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Honor Magic review: A 2016 concept-style flagship with curved 4D glass and a tiny battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2016·$600
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A concept-flavoured Honor flagship.

Original Honor Magic was a "concept" flagship — curved 4D glass, AI-driven Magic Live UI and pioneering 40 W charging. The tiny battery and China-only availability limited it, but it forecast where the line would head.

01Display

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

TypeAMOLED, curved 4D glass
Size5.1 inches
Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px (FHD)

02Camera

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

Main12 MP RGB + 12 MP mono
Selfie8 MP, IR face recognition

03Performance

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

ChipsetKirin 950 (16 nm)
RAM4 GB
Storage64 GB

04Battery

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

Capacity2,900 mAh
Wired40 W Magic Power Fast Charge

05Build

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

06Value

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

What works
  • Striking curved 4D glass design.
  • Honor's first AI Magic Live UI.
  • 40 W fast charging — very early.
  • IR face recognition.
What doesn't
  • Tiny 2,900 mAh battery.
  • No microSD.
  • Limited markets and updates.
  • Mono speaker.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .