Honor Magic 8
Width: 74mm (2.91in) Released: Oct 23, 2025
13+14+13+12+12+3+4+0+5+3 = 79
OH Rank & Score
Honor Magic 8 is #10 on OH Rank with a score of 79, independently rated across ten fixed categories.
Key Facts
ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Battery7000 mAh
Charging90W charging
Screen brightness1700 nits
Screen resolution460 ppi
IP ratingIP69
Main camera50MP main camera
SUPERIOR* TOP Battery Endurance* TOP Software* TOP Desktop Replacement
Score Breakdown
Editorial
5mm shorter and 2mm narrower, Magic 8 comes with a much bigger battery and improved main and telephoto cameras. It steals Vivo's formula of battery+screen+camera to deliver a great package. The selfie is still AF-less and the USB-C stayed a disappointingly slow 2.0 but gained the Display Port 1.2 skill to allow for desktop replacement functionality. This is a great flagship, if you can get it.
Pros & Cons
PROs
74mm narrow body, flagship grade build with a small and symmetrical camera bump, top SD 8 Elite Gen 5 with UFS 4.0 performance, 48hr endurance from a 7000mAh Si-C battery with sub-60min 90W (80W wireless) charging. >1700nits bright 460ppi LTPO AMOLED screen with Dolby Vision certification and >4300Hz PWM, IP69 protection. great pics from a 50MP 24mm OIS PDAF main + 64MP ~70mm OIS PDAF telephoto + 50MP 12mm dual-pixel PDAF ultrawide, very good video recording, up to 7 years of OS updates, tons of AI tricks and good desktop replacement functionality
CONs
limited market availability, no AF on 50MP 21mm selfie, videos can differ across lenses, no SDmemory slot, slow USB-C 2.0 port (but with Display Port functionality)
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