Introduction
The Honor Magic8 Lite isn’t exactly a lighter Magic8 or Magic8 Pro, despite what the model name might suggest. But it certainly shapes up to be an excellent mid-range offering with an attractive design, promising battery life, and a hint of the premium photography capabilities offered by the flagship models.
Magic8 Lite is a smartphone with IP68/IP69 protection rating that can be submersible up to 6 meters deep. And it’s also drop resistant up to 2.5m. For comparison, Magic6 Lite has IP53 certification and Magic7 Lite has IP64 certification.
The new model offers a 6.79-inch AMOLED screen with 1200p resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate and 1B colors. It supports HDR streaming, another upgrade over previous models.
The Magic8 Lite runs on the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, not a huge improvement over the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 inside the Magic6 Lite and Magic7 Lite, but at least one with modern CPU cores.
The camera department, unfortunately, has not received any updates. There’s a 108MP OIS primary camera with a 5MP ultrawide secondary, plus a 16MP selfie imager on the other side.
Finally, the Magic8 Lite is powered by a larger 7,500mAh battery capable of 66W wired fast charging. But even with this beefier battery, the phone hasn’t gotten thicker; in fact, it’s even thinner with a 7.8mm profile.
Honor Magic8 Lite specifications in brief:
- Body: 161.9×76.1×7.8mm, 193g; glass front, plastic structure, plastic back; IP68/IP69K dustproof and water resistant (high pressure water jets; submersible up to 6 m), drop resistant up to 2.5 m.
- Display: 6.79″ AMOLED, 1B colors, 120 Hz, 3840 Hz PWM, HDR, 800 nits (typical), 1800 nits (HBM), 6000 nits (peak), 1200×2640 px resolution, 19.8:9 aspect ratio, 427ppi.
- Chipsets: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (4 nm): Octa-core (1×2.3 GHz Cortex-A720 and 3×2.2 GHz Cortex-A720 and 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 810.
- Memory: 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM.
- Operating system/software: Android 15, Magic OS 9.
- Rear camera: Wide (main): 108 MP, f/1.8, 24mm, PDAF, OIS; Wide (main): 5MP, f/2.2.
- Front camera: 16MP, f/2.5, 24mm (wide).
- Capture Video: Rear camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS; Front camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Drums: 7500mAh; Wired 66W, Reverse Wired 7.5W.
- Connectivity: 5G; Wi-Fi 6; BT 5.2, aptX HD, aptX adaptive; NFC.
- Miscellaneous: Fingerprint reader (under display, optical); stereo speakers.
The Honor Magic8 Lite feels like a solid mid-range phone, although we expected some camera improvements over previous models because there are similarly priced phones with more versatile cameras.
Also, it’s worth noting that the Magic8 Lite is a reworked version of the Honor X9d with a slightly smaller battery. It’s also very similar to the Honor X70, especially visually.
Unboxing of the Honor Masgic8 Lite
The Honor Magic8 Lite ships in a thin paper box, which contains the phone and a 3A USB-AC cable.
The phone also comes with a thin protective film already applied to the screen.
That’s all. There is no case or charger in the box of the review unit we received.
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