Last year, Honor Magic4 Ulimate sensationally topped the DxOMark camera phone rating, and even now, after the release of the new generation of flagships, it ranks 4th in the DxOMark rating. And who is in first place? And the Honor Magic5 Pro presented today became the best camera phone in the world!
We will tell you in detail about the tests and conclusions of DxOMark in a separate article, and in this one – the characteristics and live photos of Magic5 and Magic5 Pro directly from Barcelona.
Honor Magic5 Pro is built on SoC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, equipped with 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 512 GB of UFS 4.0 flash memory. The software platform is MagicUI 7.1 based on Android 13.
The phone received a 6.81-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2848 x 1312 pixels. The frame rate is 120 Hz, the peak brightness when displaying HDR content reaches 1800 cd / sq.m. – almost twice as much as Magic4 Pro. The PWM control frequency is 2160 Hz, which is more than Samsung phones with the latest generation AMOLED panel E6 (1920 Hz).
The battery capacity of the Honor Magic5 Pro is larger than that of the Galaxy S23 Ultra – it is 5100 mAh. Supports 66W wired charging and 50W wireless charging. The kit includes a cable and a power supply.
Honor says the Magic5 phones are the first to use a “standalone antenna architecture” for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This significantly improved the reception of the Wi-Fi 6 signal and reduced delays in data transmission over a wireless network by 30%. Magic5 Pro also has IP68 protection.
The second module is also a 50-megapixel one, with an ultra wide-angle lens with a 122° field of view and an aperture of F / 2.0.
The third module, the periscope, has become much better. Instead of a 64-megapixel OmniVision sensor, a sub-flagship 50-megapixel Sony IMX858 is used here. The 90mm lens has become faster (the aperture is F / 3.0 versus F / 3.5 for its predecessor), there is optical image stabilization. The direct optical zoom is 3.5x, the maximum is 100x. And with the help of this module, you can take macro shots with a magnification of 30x.
Additional camera modules include a 3D ToF system and a multispectral sensor that detects color temperature. The phone allows you to record HDR10 + 4K 60 fps video.
The front camera system has two modules – with a 12-megapixel sensor with an F / 2.4 lens (without autofocus) and 3D ToF. Due to this, the camera is used to unlock the face (but there is also a regular under-screen fingerprint scanner).
The usual Honor Magic5 is simpler than the Pro version, and a little more compact – there is an OLED screen with a diagonal of 6.73 inches. The maximum brightness is slightly less than the Pro version – 1600 cd / sq.m.
It’s easier here and the camera. The main sensor is 54-megapixel with an optical format of 1 / 1.49 inches. There is also a 50-megapixel sensor working in conjunction with an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a module that provides 50x zoom – with a 32-megapixel sensor and a lens with an aperture of f / 2.4. Optical stabilization is only available for the telephoto lens.
Honor Magic5 is also based on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, but the memory sizes are different here: 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of flash memory. The battery capacity is still the same 5100 mAh, and 66W wired charging is supported, but there is no support for wireless charging.
Honor Magic5 and Magic5 Pro will go on sale in the second quarter of this year. Prices will be announced later.
