honor magic3

After getting independence from Huawei, Honor is gaining its potential back. New magic series brought us significant updates like Android 11 with all of its capabilities and Google Mobile Services. The happiness for Honor Magic 3 buyers will be twice, as they would hear about Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ powering the device. Let's explore how much more users are getting.

Pros

Charming Look

120Hz Display, QHD+

IMAX Cinematic Video Rec

High-end Performance

66W Fast Charge

Cons

Not water proof, though IP54 rated

Lack of Super Slow-mo 960fps

No choice for RAM

Lack of MicroSD slot

Lack of audio jack

Design

The well-engineered Honor Magic 3 looks stunning, thanks to circular camera arrangement when it comes to the back and two punch-hole selfie cameras exist on the front. There is an Edge-to-Edge screen featuring a 2.5D curved arc design. An In-display Fingerprint let it unlock faster. Shifting to the bottom you find a USB Type C (enabling reverse power syncing to charge other handsets). Sad reality, there is no 3.5 mm jack with this flagship too.

Aluminum is used to fabricate Honor smartphone, protected by alumino-silicate glass. A vegan leather back variant is also available, depending on the market. Rated at IP54, Honor Magic 3 bears some splashes but not deep water submersions. Measuring 162.8 x 74.9 x 8.99 mm dimensions, the device has 203 grams of weight.

Display

Thanks to Honor Magic 3 for providing the user with an OLED display of 120H refresh rate. Enjoy better screening and read, watch or play on a 6.76-inch screen. Fortunately, you can watch QHD+ stuff on this standard flagship phone. It is having an 18.5:9 aspects ratio, and enabling HDR10+ and one billion colors. Brightness is very fine for indoors as well as outdoors.

Software

Android 11, skinned with Magic UI 5, offers advanced features i.e. schedule dark theme, better navigation, dynamic media controls, built-in screen recorder, greater control over conversation, notification history (recalling cleared notifications), and temporary permission for apps for a better privacy.

Optics

A 50MP sensor holds the main camera job. It has an f/1.9 aperture, which let it clicks splendid shots in day as well as night. Autofocus is pretty cool. Something attractive is 4k video recording along with Electronic Image Stabilization support. Software aided night mode helps you caught memorable moments at night. MAX Cinematic Video Recording is a new capability of the Magic 3 lineup that allows 3D LUT color grading profiles and footage recording in LOG format. Magic 3 is the first of this kind. You would be glad to capture 3.5x optical and 100x digital zoom and that’s pretty nice without losing details.

Two further lenses are accompanying Honor Magic 3 as follows, a 60MP monochrome and a 13MP ultrawide. Reimage Black and White photography with the monochrome lens, while the ultrawide let you add more side-perspectives in images and offer a 120-degree field of view. The front camera is 13MP ultrawide, clicking Full HD Selfies at 100 degree field of view.

The drawback is lack of Super Slow-mo video recording at 960fps, which comes with almost every flagship smartphone of the modern day.

Chipset

Achieving 749,233 AnTuTu scores, Honor Magic 3 executes the program faster, thanks to Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. Built on 5nm architecture, Honor Magic 3 runs blazing fast and reduces battery consumption. Either play PUBG, Fortnite, or Call of Duty, Honor Magic 3 won't let you down. The one and only RAM is 8GB. Memory variants are as follows, 128GB and 256GB.

The battery life is competitive, 4600mAh power cell, lasting entire day on multimedia. Honor Magic 3 requires 40 minutes for a full charge (0 to 100%), thanks to 66W Fast Charge. A 50W Wireless Charge is also available.

Verdict

If you want new features at a reasonable price, Honor Magic 3 is the best deal. But if you thirst for more, there are better options like Magic 3 Pro and Magic 3 Pro+. They have more RAM and better camera configuration.