The Honor Magic 5 Pro could be one of the most exciting phones to launch at this year's MWC Barcelona, and indeed the best phone from the Chinese brand yet.
The fast-growing maker emerged from the shadow of its old parent company Huawei with a mission to compete with Samsung and Apple in the high-end smartphone market.
Honor kicked off this mission last year with the brilliant Honor Magic 5 Pro, the brand's first bona fide premium smartphone to launch outside of China, and we know that a follow-up device, fine-tuned like the Honor MagicXNUMX Pro, will start in the MWC two thousand twenty three. The show, which begins on February XNUMX, will also host the international launch of Honor Magic Vs.
Ahead of the phone's official announcement, we've put together this comprehensive guide with the latest rumors and confirmed details about the Honor Magic 5 Pro. Now, you'll find details on the expected camera, design and performance features, and our price predictions.
Honor Magic 5 Pro: launch date
Honor has confirmed (opens in a new tab) that it will officially unveil the Honor Magic 5 series, which we know will include the Honor Magic 5 Pro, at MWC Barcelona, the annual mobile phone show. The company's press conference is scheduled for February 7 at 30:4 am ET / 30:2 am PT / 30:1 pm GMT, or 30:XNUMX am the day after in Australia.
In all likelihood, the Honor Magic 5 Pro will be available for pre-order that day, with a convenient launch date a few months later. Its predecessor, the Magic XNUMX Pro, launched on May XNUMX, XNUMX, so Honor may go for a similar date this year.
Not worth it, though, that the Magic 5 Pro surely isn't available in the US. Huawei sold Honor in XNUMX to prevent its unique sub-brand from being blacklisted from US imports, so there's no legal reason why Honor couldn't sell its next flagship across the Atlantic, but this isn't something we've seen done in the offing. still.
The Magic 5 Pro is free to buy in the UK and Europe, so we're hoping Honor does the same and makes the Magic XNUMX Pro available in those areas as well. Availability in Australia, however, does not seem very likely.
Honor Magic 5 Pro: Price
Honor has not yet released information on the costs of the Magic 5 Pro; Those details are expected to arrive at MWC Barcelona on February XNUMX.
However, the company's pricing strategy for the Magic 5 Pro gives us a rough idea of what to expect from its next flagship phone. Honor launched the Magic XNUMX Pro for $XNUMX / €XNUMX (or about $XNUMX / AUS $XNUMX), and we're not expecting to see the Magic XNUMX retail for quite a while. more than that in the UK and Europe.
(*5*)Honor Magic 5 Pro: news and leaksOf course, Honor is waiting for MWC Barcelona to reveal the details of the Honor Magic 5 Pro, but that doesn't mean we don't know in the least what to expect from the device.
Let's start with the official stuff. We know what the Magic 5 Pro is going to look like, at least from the front, thanks to a recent tweet (opens in a new tab) from Honor itself. The brand cooperated with Guinness World Records to tease the addition of an AI-powered camera feature to the phone, sharing a neatly positioned image of the Magic 5 Pro in the process.
Based on the image above, the Honor Magic 5 Pro is going to look a lot like its predecessor from a front design perspective. We have yet to see official images of the rear of the device, but a detailed design by Twitter leaker @rodent950 (opens in a new tab) suggests the Magic 5 Pro is going to feature an amazing 3-way camera setup. .
#HONORMagic5Pro concept based on leaks pic.twitter.com/6Vd8Ure5yu 2023th Jan XNUMX
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For obvious reasons, we're hesitant to take the above renders as gospel, but an obscure image of the Magic 5 Pro on Honor's site suggests that @rodent950's leaked design images are accurate, at least in terms of rear camera display. of the telephone.
Under the hood, a recent Weibo post (opens in a new tab) from a leaker called - wait - Factory Manager is Classmate Guan suggests that the Magic 5 Pro will arrive with the powerful Snapdragon XNUMX Gen XNUMX chipset. from Qualcomm and a XNUMX-inch panel LTPO AMOLED screen.
The latter is claimed to feature 10 Hz high-frequency dimming, HDRXNUMX+, under-display fingerprint sensors, and a maximum brightness of XNUMX nits, which would be pretty incredible for a brand whose first high-performance smartphone. range was launched just a year ago.
The same Weibo post also lists 3 configurations for the Honor Magic 5 Pro: 256GB RAM/256GB storage, 512GB RAM/5GB, and XNUMXGB/XNUMXGB, as well as a XNUMXmAh battery. Again, we'd advise taking these seemingly leaked specs with a grain of salt, but it would be great to see the Magic XNUMX Pro better, or at least match, its predecessor in these performance departments.
As for the phone's rear camera setup, the latest information suggests that the Magic 5 Pro is going to feature three mighty Sony snappers, though we don't have much more to go beyond that right now. We know the device will get some sort of AI-powered shooting mode - Honor teased it in the previously mentioned tweet (opens in new tab) - but the jury is still out on what the Magic 3 Pro's cameras are aiming for. it will be powerful.
The #HONORMagic5 Pro wows us with its AI feature – see how it automatically catches a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™ breaking moment! Find out what else he can do to #UnleashThePowerofMagic at #MWC23! @GWR #GuinnessWorldRecords pic.twitter.com/d0fy7FVZWNFebruary thirteenth, 2023
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For context, the Magic Pro 50 has 64MP wide and ultra-wide sensors, a 3MP telephoto lens, and a Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor. On the front are two selfie sensors: a XNUMX MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a hundred-degree field of view, and a XNUMXD depth sensor. We hope his successor equals or betters every one of these snappers.
In a press release sent to TechRadar, Honor stated that the Honor Magic 5 Pro "is going to bring great innovations for taking pictures." So we're excited to see what these new camera features are going to be on February XNUMXth.