In August, during IFA 2018 in Berlin, Honor talked about its upcoming Honor Magic 2 smartphone, which will come with a bezel-less display and a mechanical slider.

Now, the Chinese company has announced a launch event in Beijing, China, on 31st October where it will officially launch the Honor Magic 2.

The company has already revealed that the phone will come with a mechanical sliding mechanism, which will house the front-facing camera and other sensors. This enables the company to offer a display without a notch, having a higher screen-to-body ratio.

Reports indicate that the Honor Magic 2 will come with a 6-inch AMOLED display having a screen resolution of 2880 x 1440 pixels. The device will be powered by the company’s own HiSilicon Kirin 980 octa-core processor, which is manufactured using the 7nm process.

It will pack 6GB of RAM and we are expecting a couple of storage options to choose from. The phone is also expected to come with an in-display fingerprint sensor instead of the traditional one. As said, the front-facing camera will be placed on a motorised slider. The phone will be running on Android OS-based EMUI 8.2 with a few AI-based features.

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Recently, there were reports suggesting that the Honor Magic 2 will come with a graphene-based battery which is expected to have much better battery retention rate. Further, the phone is confirmed to come with a 40W Magic Charger.

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If the latest leaked launch teaser is to be believed than the Honor Magic 2 is coming our way on October 26. The sliding design powered device is already in news from past few weeks via the means of leaks and rumors. It will be among the few devices like Oppo Find X and Vivo Nex which have the sliding camera technology embedded in them. Also, it is said to be the debut device to run on Kirin 980 processor..

As per the new leaked image of the teaser, Honor has touted the in-screen fingerprint sensor by adding a fingerprint icon on the bottom of the display in the teaser. Further, as reported earlier, it will carry a full screen display having more than 100% body-to-display ratio. On, the top we can see the slider having front camera and other sensors embedded on it. Further, Honor is said to schedule the launch date on October 26, Friday. Currently, the teaser is not revealed by any official Honor source, so we suggest to take it as a grain of salt.

Honor Magic 2 specs

Additionally, Honor Magic 2 will carry a 6-inch AMOLED display with 1440×2880 pixels of resolution, touted to carry a 100% screen-to-display ratio. It will carry a in-screen fingerprint sensor to compete with the latest trend in the market. Huawei Magic 2 should run on Kirin 980 SoC with 6GB of RAM. Further, there should be a huge improvement in the charging speed of Honor, as they have teased the 40W Magic Charger for the Honor Magic 2. It brings 15 layers of protection and can charge with upto 20-24 watts capacity. There will be a motorised sliding camera with a movable sensor on the front side of the device.

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If the above specs and features are true, then it will surely help Honor to get some more sales in the high-end devices category. It will ultimately improve its market share in the high-end smartphone segment. We hope Honor reveals more details about the Magic 2 in the coming days.

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