Information is starting to emerge concerning the subsequent flagship cellphone collection from Chinese language producer Honor, the Magic 5. It’s been nearly a 12 months because the final technology arrived, so it’s no shock {that a} launch is now confirmed to be coming quickly.
Right here’s all we’ve found up to now concerning the Honor Magic 5.
When will the Honor Magic 5 be launched?
Honor has now confirmed that it’s going to launch the Magic 5 – together with the Magic Vs foldable’s European debut – on the MWC tradeshow in Barcelona, with an occasion set for 27 February. The occasion will happen at 1:30pm native time, which is 12:30pm GMT / 7:30am ET / 4:30am PT.
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The launch timing is sensible on condition that the Honor Magic 4 was revealed nearly precisely the identical time at MWC final 12 months. Regardless of that European launch occasion, solely a few fashions come to Europe and different territories, however the usual and Final fashions remained solely accessible in China. As with earlier fashions, you almost certainly gained’t be capable of purchase the Magic 5 in North America.
How a lot will the Honor Magic 5 value?
There’s no official phrase from Honor concerning the worth of the upcoming fashions, so we have to contemplate how a lot the earlier generations value:
- Honor Magic 4 – ¥6,725 (approx. $999/£818/€922)
- Honor Magic 4 Professional – £949/€1,099 (approx. $1,159)
- Honor Magic 4 Lite 5G – £299/€349 (approx. $365)
- Honor Magic 4 Final – ¥8,677 (approx. $1,289/£1,055/€1,190)
- Honor Magic 3 – €899 (approx. $973/£797)
- Honor Magic 3 Professional – €1,099 (approx. $1,189/£975)
- Honor Magic 3 Professional Plus – €1,499 (approx $1,622/£1,328)
This record above makes for complicated studying, as we’ve a mix of currencies which could not consider native taxes and suchlike. Honor introduced the Magic 3 vary with costs in Euros, though it then didn’t launch the telephones in that territory. The Magic 4 telephones had two western fashions, and two that remained in China, with the costs reflecting that.
Piecing all of it collectively, and assuming that Honor mimics the lineup of the Magic 4 technology, right here’s the tough costs we expect you’ll be more likely to see when the Magic 5 fashions seem:
- Honor Magic 5 – $999/£799/€899
- Honor Magic 5 Professional – $1,149/£949/€1,099
- Honor Magic 5 Final – $1,299/£1,049/€1,199
- Honor Magic 5 Lite – $369/£299/€349
Clearly these costs are speculative, however we expect they need to be in the fitting ballpark. Now we have seen one report on-line that featured a supposed spec sheet for the brand new fashions (the small print of which we cowl beneath) and that had three fashions with the next costs:
- Honor Magic 5 – ¥4,999 (approx $740/£599/€679)
- Honor Magic 5 Professional – ¥5,999 (approx $888/£719/€819)
- Honor Magic 5 Status – ¥7,999 (approx $1,185/£959/€1,093)
These seem cheaper, which might be a welcome change in nowadays of ever rising worth tags.
What options will we see within the Honor Magic 5?
As with the opposite sections on this article, we’re nonetheless awaiting bulletins from Honor concerning the specs on its upcoming handsets. However, a number of leaks have already made their approach out within the public, and there’s some educating calculations we will make about what the Magic 5 vary will appear like.
There have been a number of design renders showing, with this one from Twitter leaker @rodent950 being probably the most fleshed out. It exhibits an analogous format to the Magic 4 technology of gadgets, with the round digital camera part the primary function on the again. Tellingly, the cameras right here carefully match the design of the official launch poster above, so it’s doubtless this design is correct.
A current put up on Weibo from the splendidly named The Manufacturing facility Supervisor is Classmate Guan additionally appears to stipulate what the three potential Magic 5 gadgets will embody. In a leaked spec sheet proven within the put up, it particulars that there shall be a Magic 5, Magic 5 Professional, and Magic 5 Status – which appears to be this 12 months’s model of the Professional+ or Final.
All will function Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipsets, 6.8in LTPO AMOLED panels with variable refresh charges from 1-120Hz, 2160Hz high-frequency dimming, HDR10+, 480Hz contact fee, under-display fingerprint sensors, and a most brightness of 1,100nits. Not unhealthy in any respect.
The Magic 5 and Magic 5 Professional will are available in 8+256GB, 12+256GB, and 12+512GB configurations, whereas the Magic 5 Status provides a solitary 12+512GB mannequin. Reminiscence is LPDDR5X and storage is UFS 4.0.
Entrance cameras are the identical throughout the vary, with a 13Mp Sony IMX688 sensor, however there are a number of variations within the rear arrays. The Magic 5 ought to include a triple line-up of a 54Mp Sony IMX800 main, 50Mp Sony IMX758, and 64Mp OmniVision OV64B.
There are a number of tweaks with the Magic 5 Professional, which is listed as that includes a brand new Sony IMX878 sensor that comes with OIS assist. The OmniVision OV64B reappears, however this time it’s joined by a Sony IMX516 sensor. For the Magic 5 Status the itemizing has the 1in Sony IMX989 sensor with OIS, a 50Mp Sony IMX758, a Sony IMX516 sensor, plus a further unspecified digital camera.
Battery life must be good, with a 5000mAh battery fitted within the Magic 5 and 4800mAh batteries for each the Professional and Status.
Charging also needs to impress, although our expectations have shifted just a little. We’re anticipating all three telephones to assist 66W wired charging primarily based on their appearances on 3C certification in China – that’s spectacular for the common mannequin, however just a little low for the Professional and Status, as their predecessors went as much as 100W. Nonetheless, each are more likely to function wi-fi charging too.
Just a few different variations embody IPX54 waterproofing for the Magic 5 and IP68 for the others, whereas the Magic 5 will get 2D facial recognition with the 2 remaining fashions utilizing superior 3D recognition capabilities.
Most of the remainder of the specs are customary throughout all three fashions, together with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3, USB 3.1, NFC, and MagicOS 7.0.
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