Latest news with #HonorMagic7Pro
GSM Arena
23-05-2025
- GSM Arena
Honor Magic8 series to include a Mini
Honor is currently working on the Magic8 series of devices, and a new rumor out of China tells us to expect three phones to be part of it: the Magic8, the Magic8 Pro, and the Magic8 Mini. The Mini will have a 6.3-inch screen and will be powered by MediaTek's upcoming Dimensity 9500 SoC, the Magic8 will get a 6.58-inch display and will go with the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, as will the Pro model with a 6.7" screen. Honor Magic7 Pro It's unclear if a Magic8 Lite will join these three, at least at the moment. The Magic7 and Magic7 Pro were both announced at the end of October and were released in November, but with Qualcomm announcing the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 in late September, the timeline for the Magic8 may shift and we could see the Magic8, Magic8 Pro, and Magic8 Mini becoming official in early October and be released later in the month. As previously rumored, the Magic8's screen will shrink from the Magic7's 6.78" panel, and the Magic8 Pro's will also be ever so slightly smaller than its predecessor's 6.8" display. According to a past rumor, the Magic8 Pro will have a 50 MP main camera, a 50 MP ultrawide, and a 200 MP periscope telephoto camera. Honor Magic7 Pro Source (in Chinese)
Business Mayor
22-05-2025
- Business Mayor
New Android phones match the S25 Ultra's camera for a price Samsung can't beat
If you want the best camera on a phone, you might expect to have to pay over the odds for it, but two new Android phones hitting UK stores today could fit the bill while costing hundreds less than the competition. Honor has announced the Honor 400 and 400 Pro, which both sport the same 200MP main camera sensor, a megapixel spec that matches the £1,249 Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra's main camera. But Honor's new phones cost £399.99 and £699.99 respectively, meaning they could be a cheaper way to get hold of a phone with a strong main camera. Honor says the large 1/1.4-inch lens uses AI to capture clearer shots and has optical and electrical image stabilisation tech to make sure you don't get blurry shots. The firm says it can even cope with 50x zoom, though you also get a dedicated 50MP 3x optical zoom lens and a 12MP ultra-wide lens that can also be used for macro photography. Just like the Honor Magic 7 Pro that came out earlier in the year, these two phones are stuffed to the gills with AI features and promises. I didn't much care for the 7 Pro's use of AI when zooming past 30x, where it artificially fills in details that otherwise are not there. The party trick of the Honor 400 and 400 Pro is an AI tool from Google called 'AI Image to Video', 'which enables users to bring static photos to life as dynamic videos', according to Honor. These are the first phones to get a feature that will likely come to other Android phones soon. You can take a photo and then turn it into a five second video using Google AI, which requires an internet connection. But as reported by The Verge, this isn't a free feature that Honor 400 buyers can enjoy forever. It's only free for the first two months of ownership, and you can only make 10 videos per day. Details of how Google will end up charging you for this service are not known, but the tool could become available to Google Gemini subscribers. Elsewhere, the 400 Pro has impressive specs with a big 5,300mAh battery, 512GB storage, 12GB RAM and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset that powered several high-end Android phones that came out in 2024. It can also fast charge at zippy 100W speeds, giving you 50 percent charge in 15 minutes, according to Honor. There's even industry-best IP68/69 dust and water resistance. You also get 'AI Eye Comfort Display' and 'AI Defocus Eyecare' smarts to keep the 6.7-inch AMOLED screen from causing your peepers too much strain, plus an 'AI Circadian Night Display' setting to stop the blue light from disrupting your sleep. All this sounds like we should stop looking at our phones so much, doesn't it? But it's good to see Honor thinking about these things, as not all phones have such granular display controls. Most impressively is Honor's promise of six years of Android updates and six years of security updates for both the Honor 400 and 400 Pro, matching the Magic 7 Pro and only one year short of Google and Samsung's promise for many of their phones. It's notable that the £399.99 Honor 400 will get six years of updates, one of the cheapest phones out there with such long support along with Samsung's £399 Galaxy A36, which also promises six years. The Honor 400 boasts a 5,300mAh battery like the Pro with slightly slower charging and a smaller 6.55-inch display that is flat compared to the curved one on the Pro. You'll also get the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip with 8GB RAM and IP65 protection. Both phones are 5G compatible, as you'd expect, and go on sale today. Honor has secured impressively wide availability too, so you can buy it from EE, O2, Three, Vodafone, Tesco Mobile, Argos, Currys, Amazon and Very, as well as directly from Honor. READ SOURCE
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Yahoo
Honor Magic 7 Pro gets early access to Android 16's Beta
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Honor Magic 7 Pro gets access to Android 16 Beta 3 and test run, and see what this new OS feels like on their phones. The company put out a detailed guide for developers and advanced users who'd like to test out the new software. Honor cautions that this is not for general users and says that there's a low probability of the phone restarting in some scenarios once it is updated. Honor announced today that those with an Honor Magic 7 Pro device will be able to experience Android 16 Beta 3 as it has been made available for developers. In an email to Android Central, the company added that the HONOR Magic7 Pro is one of the first phones globally to support this preview. The company added that this Android 16 Beta 3 preview will give developers early access to new features and performance of the OS, firsthand. It will also give them access to new APIs and tools that could help developers fine-tune the user experience before the stable version of the OS is officially launched later in June. That said, it should be noted that Pixel phones are currently on Android 16 Beta 4, but this is the first Android 16 beta version available for the Honor's Magic 7 Pro. "This marks another milestone in HONOR's close collaboration with Google. HONOR was also among the first to roll out Android 15 Beta 1 in 2024 for the Magic 6 Pro and Magic V2," the company said in an email. Furthermore, in a detailed post, the company laid out steps for developers to safely upgrade their phones. And if you are a general user, the company recommends that you wait until the official stable launch of the OS later this year. Developers who plan on installing the Beta version can do so through Honor's official page, which has the upgrade package uploaded onto the website. All that you need to do is download the corresponding upgrade package based on your device. Make sure adb, Python environment, and Honor Suite are available for PC. Secondly, developers need to have more than 60GB of space on their phones. Following this, go to Settings > About phone, tap Build number seven times to enable developer mode, then go to System & updates > Developer options to enable USB debugging and connect the device to PC via USB cable. The next steps are detailed in Honor's blog post. Lastly, the OEM notes that this upgrade will not erase any data, and recommends that you back up your phone beforehand. "The upgraded new system adopts a brand new user partition, which is not shared with the original one, and the data of the original user partition is unavailable on the new system," the company added.
GSM Arena
07-05-2025
- GSM Arena
Honor Magic 7 Pro gets third Android 16 beta
Honor Magic 7 Pro is now getting Android 16 beta 3. This is still a Developer Preview and is meant for devs and advanced users. You can head this way for a detailed guide on how to get the beta running on your Magic 7 Pro. You'll need to be running MagicOS 9.0.0.165 version or higher for the update to work. Honor Magic 7 Pro is among the first smartphones to receive Android 16 beta 3. Google has already released its Android 16 beta 4, which is the final beta release before the consumer version, which is set to debut in June. Honor Magic7 Pro Source
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
This top Android phone camera just got even better
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Quick summary Vivo has confirmed that the upcoming Vivo X200 Ultra will have a unique accessory telephoto lens. The phone is expected to launch in China on 21 April and bring with it a new range of camera skills. There are some segments of the smartphone market that are still hammering home the message about how great their cameras are. While Samsung seems to have switched to AI, we've seen some monstrous efforts from the Honor Magic 7 Pro, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra and that other Chinese giant, Vivo. T3's Tech Editor Mike Lowe has spent plenty of time with the Vivo X200 Pro, saying 'this Vivo has totally blown my mind'. Well, the Vivo X200 Pro isn't the company's top offering in this family, with the Vivo X200 Ultra due to be announced on 21 April in China - where this phone is likely to remain. That could be a huge shame, because it's going to take the cameras up a notch with an accessory that might pique your interest. I had to double-check the dates to make sure this wasn't an April Fool's prank, but Vivo has teased an external telephoto lens for this phone. The base phone is expected to come with 3.7x periscope zoom sitting on a 200-megapixel sensor, but this lens accessory from Zeiss is said to offer an f/2.3 200mm lens, the equivalent of 8.7x optical zoom. The details have been shared by Han Boxiao, Vivo product manager, on Weibo (via Android Authority). It's said that there are 13 lens elements in the lens which effectively doubles your zoom range. The source says that 35x is "highly usable'. Image 1 of 3 Image 2 of 3 Image 3 of 3 It does appear that the Zeiss long lens simply slots over the existing camera and it's not clear if there's anything to hold it in place, or if you just use it like a telescope. The sample images shared are impressive, although by the time you get to the 70x zoom, you can see the limitations in the system. It's also been confirmed that the Vivo X200 Ultra will have an imaging kit, giving you a grip for the phone to extend those photography skills. All these accessories are great, but if you're lugging around a grip and a lens, then perhaps you'd be better off just buying a camera instead. The Vivo X200 Ultra is said to have a 6.8-inch AMOLED display and be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which some would argue is an upgrade from the Dimensity 9400 chip that powers the Pro. The cameras are said to include a 50-megapixel 35mm main camera, with a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto and 50-megapixel ultrawide. There's another 50-megapixel camera on the front. A 6000mAh battery is expected to power it, with 100W wired charging. Whether this phone will ever make it out of China remains to be seen, but there's certainly something interesting going on for photographers.
