HONOR officially introduced its latest flagship phone, the HONOR Magic9. The HONOR Magic9 boasts a whopping 8,000mAh battery, paired with 80W wired and 50W wireless charging. Being a flagship device, it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor and a compact 6.37-inch 120Hz OLED screen. Let’s get to the interesting part: the cameras. There’s a 200-megapixel 1/1.4-inch sensor with an f/1.9 aperture and CIPA 7.5 stabilization. It is joined by another 200-megapixel sensor for the periscope lens, with the same stabilization, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide, and a 55-megapixel selfie snapper. A big highlight here is the Arri branding, a German camera company known for cinema cameras, which was tapped to co-develop the device’s camera system. The Magic9 also works with HONOR’s own teleconverter lens. The device is also equipped with HONOR H1, an imaging chip that boasts 18.8 TOPS/watt of AI performance. It also has tons of AI...
HONOR’s latest midrange phone, the HONOR X9e Pro, pushes the boundaries in battery and display tech on smartphones. The HONOR X9e Pro boasts a large 11,000mAh battery, while maintaining a thin profile at 8.1mm thanks to silicon-carbon. HONOR claims that it can last for up to 35 hours of watching short videos, 66 hours of regular videos, and 165 hours of listening to music. Its battery is so large you can use it like a power bank with its 27W reverse wired charging. The device itself charges at 80W speeds. Plus, HONOR says the battery can stay healthy even after 6 years. It then has a peak brightness of a whopping, industry-leading 10,000 nits. That only works when watching HDR content, of course, and was only measured from an isolated spot. It is available on the large 6.8-inch LTPS AMOLED screen with a 1.5K resolution and a smooth 120Hz refresh rate. As for the rest of the hardware, it’s got a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 processor, 8GB of RAM,...