TWO WEEKS WITH THE HONOR MAGIC4 PRO
You OK, Hon?
Now divorced from Huawei, Honor has returned to flagship phones with full Google apps. Dan Grabham spends a fortnight seeing if its latest is ready to stand alone…
£950 / stuff.tv/Magic4Pro
DAY 01
I’ve long followed Honor phones and former parent company Huawei, so I was excited to try out the first flagship phone Honor has made since it was spun off. The key point is that Honor is not under onerous and rather boring trade restrictions (unlike Huawei), so the Magic4 Pro is widely available in the UK and comes packing a full selection of Google apps.
This phone is no groundbreaker on paper or in the flesh – most of the specs are pretty standard for 2022 flagships, with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 hardware and a sub-7in display that butts it up against the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra in terms of size. The display is wonderfully bright, even if we’ve seen some that are slightly crisper, and a 120Hz variable refresh rate only adds to the experience.