing digicam is now an ultrawide, permitting you to get much more in your selfies. However the 180Mp, 2.5x telephoto and 50Mp rear ultrawide are unchanged.
The one different modifications in comparison with the Magic 6 Professional is a vegan leather-based silicone polymer again on all fashions (non-obligatory on 6 Professional), Dolby Imaginative and prescient assist and barely harder show glass often known as ‘King Kong Rhinoceros’.
Whereas the Chinese language model of the Magic 6 Professional was accessible in 5 colors, you possibly can solely get the Final in Black or Purple finishes.
To see what the Magic 6 sequence is up towards, take a look at our guides to the most effective Honor telephones and finest Android telephones.
