HONOR Magic 6 Professional launched with a loopy 180MP periscope digital 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 appears to be like like a beast of a digital camera telephone.

The Magic 6 Professional’s standout function is definitely 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 telephone additionally sports activities 100x digital zoom, however HONOR’s personal advertising materials (seen under) means that these photos will nonetheless look horrible.

However, 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 same old pitfalls related to many ultra-high-resolution sensors (e.g. elevated noise, diminished dynamic vary).

The remainder of the Magic 6 Professional’s digital camera system appears nice on paper too. There’s a 50MP “Eagle Eye” major 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 pictures. 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 ranking, 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 telephone additionally brings the Magic OS 8.0 Android pores and skin, and this software program affords various nifty options. This consists of name quantity changes based mostly in your atmosphere, 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 major 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 present out there 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 price 4,399 yuan (~$619) for the 12GB/256GB machine. Fancy extra storage and RAM? Then the top-end 16GB/512GB machine will retail for 4,999 yuan (~$703).