Honor Magic 6 series debuts with improved Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, up to 1TB storage and 180MP periscope.
Honor’s flagship smartphones for the year 2024 are designed to push the limits in terms of hardware. The Honor Magic6 and Magic 6Pro are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, and come with vivid LTPO OLED displays and impressive triple cameras, with the Pro variant featuring a 180MP periscope.
Both the Magic6 and 6 Pro models come with 6.8-inch curved LTPO AMOLED displays that offer a resolution of 1,264 x 2,800px, and a variable 1-120Hz refresh rate. Honor boasts of a peak brightness of 1,800 nits in auto mode, and up to an incredible 5,000 nits of local peak brightness for HDR content.
Both displays also feature 4,320Hz ultra-high frequency PWM dimming and pack a 50MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. Magic6 gets a single punch hole cutout while the Pro features a pill for the added 3D depth face unlock module.
The back of the Honor Magic6 and Magic6 Pro is equipped with a redesigned camera island. The Magic6 Pro features a 50MP main camera with f/1.4-f/2.0 variable aperture and a 180MP periscope lens with 2.5x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom. It also comes with a 50MP ultrawide lens whereas the Magic6 has a 50MP f/1.9 shooter.
The non-Pro gets a 32MP telephoto lens with 2.5 optical and 50x digital zoom alongside a 50MP ultrawide lens.
Both phones come bundled with Honor’s new MagicOS 8.0 based on Android 14. You can choose between 12 and 16GB RAM and up to 1TB of storage on the Pro model.
Honor Magic6 brings a 5,450mAh battery capacity with 66W wired charging and 50W wireless via Honor’s proprietary wireless charger. The Pro variant bumps up to a 5,600 mAh cell with 80W wired and 66W wireless charging.
Connectivity is also impressive with support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 while the Magic6 Pro also gets the added benefit of satellite connectivity in China. Both phones also get IR blasters for controlling home appliances and are IP68 dustproof and water-resistant.
Honor Magic6 and 6 Pro come in black, green, blue, purple, and white colors. Pricing in China starts at CNY 4,399 ($620) for the 12/256GB Magic6 and tops out at CNY 6,699 ($943) for the 16GB RAM and 1TB storage Magic6 Pro.
| RAM/Storage | Honor Magic6 | Honor Magic6 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 12GB/256GB | CNY 4,399 | CNY 5,699 |
| 16GB/256GB | CNY 4,699 | – |
| 16GB/512GB | CNY 4,999 | CNY 6,199 |
| 16GB/1TB | – | CNY 6,699 |