Honor Magic4 Pro Review



In November 2020, Huawei offered Honor which then allowed Honor to perform with out the sanctions imposed on Huawei.

In particular, this blanketed the usage of Google Play Service and all of the apps inside the Google Play Store and being able to source additives from various hardware carriers, inclusive of Qualcomm and their 5G device on chips.

Honor announced a lot of telephones all through this time however handiest a handful inside the Western markets.

One of the first to release became the higher mid-ranger Honor 50, which I reviewed back in October 2021.

The Honor Magic4 Pro is the telephone many of has eagerly been watching for. The first top rate flagship from Honor.

Specification

• Display:
  • 6.81 inches LPTO OLED
  • 1312×2848 120hz
  • a thousand nits brightness
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon eight Gen 1
• RAM: 8GB
• Storage: 256GB
• Rear Cameras:
  • 50 MP Sony IMX766, f/1.8, 23mm (extensive), 1/1.56″, 1.0µm, multi-directional PDAF, Laser AF
  • 50 MP, f/2.2, 122˚ (ultrawide), half of.Five″
  • sixty four MP, f/three.5, 90mm (periscope telephoto), half of.0″, 0.7µm, PDAF, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom
  • TOF 3-d (intensity)
• Front Camera:
  • 12 MP, f/2.Four, 100˚ (ultrawide), 1.22µm
  • TOF three-D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
• Battery: 4600 mAh
• Charging:
  • 100W wired
  • 100W wi-fi SuperCharge (separate purchase)
• Protection:
  • Aluminosilicate glass
  • IP68

Design and Display

I still have my Huawei P40 Pro and P30 Pro, and there are a variety of similarities between those phones and the Honor.

The curved show and the nook edges that fold up at the corners are nearly same to the P40 Pro. As is the button placement and location of the elongated selfie camera with the TOF 3-D sensor.

It’s the curvature of the show that could be a signature Huawei layout element, and it’s miles some thing that reasons divisive critiques. It does look aesthetic, and I do not mind it, but the corners of the show can distort UI factors, which is obviously a usability difficulty. While I haven’t any problems with it at all, I can respect that a few humans are less eager.

Beyond the curvature, the overall display is exceptional. Some telephones run at a better resolution, but I can’t say I notice that a good deal.

The cellphone is indexed as having aluminosilicate glass in preference to the ever-present Gorilla Glass. I cannot locate a whole lot records at the durability of this glass apart from from Corning themselves, who claim Gorilla Glass Victus is a ways superior.

The fingerprint sensor is notable, but I rarely want to apply it. The TOF three-D sensor inside the elongated reduce out aids the facial reputation, and I even have located face unlock to be high-quality (I really want my Pixel 6 had it).

On the rear of the cellphone, you have got a placing big digital camera bump with what seems to be 4 sensors encircling one big sensor and a flash located at the bottom. My great wager is the bottom right circle is there for adornment by myself.

I was despatched the cyan colourway, however its shiny back makes it appearance towards silver with a hint of cyan.

Camera

I actually have already accomplished a more special put up covering the digital camera overall performance at the Honor Magic4 Pro right here.

One factor I did not highlight in my digital camera submit become the reality that Honor now not has access to a variety of the Huawei IP. On paper, my Huawei P40 Pro has a higher number one camera and is extremely-extensive, with the sensors being drastically large than what is on the Honor. As true as the cameras are at the Honor, it’s far frustrating that we don’t have get entry to to all the hardware that changed into developed with the aid of Huawei.

Instead, Honor has to use sensors that we have seen on numerous other phones. The Sony IMX766 is used on quite a few phones in the interim, which include numerous OPPO, Realme and OnePlus telephones. It is a high-quality sensor that works nicely in a diffusion of situations.

As highlighted inside the preceding put up, I like how balanced the camera spec is with the Honor. You have a awesome primary digicam then a great extremely-huge and zoom lens. Other telephones tend to have one lacklustre lens.

For video, you’ve got alternatives going as much as 4K 60FPS, and 1080P is likewise constrained to a most of 60FPS.

Photo Gallery

Performance and Thermal Throttling

I actually have additionally carried out a extra certain publish at the Honor Magic4 Pro performance and how nicely it plays in opposition to the OPPO Find X5 Pro.

