Honor’s new Magic 7 Pro takes camera AI to the extreme

The Magic 7 Pro is Honor’s newest flagship. With Android 15 via MagicOS 9.0 to boot, the phone is perfectly positioned to take on AI in the market, starting with the company’s Falcon camera system.

Honor’s latest set of devices has done nothing short of impress. The Magic V3 entered the market as the thinnest foldable device, coming in at around 9mm. Beyond that, the company has done a fine job of developing good hardware, though software may have some catching up to do.

The latest entry from Honor is the Magic 7 Pro, which comes as the company announced the ultra-tough Magic 7 Lite. The Magic 7 Pro utilizes a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, which lends itself well to AI processing throughout MagicOS 9, but more on that later.

The front of the device is graced with a 6.8-inch display that can hit 120Hz. The panel underneath Honor’s proprietary NanoCrystal Shield is an LTPO unit with a peak brightness of 5,000 nits. The display would see some increased usage time with a 5,270mAh battery powering it, which is a great size for a phone this size. Honor says that the battery supports 100W wired charging and 80W wireless, though you might have some trouble finding a wireless charger that can hit that number.

Since the phone runs on MagicOS 9, the Magic 7 Pro will house features like Magic Portal and AI deepfake detection, which can be a nice little safeguard to have around. The phone also features AI translation and a proprietary notes app for transcription power by AI. Honor is developing an AI suite that may be able to stand up to what other OEMs like Samsung offer, and we’re here for it.

The Magic 7 Pro’s strong suit is the camera array. The back houses a 50MP main Falcon camera and a 200MP telephoto camera, allowing for crisp distance shots. The included ultrawide-angle lens has a 50MP sensor backing it, as well. In terms of high-res shots from far away, Honor notes that the Magic 7 Pro has AI Super Zoom with enhanced shots from 30x to 100x. The shots rely on an internet connection to incorporate AI, but Honor promises sond outstanding results when both AI and it’s hefty sensors are involved.

For portraits, the company has once again teamed up with Harcourt to produce specialized portrait features and stylized looks. AI is weaved in and out of Honor’s camera system, which bodes well for actual real-world image quality. Not to mention, the camera bump takes on a self-proclaimed “squircle” shape.

Magic 7 Pro will be available in Breeze Blue, Black, and Lunar Shadow. The latter takes on a science fiction look with rippling light refractions. The device is set to launch in Europe with seemingly no plans to bring the flagship to the US.