The Magic 8 Pro has already made its debut internationally, but Honor is now expanding the lineup with the Magic 8 Lite. The latter just made its debut with a surprisingly big battery and a durable build.
The Magic 8 Lite gains SGS 5-Star Comprehensive Reliability Certification, IP69K water resistance, along with the company’s Ultra-Bounce anti-drop construction, which Honor claims can survive falls from up to 2.5 meters. It’s a lot of assurance for a phone that’s supposed to be an affordable one.
Honor Magic 8 Lite Specs
On the front, you get a 6.79-inch 1.5K OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness Honor says can climb up to 6000 nits in HDR. The bezels are slim at 1.3mm on all sides.
Inside, the Magic 8 Lite runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, paired with 8GB of RAM and a generous 512GB of storage. The phone ships in three colors: Forest Green, Midnight Black, and a more distinctive Reddish Brown.
Honor is also putting a lot of weight on the camera setup. The main shooter is a 108MP sensor (1/1.67-inch) with both OIS and EIS to keep things steady. There’s a modest 5MP ultrawide and a 16MP selfie camera, and the company is leaning heavily on AI processing to elevate the results.
It features AI Eraser, AI Cutout, and AI Outpainting echo, and you can shoot a new 4K moving photo collage.
And yes, the battery is a headline of its own. The Magic 8 Lite uses a 7,500mAh silicon-carbon cell, which should theoretically push endurance well above what we usually see at this tier.
Honor hasn’t confirmed the final price yet, but given that the Magic 7 Lite launched at £399 / €399, it would be reasonable to expect something in the same ballpark when sales begin in January.
- Meanwhile, we have already published our hands-on video on YouTube:
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