Honor Magic 5 Pro initial review: A promising successor
Honor made a convincing pitch to join big players of the smartphone world last year, with the launch of the Magic 4 Pro — its first flagship smartphone to launch outside of China.
It was a strong step in the right direction, and Honor now wants to build on that momentum with the new Magic 5 Pro. It's a flagship phone with flagship specs, and Honor isn't playing it safe. The company has big ambitions, and its launch event content suggests it very much has Samsung's Galaxy range in its sights.
For that reason, there have been some strides forwards this year in terms of on-paper specs, which have won some impressive accolades already too. How that all plays out in use, of course, remains to be seen in our full review.
Until then, we've got our hands on it to get some first impressions.
Honor's new flagship phone looks very promising indeed, with a premium design, promising specs and an impressive camera setup that we're can't wait to put to the test.
From a design perspective, the Honor Magic 5 Pro takes some things from with the Magic 4 Pro and has learned some lessons, too. For a start, it's offering a matte back panel option to reduce the fingerprints we found the mirrored Magic 4 Pro to pick up. This is only available in the new colour way though – a rather fetching Meadow Green – while the ever-popular black retains its glossy credentials for those who love that look.
Like the 4 Pro, the edge of the display and the back panel have a slight curve to them – something Honor calls its Symmetrical Design — which helps it to sit nicely in your hand. The edges themselves are flat, though, to add a little extra grip and hold just two physical controls – a volume rocker and a power button on the right hand side.
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