Honor’s newest flagship smartphone, the Magic 4 Pro, could be fast-charged wirelessly at 100W, permitting it to be charged to 50 % in simply quarter-hour, the previous Huawei sub-brand introduced in the present day. As properly as 100W wi-fi charging, the telephone can be outfitted with 100W wired charging, which Honor says can totally cost the machine’s 4,600mAh battery in half-hour.

The Magic 4 Pro has been introduced alongside the lower-specced Magic 4, which tops out at 66W wired quick charging and doesn’t assist 100W wi-fi charging. The Magic 4 Pro will begin at €1099, whereas the Magic 4 will begin at €899. Both will likely be accessible within the coming months, although Honor is but to share precise launch dates or markets.

As you’d anticipate from a contemporary flagship smartphone, Honor is emphasizing the digicam capabilities of the Magic 4 Pro. It’s acquired a trio of cameras on its rear: a 50-megapixel important digicam, a 50-megapixel ultrawide with a 122-degree subject of view, and a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto digicam that gives 3.5x optical zoom. The common Magic 4 has a decrease decision 8-megapixel periscope telephoto digicam.

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Around entrance, the Magic 4 Pro has a 6.81-inch LTPO OLED show that’s in a position to dynamically alter its refresh price all the way in which from 1Hz to 120Hz and is curved round 4 edges of the machine. Meanwhile the usual Magic 4 has the identical sized display screen and a 120Hz refresh price, however solely curves round two edges of the machine.

The Magic 4 collection is powered by Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. The Magic 4 is out there with both 8GB or 12GB of RAM and between 128GB and 512GB of inbuilt storage, whereas the Magic 4 Pro has comparable specs, however lacks a 128GB choice. The Pro has an IP68 ranking for mud and water resistance, however the Magic 4’s is decrease at IP54, so the latter ought to have the ability to survive a lightweight splash, however not full immersion.

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Of course, given Honor’s cut up from former dad or mum firm Huawei, Honor’s telephones at the moment are in a position to ship with Google’s apps and providers, together with the all essential Google Play Store. Honor says each will run its Magic UI 6.0 software program, which is predicated on Android 12. One attention-grabbing characteristic unique to the Pro mannequin is Honor’s “Privacy Calling” characteristic, which it claims makes use of directional sound to forestall as a lot sound from leaking from the telephone’s built-in speaker throughout voice calls.

The announcement of the Magic 4 collection comes about half a yr after Honor detailed its predecessor, the Magic 3. At the time, Honor mentioned it hoped to launch the Magic 3 and Magic 3 Pro globally, and even introduced pricing in euros for the 2 telephones. But, ultimately, neither seems to have been extensively launched outdoors of China. As Honor makes an attempt to make a reputation for itself independently of Huawei, it little doubt hopes that the Magic 4 will likely be totally different.