Older flagship · 2023

Honor Magic5

Name: Honor Magic5
Brand: Honor
Price: 475000 NGN
Availability: InStock

Sold for ₦475,000 · 1 sellers·Last checked 1d ago

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Samsung Galaxy S23 Camera shares the Xiaomi 13's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 66W fast charging

Extras Optical zoom, Curved display

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

6.73″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8 Gen 2 8 / 256 GB

5100 mAh 66W charging

54 MP 3 rear · 12 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.73″ · OLED · 1224 × 2688 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.73"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1224 × 2688 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1600 nits

HDR

HDR10+

HDR

Performance

Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.2 GHz · Adreno 740

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,752,206

v11

CPU

8-core, 3.2 GHz

GPU

Adreno 740

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

CPU layout

1x3.2GHz Cortex X3 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A715 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A710 + 3x2.02 GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

Android 13, MagicOS 7.1 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 13, MagicOS 7.1

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

54 MP f/1.9 main · 12 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

54 MP f/1.9

Telephoto

32 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.0

Front camera

12 MP f/2.4

Main sensor

Sony IMX800, 1/1.49", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Xiaomi 13 , Honor 70

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

5100 mAh · 66 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5100 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Hi-Res

Speakers

Mono

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 12/256GB · 16/256GB · 16/512GB

Storage type

UFS

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28a, n38, n41, n75, n77, n78

Build & Design

191 g · 7.8 mm

Height

161.4 mm

Width

75.5 mm

Thickness

7.8 mm

Weight

191 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 15

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1224 × 2688 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution · 6.73″ vs 6.1″ screen

Higher benchmark score

1.8M vs 1.5M AnTuTu

52% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 20 W charging · 5,100 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 54 MP · f/1.9 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 191 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

31% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 5,100 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 191 g vs 168 g

Full comparison

Where to buy

1 seller·Used from ₦475,000

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Jiji Used

₦475,000

Fair for used

Lei Wang

6.0 yrs · 73 feedback · 256GB

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Konga · Jiji

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