HONOR just introduced the HONOR Magic8 Pro Air, the company’s latest smartphone in the Magic8 series in China, as it had promised. The phone is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC.
It is the lightest flagship phone at 155g and is just 6.1mm thick. The new phone features a 6.31-inch OLED display with a 1.08mm narrow bezel on all four sides. It has 6000 nits HDR peak brightness, 10 Honor Oasis eye protection features, and a 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.
It uses the same 7-coat, 7-baking light-sensing overlay coating process as luxury cars, resulting in a metallic satin finish, and is available in four colors: Fairy Purple, Light Orange, Feather White, and Shadow Black. The phone features a unibody aerospace-grade aluminum frame with a strength of 530MPa. There is IP68/IP69 dust and water resistance ratings, and supports eSIM with seamless SIM & eSIM switching
In terms of imaging, the new phone features a 50-megapixel main camera (1/1.3-inch ultra-large sensor, f/1.6 ultra-large aperture, CIPA 5.0 image stabilization), a 50-megapixel wide-angle camera (f/2.2 aperture, maximum 112° field of view), and a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto camera (1/2-inch ultra-large sensor, 3.2x optical zoom, f/2.6 aperture, 100x digital zoom, CIPA 5.0 image stabilization).
In addition, the new phone features the first AI zoom array flash on Android, with a 5-array structure covering the entire portrait focal length range from 1x to 6.4x. Furthermore, it is the industry’s first to feature CCD strobe portrait mode and boasts the most comprehensive AI flash functionality.
The phone packs a 5500mAh silicon-carbon battery into a body only 6.1mm thick, boasting an energy density of 917Wh/L and supporting 80W wired fast charging and 50W wireless fast charging.
HONOR Magic8 Pro Air specifications
- 6.31-inch (2640×1216 pixels) 1.5K 1-120Hz LTPO OLED Screen with HDR10+, up to 1800 nits global peak brightness, up to 6000 nits HDR peak brightness, 4320Hz High-Frequency PWM Dimming, Giant Rhino Glass protection
- Octa-Core Dimensity 9500 3nm SoC with Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB / 512GB / 1TB UFS 4.0 storage
- Dual SIM (nano + eSIM)
- Magic UI 10.0 (Based on Android 16)
- Rear Cameras: 50MP Wide (1/3″ f/1.6)+50MP 11° Ultra Wide Camera (f/2.2) with 2.5cm macro + 64MP Telephoto Camera (f/2.6, 3.2x Optical Zoom, 100x Digital Zoom, OIS); 4K video 60fps recording; Rear single LED flash
- Front Camera: 50MP Front Camera (f/2.0); 4K 60fps video recording
- Dust and Water Resistant (IP68 + IP69)
- 3D Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, infrared sensor
- Dimensions: 150.5×71.9× 6.1mm; Weight: 155g
- USB Type-C Audio, Dual Stereo Speakers
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11be (2.4GHz/5GHz) 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 6.0, BeiDou (B1I+B1C+B2a+B2b quad-frequency), GPS (L1+L5 dual-frequency), GLONASS (G1), Galileo (E1+E5a+E5b tri-frequency), QZSS (L1+L5 dual-frequency), NavIC (L5), and A-GNSS, USB Type-C USB 2.0, NFC
- 5500mAh (typical) battery with 80W wired SuperCharge and 50W wireless charging Support
Pricing and availability
- 12GB+256GB – 4999 yuan (USD 717 / Rs. 65,205 approx.)
- 12GB+512GB – 5299 yuan (USD 760 / Rs. 69,120 approx.)
- 16GB+512GB – 5599 yuan (USD 803 / Rs. 73,030 approx.)
- 16GB+1TB – 5999 yuan (USD 860 / Rs. 78,250 approx.)
The phone is now available to order and will go on sale in China starting from January 23rd.