Flagship · 2025

Honor Magic8

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Camera shares the Samsung Galaxy A56's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 90W fast charging

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Cooling system

Watch out No Google Play

6.58″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8 Elite Gen 5 12 / 256 GB

7000 mAh 90W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 50 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.58″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1256 × 2760 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.58"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1256 × 2760 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Adaptive refresh

LTPO · varies 1–120 Hz

Battery-smart

Eye comfort

4320 Hz PWM

High-frequency PWM

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

6000 nits

HDR

Dolby Vision · HDR Vivid

HDR

Protection

Giant Rhino Glass

Performance

Qualcomm SM8850-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm) · 8-core 4.6 GHz · Adreno 840

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8850-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm)

Current CPU tier

Flagship

AnTuTu

4,028,332

v11

CPU

8-core, 4.6 GHz

GPU

Adreno 840

Process

3 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM

Software & updates

Android 16, up to 7 major Android upgrades, MagicOS 10 · 7-year support

Long support

How long the maker keeps shipping Android and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 16, up to 7 major Android upgrades, MagicOS 10

Software support

7 years of updates

Updates remaining

~6 years

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 50 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

OIS

Telephoto

64 MP f/2.5

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.0

Front camera

50 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX906, 1/1.56", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Samsung Galaxy A56 , Samsung Galaxy A55

Slow motion

Yes, 1920 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

7000 mAh · 90 W wired · 80 W wireless

Plenty

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

Capacity

7000 mAh

Wired charging

90 W

Fast

Wireless charging

80 W

Wireless charging

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Hi-Res

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 12/512GB · 16/512GB · 16/1TB

Storage type

UFS 4.0

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 7

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 7

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

6.0

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

Video out

DisplayPort 1.2

Screen out

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, n8, n12, n28a, n38, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

205 g · 8.0 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

157.1 mm

Width

74.0 mm

Thickness

8.0 mm

Weight

205 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

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

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), 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 17

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Sharper screen

1256 × 2760 vs 1206 × 2622 resolution

Higher benchmark score

4.0M vs 2.2M AnTuTu

Better camera hardware

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 50 MP vs 18 MP selfie

90% larger battery capacity

90 W vs 40 W charging · 7,000 mAh vs 3,692 mAh battery

Heavier in hand

205 g vs 177 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S25

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Sharper screen

1256 × 2760 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · 6.58″ vs 6.2″ screen

Higher benchmark score

4.0M vs 3.1M AnTuTu

75% larger battery capacity

90 W vs 25 W charging · 7,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Heavier in hand

205 g vs 162 g

Full comparison

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