Porsche Design has been giving unique, opulent takes on Honor smartphones for some time now, however would possibly’ve hit its stride with the brand new Honor Magic 7 RSR. The upcoming Magic 7 Professional flagship has been given a radical luxurious once-over, bringing styling components and paint samples from Porsche’s automotive assortment – and in addition stepping issues up on the specs aspect.
Because of land within the UK and Europe within the subsequent few months after debuting in China final December, the Magic 7 RSR will get a brand new model of the hexagon rear digicam bump seen on the outgoing Magic 6 RSR. It’s a nod to the hexagon patterns discovered all through the Porsche line-up, as is the height line that sits within the centre of the cellphone.
It didn’t evoke the feeling of a 911’s sloped bonnet once I picked the cellphone up, but it surely added a way of event you gained’t discover on the common Magic 7 Professional.
That’s true of the refined Provence purple color scheme, too. It’s not fairly as in-yer-face as Porsche’s Frozen Berry Metallic, which was used for the previous-gen RSR, and there’s no paint-to-sample possibility right here to get correctly personalised, however undeniably distinctive. The Agate Gray model is little extra severe, however nonetheless authentically Porsche.
Beneath it’s largely similar to the vanilla Magic 7 Professional – besides this model will get a big 5850mAh battery, up from 5275mAh. That’s a sizeable enhance, and may imply this powerhouse can deal with virtually two full days away from the mains. 100W wired and 80W wi-fi charging are additionally on board for fast pit stops.
Which means you may count on a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, AI-infused MagicOS 9 software program (full with bespoke Porsche Design themed icons) and a speedy ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor. Honor’s 3D depth scanning facial recognition selfie cam additionally makes a return. Every little thing sits beneath a 6.8in OLED with 2.5D curved glass, set into a sophisticated steel body with flat sides.
Honor has gone all-out with the rear digicam trio, including a 50MP foremost snapper with variable aperture, a 50MP ultrawide with macro mode, and an enormous 200MP telephoto good for 3x optical zoom. The latter additionally will get new AI Tremendous Zoom skills, with generative synthetic intelligence leaping in past 30x magnification to create any lacking particulars the sensor wasn’t capable of resolve on its lonesome.
The Magic 7 Professional RSR will go on sale throughout Europe within the subsequent month. You’ll want the deep pockets of a Porsche driver to take one house, although: it’ll retail for €1799, a heady €500 premium over the common Magic 7 Professional.
