Flagship · 2025

Honor Magic8 Lite

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A55 Camera shares the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13's main sensor

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), 66W fast charging

Extras Pen support, Cooling system

Watch out Plastic build

6.79″ AMOLED · 120Hz

6 Gen 4 8 / 256 GB

7500 mAh 66W charging

108 MP 2 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Honor Magic8 Lite looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.79″ · AMOLED · 1200 × 2640 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.79"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1200 × 2640 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Eye comfort

3840 Hz PWM

High-frequency PWM

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1771 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Scratch-resistant glass, Mohs level 5

Performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (4 nm) · 8-core 2.3 GHz · Adreno 810

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

AnTuTu

754,677

v10

GeekBench

3,089

Graphics test

3DMark 982 (Wild Life Extreme)

CPU

8-core, 2.3 GHz

GPU

Adreno 810

Process

4 nm

CPU layout

4x Cortex A78 a 2.3 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 a 1.8 GHz

Software & updates

Android 15, Magic OS 9 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

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 15, Magic OS 9

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~1 year

Camera

108 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 16 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

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

Main camera

108 MP f/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

5 MP f/2.2

Front camera

16 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Samsung HM6, 1/1.67", 1µm

Mainstream sensor

Same sensor in

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 , Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 5G

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

7500 mAh · 66 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

7500 mAh

Lab active use

17:58h

Lab endurance

68:59h

EU cycle rating

1,200 cycles

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Very good (-24.2 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Very good (-24.2 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 8/512GB

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, GPS (L1+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a)

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 B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

189 g · 7.8 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

161.9 mm

Width

76.1 mm

Thickness

7.8 mm

Weight

189 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

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

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

Longer tested battery life

17h 58m vs 14h 59m active use · 66 W vs 40 W charging · 7,500 mAh vs 3,692 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.79″ vs 6.3″ screen

Lower benchmark score

755k vs 2.2M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 108 MP · f/1.8 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

Heavier in hand

189 g vs 177 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S25

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Longer tested battery life

17h 58m vs 13h 9m active use · 66 W vs 25 W charging · 7,500 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

755k vs 3.1M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

— vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video · 108 MP · f/1.8 vs 50 MP · f/1.8 main

Heavier in hand

189 g vs 162 g

Full comparison

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