Honor officially launched the Magic8 series of flagship smartphones, including the Magic8 and Magic8 Pro. These phones feature a 2 million pixel super-fast AI self-evolving imaging system and deeply integrate its MagicOS 10 user interface with various on-device AI technologies, aiming to become users' smart companions in various daily scenarios.
The Magic8 series will be officially launched on October 23rd through Honor's official channels and cooperation platforms. The Honor Magic8 standard version will be available in four colors: sunrise gold, sky blue glaze, snowy white, and velvet black, with a suggested retail price starting from RMB 4499. The Honor Magic8 Pro will be available in sunrise gold sand, sky blue, snowy white, and velvet black, with a suggested retail price starting from RMB 5699.
Comprehensive evolution of hardware specifications
In terms of core performance, the Honor Magic8 series is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 series processors, coupled with AI super-resolution and super-frame technology based on GPU-NPU heterogeneity, claiming to improve energy efficiency by 75% and achieve a smooth experience of "0 flash, 0 frame loss". The higher-end Honor Magic8 Pro is more extreme in performance tuning, with "peak performance" to meet high load requirements.
The Magic8 series boasts top-tier screen specifications, with the Magic8 Pro sporting a high-quality eye-protection screen and the first to receive SGS system low-fatigue certification for "Chip-Level Defocus Eye Protection" technology. Regarding battery life, the Magic8 Pro boasts a massive 7200mAh battery with 120W wired fast charging support. The standard Magic8 also features a 7000mAh battery with 80W fast charging, ensuring long-lasting everyday use.
The imaging system boasts "self-evolution"
The camera function is the focus of this update. Both phones feature a 2-megapixel "Super Nox Telephoto" lens, which uses a large 1/1.4-inch photosensitive element, increasing the amount of light entering by 64%. It is driven by the "AIMAGE Nox Engine" and integrated with the VIT large model. It is claimed to be able to achieve 8000 million operations per second, realizing a shooting experience "from seeing light to seeing light clearly."
Furthermore, the all-new "AIMAGE" image stabilization engine delivers industry-leading telephoto image stabilization with a CIPA rating of 5.5. In terms of AI applications, the "Inspiration Assist" feature debuts, leveraging a proprietary AI pose recommendation algorithm and 10 popular poses for reference, ensuring every photo is truly captivating. Furthermore, "AI Color Tracking" technology intelligently extracts and maps ambient colors, automatically adjusting the color of photos.
MagicOS 10 and YOYO smart body form the core of the ecosystem
On the software side, MagicOS 10 is the core of the experience. Key to this is the introduction of a system-level MCP architecture, enabling the end-to-end universal intelligence entity, called YOYO, to fully encompass the underlying system. Equipped with AI intelligent vision and an AI execution engine, YOYO can "see what you see" and "execute anything," becoming a true personal intelligent assistant.
In terms of the ecosystem, Honor emphasizes that its "boundless intelligent connection" capability has achieved interconnection with the Apple ecosystem, and can carry out cross-brand and cross-platform file transfer, task continuation and information synchronization with devices such as iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, etc., providing a seamless and smooth experience whether it is for work, study or sports and fitness.
The Honor Magic8 series not only boasts top-tier hardware specifications, but also strives to leverage proprietary AI algorithms, large-scale device models, and MagicOS 10 to create a self-evolving personal device ecosystem that deeply understands user needs and enables intelligent connectivity across all scenarios, demonstrating its competitiveness in the post-mobile phone era.
New products for all scenarios are launched simultaneously to create a smart living ecosystem
This press conference also launched a number of full-scenario products:
• Honor MagicPad3 Pro: The world’s first fifth-generation Snapdragon® 8 Extreme Edition tablet, supporting up to 20 windows running simultaneously, making it the Android flagship tablet of the year.
• Honor MagicPad3 12.5: Supports Honor’s paper-like soft light screen, and adds two new trendy colors, “Release Green Pine” and “Good Luck Purple”, touting itself as a small, beautiful, all-round and thin tablet.
• Honor Watch 5 Pro: Added all-day contactless blood pressure monitoring, providing 24-hour comprehensive health protection, redefining the benchmark for flagship smart watches.
• Honor Earbuds 4: Adopting a dual titanium-plated dynamic coil design, the battery life exceeds 46 hours, ensuring clear listening at any time.
• Honor’s selected KUMI AI Note: Ultra-thin magnetic design, only 2.89mm, makes learning and working more efficient and convenient.
Preview of the future: Honor ROBOT PHONE will reshape the AI terminal ecosystem
Honor has also announced the launch of a revolutionary new AI device ecosystem product, the Honor ROBOT PHONE, in Barcelona in 2026. This device features a powerful AI brain, enabling instant insights anytime, anywhere; possesses robot-like mobility, allowing users to share daily life; and can even become a personal camera, capturing every precious moment. Honor continues to explore the fusion of technology and humanity. In the future, cutting-edge AI devices like the ROBOT PHONE will be available first at the Honor Alpha Global Flagship Store.
The launch of the Honor Magic8 series and all-scenario new products demonstrates the brand's complete layout from hardware configuration, AI technology to ecosystem construction. Through large-scale device models and self-evolution capabilities, it continues to push the boundaries of smart life experience.
