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Honor’s Magic 7 Pro is a near-flawless flagship smartphone

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The magic of honor 7 Pro is a refined flagship Android phone that combines the latest AI features with cutting-edge hardware. It excels in all the important aspects. You get an incredibly versatile camera, impressive ruggedness, fast charging, silky smooth performance, and an excellent display. Several subtle but important improvements over its predecessor elevate this smartphone to the next level.

Chinese phone maker Honor has impressed me with its hardware lately, from last year’s Magic 6 Pro to the incredibly svelte Honor Magic V3. This year, it’s given more attention to the software with a welcome polish. Its big investment in AI is starting to mature, with features looking more practical on the Magic 7 Pro than on its predecessors. It’s an expensive flagship that costs £1,099 ($1,346) and sadly isn’t officially sold in the US. But UK and European buyers shouldn’t sleep on the Magic.

Subtle Refinements

At first glance, the Magic 7 Pro looks similar to the 6 Pro, but I was delighted to find a flatter screen and frame, making it much more comfortable to use and less prone to accidental touches than curved glass. Honor has toned down the camera module, although it’s still large enough to unbalance the phone a bit. While this phone felt big after using the Pixel 9, it is manageable to handle. I’m not in love with the marbled effect of my Lunar Shadow Gray review unit, but it’s more interesting than the blue or black alternatives.

The 6.8-inch screen is as good as any I’ve tested. It is bright, smooth and crisp. By the numbers, it has a resolution of 2,800 x 1,200 pixels, a variable refresh rate of up to 120 Hz, and a brightness of 1,600 nits (up to 5,000 nits for highlights). Video looks great on the 7 Pro, with Dolby Vision and Vivid HDR support, and the speakers are nice and loud without distortion. Honor has also included several features aimed at reducing eye fatigue and strain, but they are difficult to quantify.

Photography: Simon Hill

The only slight irritation I had was with the large selfie camera cutout, although you soon get used to it. It’s a compromise I can accept for the convenience of secure face unlock, which is rare on Android phones since it even works with banking apps.

There’s plenty of power under the hood with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and 12GB of RAM. As expected, the benchmark results are at the top and this phone can run anything. There’s also a very generous 512GB of fast storage, which is more than most phones at this price offer. The Honor Magic 7 Pro also has an IP68 and IP69 rating, meaning it can be submerged and withstand jets of water or steam.

Digging deeper inside, a much higher level of polish becomes evident throughout. Honor talks about AI in the Magic 7 Pro and we’ll get into the specific features, but it permeates the phone. AI has filtered into the phone app to reduce background noise and make voices clearer, and there’s a privacy feature designed to prevent sound leaks and thwart eavesdroppers.

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