Honor Magic8 Pro: Fine-tuning for the top smartphone

The Honor Magic8 Pro presents itself as an almost entirely successful flagship model, which leaves a particularly robust yet elegant impression with its high-quality workmanship, matte frame, and IP69K certification. The very bright LTPO OLED display with adaptive 1-120 Hz, wide HDR support, and eye-friendly PWM dimming ensures excellent readability. There are also numerous additional features to protect your eyes.

Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the smartphone delivers strong everyday and gaming performance, even though the chip is significantly throttled under continuous load and thus does not permanently exploit its full potential. The camera impresses with detailed photos, powerful periscope zoom, and good stabilization, but it has to make do without a variable aperture and tends to produce very bright, highly saturated images in the default settings, although this can be adjusted in the options. The ultra-wide angle is solid but shows slight blurring towards the edges, while the zoom still delivers usable results even in low light.

Other major plus points include the seven-year update guarantee, the versatile AI button, and secure biometric options with an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and 3D facial recognition, which remain unique in the Android camp in this combination. Despite the smaller 6,270 mAh battery in Europe, the device offers very good battery life and fast 100-watt charging, which allows for short charging breaks in everyday use. On the downside, the lack of a power adapter and case in the box, the absence of UWB, and the currently limited Wi-Fi 7 somewhat cloud the otherwise strong overall picture, without seriously jeopardizing its flagship status.