Honor Magic smartphones are positioned as the most technologically advanced in the company’s lineup. However, even among them, there is a leader in innovation – the Magic 7 RSR Porsche Design. We spent seven days with the novelty and are ready to tell you what is behind the collaboration with the famous German brand. Did Honor succeed in the ultimate flagship?
Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche Design and ergonomics
The originality of the Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche is not lacking. The hexagon of the camera unit with metal edging and the decorative arrow along the back cover immediately catch the eye. The novelty is available in gray and purple versions. We have the last option. The shade is pastel and very pleasing to the eye, but there is a dissonance with the aggressive appearance of the smartphone. One thinks that grey is more appropriate here – it would emphasise the masculinity inherent in Porsche Design products.
The materials of the case here are the most premium. The flat frame is made of polished aluminum, the back panel is covered with frosted glass. Needless to say, the build quality is impeccable. The joint of the frame with the back cover is made smooth due to the curved glass. In the hand, the smartphone feels monolithic – as if you can crack nuts with it.
In terms of ergonomics, everything is not bad: thanks to the convex back cover, the gadget is comfortable to hold. The weight of 228 grams seems impressive at first, but in everyday use it does not cause inconvenience. The only complaint is that the power and volume buttons are located too high.
The screen is protected by 2.5D King Kong Giant Rhino Glass. The frames are minimal and the same on all sides. An ultrasonic fingerprint scanner is installed under the display – it is located at a comfortable height, works quickly and accurately. The “pill” at the top of the screen has a built-in front camera and a TOF sensor. The latter is responsible for facial recognition, thanks to which the smartphone recognizes the user even in complete darkness. This is especially convenient on cold evenings, when you are too lazy to take off your gloves to enter by fingerprint.
The bottom end is reserved for a multimedia speaker, a USB Type-C 3.2 connector and a slot for two Nano-SIMs (eSIM is also available here). The latter is equipped with a rubber seal that prevents water from getting inside. The gadget itself is protected from moisture and dust according to IP68 + IP69 standards, which means that it is not afraid of even jets of boiling water under pressure.
Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche Great screen
As befits a super flagship, the Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche received an OLED display of the highest quality. The diagonal is 6.8 inches, the resolution is 2800×1280. The pixel density reaches a value of 453 ppi. This is not a record, but there are no complaints about the clarity of the picture. The matrix is made using LTPO technology and supports a dynamic refresh rate in the range of 1-120 Hz. The minimum value of hertz is reached in a static image, for example, in the Always on Display mode.
In recent years, flagship smartphones have raised the bar for screen quality so high that it’s no longer clear how they can be made even better. The brightness of AMOLED panels is especially impressive – in this regard, the new Honor is one of the best, because the peak brightness here reaches 5000 nits.
After a week of use, the screen left a lot of positive impressions. There are no problems with readability in the sun, and the display of HDR content is also pleasing – everything is bright, juicy, contrasting. The light sensor works correctly, you don’t have to climb into the curtain and adjust the brightness manually. The minimum brightness is comfortable for reading in complete darkness, and there is no need to worry about flickering at low values – the PWM frequency is 4320 Hz.
Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche Smartphone at work
Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche runs Android 15 with MagicOS 9 shell. It has a pre-installed theme from Porsche Design with redesigned icons — it looks cute but doesn’t go well with Google’s design code. It turns out to be a vinaigrette of styles, which is no longer so aesthetically pleasing. Fortunately, there are other themes to choose from.
Otherwise, we have a classic firmware with clear logic: there are large folders, separate shutters for notifications and quick settings, a global search by swiping down and a Google Feed news feed to the left of the main screen. There are no unpleasant surprises like advertising and an abundance of pre-installed garbage here.
The hardware platform of the novelty is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, produced using TSMC’s 3nm process. It consists of eight computing cores: two Oryon V2 Phoenix L, overclocked to 4.32 GHz, and six Oryon V2 Phoenix M with frequencies up to 3.53 GHz. The Adreno 830 video accelerator is responsible for the graphics.
The amount of RAM LPDDR5X is 24 GB – more than in most laptops. It’s almost impossible to cram RAM to the eyeballs. This allows you not to worry about the background work of applications, even a few dozen running processes will not slow down the system. The permanent memory was also not spared – the capacity of the UFS 4.0 drive is 1 TB.
In everyday use, the smartphone is lightning fast and responsive. Synthetic tests show excellent performance indicators. So, in Geekbench 6, the model scored 2970 points in single-core mode and 7555 in multi-core mode. In the PCMark Work test, the result was 20,373 points.
It is a pleasure to play even the most difficult games on the new product. Genshin Impact keeps the bar at 60 fps at maximum graphics settings. Casual projects like Brawl Stars generally give out 120 fps. During long gaming sessions, the case heats up noticeably, but this does not cause discomfort.
Honor Magic 7 RSR Porsche Camera Test
The Honor Magic 7 RSR received three rear cameras: a standard 50 MP with a variable aperture of f/1.4-2.0 and OIS, a 50 MP ultra-wide with autofocus, as well as a 200-megapixel periscope with a triple optical zoom. It is the latter that is the most remarkable, since its optics have a record aperture of f/1.9 for telephoto cars.
Daytime photos with the main camera impress with detail and wide dynamic range. Since the aperture is variable, the automation selects the appropriate value based on the lighting conditions. Indoors, the smartphone does not give up – the noise level is minimal. You can also take good macro on the main camera thanks to the ability to focus up close.
Night shots are also good. A huge sensor and fast optics allow you to shoot at low ISO settings, getting a minimum of noise. An interesting feature is the “stars” from light sources at a closed aperture.
The ultra-wide gives consistently good results in daylight, although there is nothing outstanding by flagship standards. Photos are sharp in the center, but sharpness drops at the edges.
But the telephoto lens is really impressive. Shots from it are sharp, saturated and contrasting. Thanks to the fast optics, decent photos come out even at night.
