Honor Magic 8 Pro Air

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air has a non-folding, standard smartphone form factor with dimensions of 150.5 × 71.9 mm and a notably slim profile at just 6.1 mm thick, while tipping the scales at a lightweight 155 g. It carries an IP68 ingress protection rating, confirming full waterproofing to a depth of 1.5 m, though it does not feature a rugged build in the traditional sense. The overall volume sits at approximately 66 cm³, reflecting a compact and pocketable footprint.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air features a 6.31″ OLED/AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 1216 x 2640 px and a sharp pixel density of 461 ppi, paired with a 120Hz refresh rate for fluid on-screen motion. Brightness reaches 1800 nits, and the panel supports Dolby Vision as well as an Always-On Display mode, though it does not support HDR10 or HDR10+. The device has no secondary screen, and the display does not use branded damage-resistant glass.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500, a 3 nm chipset with an 8-thread CPU configuration running at up to 4.21 GHz using big.LITTLE architecture with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing, delivering Geekbench 6 scores of 3781 single-core and 12189 multi-core. Graphics are handled by the Mali G1 Ultra MP12 GPU clocked at 1750 MHz with 128 shading units and OpenCL 3 support, while integrated LTE is built directly into the SoC. The device comes with 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM at 5333 MHz — expandable up to 24 GB — alongside 1024 GB of internal storage, a maximum memory bandwidth of 85.3 GB/s, and a 16 MB L3 cache, with full 64-bit and multithreading support rounding out the platform.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air sports a triple-lens rear camera system with sensors at 64, 50, and 50 MP and apertures of f/2.6, f/2.2, and f/1.6 respectively, covering a focal range from 16 mm to 74 mm with 3.2x optical zoom and built-in optical image stabilization. The main camera uses a CMOS sensor — without back-side illumination — and supports phase-detection autofocus for stills, continuous autofocus during video, and touch autofocus, though laser autofocus is absent. Video recording tops out at 4K (2160p) at 30 fps with slow-motion support, while HDR mode, burst shooting, timelapse, and in-camera panoramas are all available; HDR10 and Dolby Vision recording are not supported. Manual controls cover exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, though manual shutter speed is not included, and two flash LEDs are present without dual-tone or RGB configuration. On the front, a single 50 MP camera with an f/2.0 aperture handles selfies — it has no LED flash, sits above the display rather than underneath it, and is a single-lens unit.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air runs Android 16 as a free and open-source platform, supporting multi-user access, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, sharing intents, and the ability to play games while they download. Privacy options are broad, covering location controls, camera and microphone access permissions, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking blocking and Mail Privacy Protection are absent. Personalization features include dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, and an extra dim mode, while productivity is aided by Live Text, full-page scrolling screenshots, customizable notifications, a media picker, offline voice recognition, voice commands, and app offloading. The device also includes a battery health check tool, a child lock, and phone tracking, but does not offer focus modes, Wi-Fi password sharing, a Quick Start feature, or the ability to function as a PC. OS updates do not come directly from the platform vendor.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air houses a rechargeable 5500 mAh battery with a built-in charge level indicator, and supports wired fast charging at 80W alongside wireless charging at 50W. The battery is non-removable and does not support reverse wireless charging, meaning it cannot be used to wirelessly charge other devices.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air includes stereo speakers and a built-in radio, but omits a 3.5 mm headphone jack. For wireless audio, it supports aptX HD, though aptX, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are not available.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air supports 5G connectivity and accommodates two SIM cards, with wireless networking covering Wi-Fi 4, 5, 6, and 7 and a maximum download speed of 10700 Mbit/s. Bluetooth 6 and NFC are both present, while the USB Type-C port operates at USB 2.0 speeds; there is no external memory slot, HDMI output, or DLNA certification. Sensors on board include a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, and GPS with Galileo support, though the device lacks a barometer, infrared sensor, heart rate monitor, and motion or optical tracking. Security is handled by a fingerprint scanner, with no iris scanner or 3D facial recognition available, and the device does not include a stylus, built-in projector, crash detection, emergency satellite SOS, or ANT+ support.

The Honor Magic 8 Pro Air includes a video light for use during video recording, while its display is flat rather than curved and uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.