Benchmarks suggest first rate overall performance. The telephone seems to allow the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 to run at its full capacity, while the OPPO dialled things again a piece.

The 3DMark Wildlife Stress Test shows some massive throttling after a few minutes, but much less so than the OPPO. 3DMark additionally suggests that the GPU is significantly better than final yr’s SD888. The lowest rating completed in Wildlife is higher than the highest score on SD888 primarily based phones.

As a ways as everyday performance goes, all that processing power and the 120Hz show ensures the whole lot runs flawlessly.

Battery

The Honor has a 4600mah battery which I think is a chunk at the small facet for these new power-hungry Qualcomm chipsets. However, performance appears to be good enough, if no longer appropriate.

Under the PCMark Work 2.Zero battery take a look at, the Honor achieves 10h 32 mins at the same time as averaging 14670 throughout the check. In assessment, the OPPO Find X5 Pro, with its larger battery, handiest done 11h 32 minutes with a mean rating of 10801.

Day to day performance is fairly top, and I can easily get thru a full day with a moderate degree of use.

Two of the stand out functions of this telephone are the 100W stressed and 100W wi-fi charging. I usually use a slow charge at night but use the wi-fi charger within the afternoon if I am going out.

In my case, I haven’t visible the cellphone document higher than 80W for wi-fi charging. This appears to be the case even when charging the battery from round 5%. It isn’t much of an issue, 80W wi-fi charging is insanely fast, and I adore it.

I have not located or tested the stressed charging nicely, however I did apply it to a night away and once more, it’s far high-quality. It’s perfect for journeying when you might be out all day using maps and the digicam all day and handiest have a short downtime in the afternoon.

Software

Similar to maximum of my critiques recently, I don’t have any strong emotions about the Magic UI. I use so many phones I am acquainted with most interfaces now.

The important thing right here is that it is primarily based on Android 12 and has Google Play Services with the total variety of apps inside the Google Play Store. You have all the same old pre-installed Google apps which include Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Photos and greater.

Google Pay turned into not established, but thankfully I became able to install it and successfully delivered my NatWest card.

Like a number of phones, the is some unnecessary bloatware, which include Booking.Com, Netflix, Trip.Com, TrainPal, WPSOffice, plus a few integrated Honor apps.

It is well worth noting that ultimate 12 months after I reviewed the Honor 50, my early evaluation pattern had some massive system defects that required me to ship the cellphone lower back to be up to date. With the Honor Magic4 Pro, I even have experienced no problems at all.

Price and Alternative Options

The Honor Magic4 Pro is to be had to buy for £949.

They have an wonderful pre-order cope with you getting the SuperCharge wi-fi charger, Watch GS three and a Magic4 Pro PU Case. I’d say the wireless charger is a must buy, so that saves you £65, and you could constantly sell the watch if you didn’t want it.

The Xiaomi 12 Pro has 12GB/256GB and is £1049. I’d say this is the closest competitor, in particular in case you study the camera spec. They have the IMX707, that is superior to the IMX766. Both have a 50MP ultra-extensive, but the Honor zoom lens is better resolution and better three.5x zoom vs 2x.

You have the OPPO Find X5 Pro for £1050 or the very similar OnePlus 10 Pro for £899. I have not reviewed the OP10Pro, but the OPPO is top notch. They have higher extremely-huge cameras but now not as correct zoom.

The Pixel 6 Pro is £949 for the version with 256GB storage. It has an top notch camera, however the chipset isn’t as proper, and the fingerprint scanner is quite demanding.

The Samsung Galaxy S22+ with 256GB storage is £999, or the Ultra jumps as much as a large £1249

I’d therefore say the Honor is placed very attractively against the competition.

Overall

The Honor Magic4 Pro is the phone we were waiting for on the grounds that Honor parted approaches with Huawei and re-entered the western marketplace with phones that protected Google Mobile Services.  

It offers me desire that Honor may be capable of fill the void left with the aid of Huawei, but it’s also miserable that Honor would not have get entry to to all the hardware that Huawei has advanced in house.

There is a lot to love about this telephone, and I think it ought to be a extreme attention for anyone searching out a top rate flagship cellphone with a awesome digicam.

If you’re considering this cellphone, I’d strongly advocate getting it all through the pre-order bonus as it will save you a considerable amount of money.