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TL;DR
- HONOR CEO George Zhao has introduced that the HONOR Magic 7 collection telephones will launch on October 30.
- The telephones will probably provide the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip and massive batteries.
- The corporate additionally confirmed that Magic OS 9.0 would launch subsequent week.
The HONOR Magic 6 Professional was probably the greatest Android telephones of 2024 when it comes to {hardware}, delivering loads of cutting-edge options. We already know the Magic 7 collection is coming, and an organization govt has now issued a launch date.
HONOR CEO George Zhao introduced on Weibo as we speak (October 14) that the HONOR Magic 7 collection telephones would launch on October 30. The manager shared a poster for the occasion — take a look at the machine-translated model beneath.
Zhao additionally famous that its Magic OS 9.0 software program can be launched on October 23. Fingers crossed that this software program can be obtainable on units in international markets earlier than the top of the 12 months.
What ought to we anticipate from the Magic 7 collection, although?
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor is all however assured as these telephones have at all times used the newest flagship Snapdragon chipsets. HONOR was additionally the primary main model to undertake silicon-carbon batteries in its telephones, so we’re anticipating a big battery that’s a minimum of on par with the Magic 6 Professional’s 5,600mAh capability.
In any occasion, we praised the Magic 6 Professional’s battery life, digital camera {hardware}, video options, and efficiency. Nevertheless, we criticized the cellphone for its poor USB-PD assist, “cluttered” Magic OS pores and skin, and a hit-and-miss 180MP telephoto digital camera. We subsequently hope the corporate has addressed all of those weaknesses with its new telephones.
This October 30 launch is nearly actually a China-only affair. HONOR tends to launch its mainline Magic flagships outdoors China in Q1 every year, so that you might need to attend just a few months if you wish to formally get your fingers on the Magic 7 collection.
It’s additionally value noting that the HONOR Magic 7 collection received’t be the primary next-generation Android flagships to launch. Vivo will reveal its X200 collection of telephones later as we speak (October 14), whereas the OPPO Discover X8 collection can be launched on October 24. Nevertheless, each OPPO and vivo’s telephones can be powered by the Dimensity 9400 chipset. So HONOR’s telephones may very well be the primary to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 silicon if Xiaomi doesn’t beat it to the punch.
