Honor's flagship is the first Android phone that can link up with third-party apps to use face-scanning as a form of biometric authentication. This might sound like a fancy way to unlock your phone, but it's actually much more than that. We mentioned that the Magic 5 Pro's front camera has 3D scanning technology. Launching with the freshest flagship Android chip on the block, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the Magic 5 Pro doesn't skimp on power, and with 12GB RAM, whether multitasking or gaming, it can tear through tasks, apps and games. At night, detail drops off, but we still enjoyed relatively noise-free footage, especially from the main camera. Video captured on the Magic 5 Pro impressed us too, handing off between lenses smoothly, and keeping things nice and steady. Despite this hardware decision, though, in reality, the telephoto camera ended up being our favorite camera of the three for high-impact shots loaded with depth. What's interesting this year is that Honor's dropped both the resolution and sensor size compared to the Honor Magic 4 Pro, which featured a 64MP, slightly larger sensor. While significantly smaller than that of the main camera, this isn't small for an ultra-wide sensor size, and the camera's loaded up with autofocus too.įinally, for the rear camera trinity, there's that periscope camera, which features an open f/3 aperture. When you want to pull all the way out, the ultra-wide camera combines a wide f/2 aperture with an expansive 13mm focal length (122˚ field of view), and a 1/2.5-inch sensor. With its 23mm wide angle, the main camera is also versatile enough for group portraits and matched with its 50MP resolution and OIS, cropping into around 35mm would also produce a usable shot with reduced distortion. The most impressive camera is unsurprisingly the one powered by a large 1/1.12-inch main sensor, especially given the fact it's matched with a very wide f/1.6 aperture, so should deliver supremely soft bokeh. The triple camera system on the Honor Magic 5 Pro sports three 50MP sensors, yet each is different. We couldn't test this feature as we don't suffer from screen-related eye strain, however, if you do, the Magic 5 Pro is the best-specced mainstream option that might be able to offer a solution. In addition to filtering out blue light by making the screen appear warmer, it features 2160Hz PWM dimming, lowering the screen flicker rate to reduce eye strain and headaches. Honor's Eye Comfort mode is also worth mentioning, as that's partly what helped clinch the Magic 5 Pro a best-in-class award from DxOMark. In the settings, there's also a huge range of screen customization to be had, from frame rate booster, so you can upscale video with low frame rates when playing back in full screen, to manually setting the screen smoothness to either 60Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz or dynamic. With HDR credentials and a peak brightness of 1800 nits, whether watching content indoors or using the phone outside on a sunny day, it's a rich experience, and it's easy to make out what's on-screen.

The phone's 2848 x 1312 resolution means it's roughly as sharp as an iPhone 14 Pro. Initially, we didn't love it, but it grew on us during our time with the phone.Īs for the screen, it's a large, 6.81-inch OLED panel with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The bold, round camera surround is one of the most eye-catching we've seen, and will likely divide opinion. More than anything, the Magic 5 Pro's design makes it look like an attention-grabbing camera phone. But with its maximum optical zoom of 3.5x, it's brazen to suggest the phone has a usable 100x zoom.

The 100x speaks to the digital zoom, and the 1.6-3 refers to the aperture. Most confusingly, '100x 1:1.6-3 ASPH' is inscribed between the three lenses.

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