Honor Unveils Two New Models in Magic 8 Series, Eliminating Compromises for Air Models | Latest News

Author: Qiu Xiaofen

Editor: Su Jianxun

On January 19th, Honor launched two new models in the Magic 8 series — the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air and the "Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design" co - developed with Porsche Design. Compared with other models in this series, the biggest innovations of these two models this time lie in the model design and product concept.

For the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air, lightness and thinness are naturally the biggest selling points. According to the introduction, the body thickness of the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air is only 6.1mm, and it weighs only 155g, minimizing the burden on the hand.

Since last year, the iPhone 17 Air has set off a trend of lightness and thinness in the industry. However, under the limitations of limited thickness and weight, many Air - series models in the industry often sacrifice imaging and battery life. But on the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air, these compromises basically no longer exist.

For example, the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air is equipped with a full - focal - length Pro - level imaging system, and it also features the industry's first light and high - definition periscope telephoto lens.

Honor also tries to use AI to make up for the hardware limitations. To solve the problem of full - scene portrait fill - light, the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air is equipped with the Android's first AI zoom array flash, which can intelligently adjust the light according to the shooting focal length.

In terms of battery life, the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air has a built - in 5500mAh super - large - capacity battery with a battery energy density of 917Wh/L, and it is equipped with 80W wired fast charging and 50W wireless fast charging. In addition, the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air is built with the Dimensity 9500 chip and supports four - card dual - standby including eSIM.

Honor Magic 8 Pro Air

For the Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design, the design concept is naturally the biggest selling point.

It is understood that the "super - car elements" of Porsche sports cars are reflected in many details of the phone's body. For example, the body curve is inspired by the aerodynamic design of the Porsche's roof, and the flowing light line design on the back cover is derived from the airflow texture in the wind - tunnel test of the sports car. To restore the color of Porsche's car paint, Honor also collaborated deeply with Porsche's engineers to complete the exclusive color adjustment.

In terms of imaging, the Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design is equipped with the current highest 200 - megapixel telephoto lens and a 50 - megapixel main camera. In addition, this model is also equipped with the Honor AiMAGE engine, which supports hand - held shooting for 3 seconds without blurring. Coupled with Honor's self - developed AiMAGE primary color engine, through the fusion calculation of multiple cameras and sensors, it can capture multi - dimensional white - balance information and accurately restore the natural color temperature.

In terms of performance, the Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design is equipped with the Qualcomm fifth - generation Snapdragon ® 8 Extreme Mobile Platform and LPDDR5X Extreme Edition memory. In the situation of rising memory prices, the Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design offers a maximum capacity of 24GB.

In terms of battery - life experience, the new model has a built - in new - generation 7200mAh Qinghai Lake battery, supports 120W wired super - fast charging and 80W wireless super - fast charging, and has been intelligently optimized by Honor's Dujiangyan AI power management system.

The Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design comes in two color options: "Moonstone" and "Slate Gray".

AI is also another major core selling point of this model this time.

This time, the Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design is equipped with the latest MagicOS 10 system, with the YOYO intelligent agent as the core interaction entry, advocating "Ask YOYO for everything". Specifically, based on the system - level MCP architecture, the YOYO intelligent agent can not only answer visual questions but also understand and execute complex cross - application tasks like a personal assistant.

In addition, relying on Honor's Boundless Smart Connect technology, the YOYO intelligent agent also breaks through the system barriers of Windows, iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS, realizing seamless intelligent collaboration among multiple devices such as mobile phones, cars, and tablets.

In terms of price, the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air starts at 4,999 yuan; the Honor Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design is available in two storage versions: 24GB + 1TB and 16GB + 512GB, starting at 7,999 yuan.