Honor Magic 7 Pro review – “Beauty on the outside, beast on the inside”

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  • The Honor Magic 7 Pro boasts beauty inside and out
  • The battery keeps you playing for hours, with smooth gameplay that feels like a dream
  • Too many AI features that might not be relevant to your gaming kit

With its rugged edges, gunmetal black hues, and RGB lights adorning every visible surface, it’s almost impossible not to recognize a gamer-oriented accessory from afar. However, unlike other brands such as Redmagic that proudly display their neon logos, Honor seems to be leaning towards a more subtle design philosophy, perhaps inspired by the sophistication of the Honor Magic 7 Pro.

Initially, I wouldn’t have pegged it as my first choice for marathon gaming sessions or intense multiplayer battles that stretch into the wee hours. But with its reputation as the most aesthetically pleasing device, could this beauty beneath the surface be the perfect companion for my next gaming escapade?

Right out of the box, you can instantly tell how much love and effort was poured into making the Honor Magic 7 Pro a stunning beauty. Even just holding the phone in my hands made me feel like it was a true item of luxury, with its sleek curves, premium weight (at 223g), and not-at-all plastic feel.
That said, the sleekness of it all comes at a price – there’s absolutely no grip at all here, so you run the very real risk of dropping your prized beauty in the middle of a heated session. If and when it does slip from your grasp, there’s at least the reassurance that the Honor Magic 7 Pro won’t shatter into a million pieces or leave your beautiful phone a cracked and ugly mess.
Now, that’s all well and good, but how does it actually run when it comes to the heart of Pocket Gamer’s reviews – mobile gaming?
One thing that did stand out to me compared to a
I reviewed is that the Honor Magic 7 Pro’s sounds are way more high-quality. I normally don’t use my phone to listen to music without headphones or Bluetooth speakers, mainly because the output is usually pretty crappy. But here, listening to particularly bass-filled Lofi beats made me feel like I had a separate speaker on hand.
That’s apparently because of the Honor Surround Subwoofer built into the device – who does that, really? Honor does, apparently. It’s no wonder the soundscapes in
– from the seagulls soaring overhead to the waves crashing against the shore – felt more evocative than usual.
But the star of the show here, to me, is the massive 5270mAh Third-generation Silicon-carbon Battery, which happily gave me uninterrupted hours of gameplay without the need to charge up in between.
There are no lags or stutters here either thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform and 12GB+512GB memory. It also runs MagicOS 9.0 powered by Android 15 (and with Google Play installed), so it doesn’t seem like it’s going to follow in the footsteps of Huawei’s HarmonyOS just yet.
This is where things get a little bit shaky if you’re in the market for one phone to rule them all, without extra dedicated gaming phones to lug around with you. The Honor Magic 7 Pro, while perfectly capable of hardcore sessions, puts a lot of focus on its AI capabilities that might not be a necessity for you.
Imagine being able to take photos with up to 100x zoom and still have them looking crisp and clear, but the thing is – because it’s AI-enhanced via the cloud – there are still little kinks that need ironing out, as you would expect from something that’s AI-generated.

Superzoom

The superzoom kicks in once you hit 30x, but really, it’s meant for natural landscapes and not for objects and people (don’t spy on your neighbours, please). As you can see below, zooming in on my
Neko Atsume collection
generated a very unnatural look that, while clear, loses what the image really is (and adds a bunch of creepy cats to it, too).

While these AI features aren’t essential for gaming, they could be useful if you’re concerned about whether your guildmate is real, given the AI Deepfake Detection feature. However, this phone performs flawlessly in everyday use. If you’re not particularly interested in AI, you might not fully utilize all its capabilities.

In essence, the Honor Magic 7 Pro stands as a stunning AI-centric premium device, boasting both inner and outer beauty. While some minor drawbacks prevent it from achieving the pinnacle of gaming phones, its impressive hardware specifications undeniably earn it top marks in my opinion.

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2025-01-17 13:18