Honor finally unveils the Magic 2 flagship

Honor Magic 2 announced with six cameras, slider design

Huawei’s Honor brand has just launched in China its new Magic 2 flagship.

Teased publicly since IFA in Berlin last August, Huawei’s sub-brand reveals its new bezel-less device to bear six cameras: three at the back with a ultra wide-angle main lens, an additional smaller lens for depth of field, and another for monochrome shots, as well as three at the front consisting of the main lens, and two other modules for bokeh and 3D depth.

It features a slide mechanism that’s similar to the also recently-launched Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, as well as an in-display fingerprint scanner seen with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Honor also adds in its own AI assistant called Yoyo that touts to be “all-in-one smart-living enabler possessed with mind-reading and machine learning capabilities.” Honor also touts that its 40W fast charging for the Magic 2, aptly called Magic Charge, can fill the device with 50% of its battery capacity in just 15 minutes and reach 85% in just half an hour.

Similar to the Mi Mix 3, this new Honor phone does not sport a 3.5mm audio jack and would require a USB Type-C to 3.5mm dongle for wired audio experiences.

Honor Magic 2 specs:

6.39-inch 19.5:9 Full HD+ AMOLED display @ 1080 x 2340 pixels, 403ppi
DCI-P3 Color Gamut, 91.5% screen-to-body ratio
2.6GHz Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 980
2 x 2.6 GHz Cortex-A76, 2 x 1.92 GHz Cortex-A7, 4 x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Mali-G76 MP10 GPU
6GB, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM
128GB, 256GB internal storage
expandable via microSD up to 256GB (uses SIM2)
16MP, f/1.8 PDAF + 16MP f/2.2 + 24MP B/W f/1.8 rear cameras with Dual LED Flash
16MP f/2.0 + 2 x 2MP f/2.4 depth sensor front cameras
4G LTE, VoLTE
Single SIM or Dual SIM (hybrid, nano)
Dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4G+5G)
Bluetooth 5.0
Dual-band GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
In-display fingerprint scanner
USB OTG
USB Type-C 2.0
NFC
IPX2 Dust/Water resistance
Magic UI 2.0 (based on elements from EMUI 9.0; Android 9.0 Pie)
3,500mAh Li-Po battery with 40W (4A) Honor Magic Charge
157.3 x 75.1 x 8.3 mm
206 g
Colors: Gradient Red, Gradient Blue, Gradient Black

The Honor Magic 2 comes in three different variants and is now available for pre-orders in China with these price tags: CNY3,799PHP 30,623USD 522INR 44,231EUR 497 (~Php29,100USD 496INR 42,038EUR 472CNY 3,611) for 6GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage, CNY4,299PHP 34,654USD 591INR 50,052EUR 562 (~Php33,000USD 562INR 47,672EUR 536CNY 4,095) for 8GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage; and CNY4,799PHP 38,684USD 659INR 55,874EUR 628 for 8GB RAM and 256 GB internal storage. Orders will start shipping November 6, according to Honor.