HONOR Magic 6 Pro launched with a crazy 180MP periscope camera

We’ve heard murmurings for some time now that HONOR might be engaged on loopy periscope digital camera expertise. Now, the corporate has launched the HONOR Magic 6 collection in China, and the Professional variant certainly seems to be like a beast of a digital camera cellphone.

The Magic 6 Professional’s standout function is well the 180MP 2.5x periscope digital camera (1/1.49-inch, f/2.6), with HONOR saying this digital camera covers focal lengths from 68mm to 270mm (~11x). The cellphone additionally sports activities 100x digital zoom, however HONOR’s personal advertising materials (seen under) means that these pictures will nonetheless look horrible.

Nonetheless, we’re eager to see what a 180MP periscope digital camera can do. In spite of everything, even a crop to 5x from this 2.5x digital camera ought to yield a 45MP picture. However we hope this periscope digital camera can keep away from the standard pitfalls related to many ultra-high-resolution sensors (e.g. elevated noise, decreased dynamic vary).

The remainder of the Magic 6 Professional’s digital camera system appears nice on paper too. There’s a 50MP “Eagle Eye” predominant digital camera (1/1.3-inch) with a variable aperture (f/1.4 to f/2.0), whereas a 50MP digital camera handles each ultrawide snaps and macro photographs. Swap to the entrance and also you’ll discover a pill-shaped cutout internet hosting a 50MP digital camera and a 3D ToF sensor for 3D face unlock.

Anticipate a suitably high-end expertise elsewhere. There’s an IP68 score, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, a 6.8-inch FHD+ 120Hz OLED display, a 5,600mAh battery, 80W wired charging, and 66W wi-fi top-ups.

The brand new cellphone additionally brings the Magic OS 8.0 Android pores and skin, and this software program gives quite a lot of nifty options. This contains name quantity changes primarily based in your surroundings, dragging content material to a sidebar to share it with different apps, what seems to be HONOR’s tackle Apple’s Standby Mode, and eye-tracking tech for opening some notifications.

The vanilla Magic 6 understandably makes a couple of compromises to succeed in a lower cost level. For one, the triple rear digital camera system is downgraded. Anticipate a 50MP f/1.9 predominant digital camera (mounted aperture), a 32MP 2.5x telephoto digital camera, and a 50MP ultrawide lens.

Different notable cutbacks embrace a barely smaller, 5,450mAh battery, slower charging (66W wired/50W wi-fi), no 3D ToF digital camera and 3D face unlock, and no eye-tracking shenanigans.

You’ve nonetheless acquired a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, an FHD+ LTPO OLED display (6.78 inches), and the Magic OS 8.0 software program, although.

HONOR Magic 6 collection pricing and availability

The HONOR Magic 6 collection is at the moment accessible in China. The Magic 6 Professional begins at 5,699 yuan (~$802) for the bottom 12GB/256GB mannequin. Anticipate to pay 6,699 yuan (~$943) for the 16GB/1TB mannequin.

In the meantime, the usual HONOR Magic 6 will value 4,399 yuan (~$619) for the 12GB/256GB system. Fancy extra storage and RAM? Then the top-end 16GB/512GB system will retail for 4,999 yuan (~$703).