The Honor Magic 7 Pro smartphone arrives in Europe today, featuring Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset and a new 200-megapixel 3x periscopic telephoto camera.
The Honor Magic 7 Pro arrived in China late last year, but its international debut took place today in the United Kingdom and several European countries. However, like other Honor devices, a launch in the United States is unlikely, not that Americans can’t track the phone through unofficial sources. petapixel Readers will be familiar with previous reviews of Honor smartphones, including a review honor magic 6 proWhat Ted Kritsonis called “a quality smartphone with a camera array that’s built to make sure it has the stuff to be one of the best.”
Like its predecessor, the Magic 7 Pro has an attractive camera system. The triple camera array consists of a 50-megapixel main camera with a variable f/1.4-2 aperture and a Type 1/1.3 sensor. Along with this primary imager, the phone has a 50-megapixel f/2 ultra-wide camera (12 mm equivalent) with a type 1/2.88 sensor. The most interesting camera of the group is the 200-megapixel 3x optical zoom periscopic telephoto camera. The 200-megapixel Type 1/1.4 sensor is paired with a 69mm f/2.6 equivalent lens and includes PDAF and optical image stabilization.
It’s nothing new for Honor to throw a ton of pixels at its telephoto camera system. The Magic 6 Pro is also very good, despite having a 180-megapixel type 1/1.49 sensor and a 2.5x lens.
With all those pixels, the telephoto camera of the Honor Magic 7 Pro offers up to 100x digital zoom, relying on artificial intelligence (AI) for added clarity. AI also finds its way into additional photo features, including AI-enhanced Portrait.
AI is everywhere in the Honor Magic 7 Pro, including a new deepfake detection feature. This on-device tool uses AI to examine video calls for evidence of deepfake deception. That’s right, Honor’s latest flagship phone claims it can detect if a user is chatting with a fraudster.
Other notable features include a 6.8-inch LTPO OLED display with a fast 120Hz refresh rate and Dolby Vision HDR support, along with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset (which is also seen in this). new oneplus 13), 80-watt wireless charging, and a massive 6,600mAh battery. Honor says that the large battery supports up to three days of runtime.
Pricing and Availability
The Honor Magic 7 Pro is available in the United Kingdom for £1,100 and in continental Europe for €1,300, which works out to be approximately $1,340 at current exchange rates.
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