Among the many innovations that we are seeing presented at MWC 2022, there are also Honor Magic 4 and 4 Pro, the new top of the range of the former Huawei family. We have been waiting for the Global launch of the much-talked-about Magic 3 series, but the company preferred to skip straight to the next chapter.
Two smartphones that focus heavily on sectors such as displays, performance and cameras: let’s see what their respective innovations are. Honor Magic 4 and 4 Pro feature a symmetrical “Eye of Muse” design, with the Pro model boasting IP68 certification against liquids and dust. Both are available in Black and White, in addition to the new Cyan and Gold.
Honor Magic 4 Pro instead has a 6.81 ″ 2K quad-curved AMOLED HDR10 + screen with LTPO technology, capable of being able to dynamically vary from 1 to 120 Hz. Both smartphones also have 1,920 Hz PWM support for less eye strain. On the standard model, however, the panel is curved but only on the sides.
The Magic 4 series is strengthened by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the latest high-end SoC from Qualcomm. It offers 20% improved performance for the CPU, 30% for the GPU and 300% that of artificial intelligence. Memory cuts include 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
Supporting the Snapdragon chip is Honor Turbo Engines, a series of features to optimize hardware through software, such as Honor OS Turbo X and GPU Turbo X. As for the battery, the standard model has a rechargeable 4,800 mAh at 66W and the Pro a 4,600mAh with 100W SuperCharge fast charging capability, both wired and wireless.
The software is instead based on Android 12 and Magic UI 6.0 interface. Among its features, Honor focuses on privacy with Directional Sound, a technology that makes phone calls more private by preventing those around us from hearing anything. Inside the smartphones, there is also an independent chip for managing passwords and biometric data.
The Pro model also integrates 3D facial recognition via a 3D sensor and the Qualcomm 3D Sonic Gen 2 ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, the largest and most performing in the industry. Space also for the camera, with Honor Magic 4 having a 50 + 50 + 8 MP with 122 ° wide-angle and periscope telephoto lens with 50x digital zoom, while the Pro model includes a triple camera of 50 + 50 + 64 MP, including wide-angle at 122 ° and a telephoto lens with 3.5x optical and 100x digital zoom.
Through Ultra-Fusion computational photography, the smartphone is able to return a better quality for sharpness and clarity of the images, even in the zoom phase. The selfie camera on the Pro is 12 MP and is accompanied by the 3D sensor for face unlock.
Honor also introduces support for options like Magic-Log Movie Master with Cinematic 3D LUT and AI Film Effects for video recording, for the first time in 4K 10-bit at 60 fpss. Honor Magic 4 will be available at a price of € 899 for the single 8/256 GB version, rising with the Pro model to € 1,099.