Honor has announced its new Magic-series smartphones in the form of Magic 4 and Magic 4 Pro for the global markets a couple of months ago and in China last month. Now, the devices are all set to go on sale in the company’s home market.

The Honor Magic 4 Pro is now available for pre-order in the Chinese market through Honor Mall and major e-commerce and company authorized stores. It comes with a starting price of 5,499 yuan, which is about $863.

The base model with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at 5,499 yuan (~$863) while the model with 12GB RAM and 265GB storage costs 5,899 yuan (~$926). The top-end model with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage is priced at 6,499 yuan (~$1,020).

It comes in Cyan, Gold, Black, and White color options along with a vegan leather edition in Orange. The device will be available for purchase in the Chinese market from 22nd April.

The Honor Magic 4 Pro features a 6.81-inch LTPO OLED display with 1312 x 2848 pixels screen resolution and a variable refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It also offers 460 PPI pixel density, and a 360Hz touch sampling rate.

Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, coupled with Adreno 730 GPU that also offers  GPU Turbo X to make the gaming performance stronger. For better protection of privacy, it comes integrated with an independent chipset offering a dual TEE security system. It also packs a self-developed Honor Image Engine chip to enhance the photography experience.

In the camera department, there’s a triple-camera setup that includes a 50-megapixel wide primary sensor, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera, and a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto lens with 3.5x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom. On the front side, there’s a 12-megapixel snapper for taking selfies and video calling.

The phone has an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor. The IP68-rated water and dust resistant smartphone comes with support for dual-band Wi-Fi with 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 2×2 MIMO, HE160, 4096 QAM support, Bluetooth 5.2, 5G, NFC, and GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo. The Honor Magic 4 Pro is powered by a 4,600mAh battery that supports 100W fast charging.

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