The Honor Magic4 Pro that we have just tested is the second Honor smartphone alone and follows just the same upward vision of the company since it has become independent from its “guardian.” With a printing camera system and a large screen, the Honor Magic4 Pro has not come to the market to be a mere spectator but to fill a gap that now seems free. We will tell you everything below.
A curved screen worthy of the high end
The Honor Magic4 Pro, as a high-end that wants to stand out, bets on an AMOLED LTPO panel for its screen. In addition, it does so with an adaptive refresh rate that can reach up to 120 Hz and a PWM of 1920 Hz, which should help avoid uncomfortable flickering when the panel’s brightness is reduced.
The AMOLED LTPO screen of the Honor Magic4 Pro is not the best on the market in terms of figures, but its behavior is at the best level in its price range.
The screen has a diagonal of 6.81 inches and a resolution of 1312×2848 pixels. In addition, the brightness reaches 1000 nits, offers 100% DCI-P3 coverage, and is HDR10+ certified.
There are indeed high-end panels with better-associated numbers, but this Honor Magic4 Pro screen, well-calibrated from the factory, meets everything we can ask for its price. And it offers a thoroughly satisfying experience for all areas you can imagine, from playing games to multimedia playback.
Of course, as is all too common in the high range, the Honor Magic4 Pro’s AMOLED panel is curved on the sides. We already indicated that this contributes to the feeling of a stylized device, but that decision means we can find unwanted touches on the screen.
The screen bezels are minimal, with a 93.5% screen-to-body ratio.
If the design is marked by the multiple camera modules in the back, something similar happens on the screen, although at a lower visual level.
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A prominent notch but well justified by biometrics
Even as the days go by, it isn’t easy to notice the notch for the front camera system. It is located on one side of the screen, on the left.
Being located in the line of sight of the notification bar, some users may find it a somewhat uncomfortable presence.
The reason for this notch so present must be found in that in that area, we have several elements, including a double camera system made up of the 12 MP front camera and a ToF 3D camera that is vital for this Honor Magic4 Pro to offer one of the most satisfying facial recognition (3D face unlock) experiences tested so far.
Both support for 3D face unlocking and under-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensors make this Honor Magic4 Pro a mighty biometric machine.
The combination of this 3D face unlocking with the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor under the screen has left me with one of the best feelings regarding biometric identification in this range.
The camera module
The importance of the camera, or rather the camera system of this Honor Magic4 Pro, has such a presence in the DNA of this high-end smartphone that we start the analysis of the terminal’s design by talking about it.
The camera module carries out almost 50% of the rear
That structure of camera modules brings all the possible personality to the Honor Magic4 Pro. It is enormous, it is centered, it hardly protrudes (and due to its size, it does not make the terminal limp), and above all, it is striking.
And look, we have seen robust camera modules that contribute to the design of a smartphone. But nothing like this, Honor. I remember the Nokia Lumia 1020, and we talk about big words at a photographic level.
How the rear camera module of the Honor Magic4 Pro should be the protagonist, which even cancels out the effect of an already striking mirrored glass back
The true protagonist of the design of the Honor Magic4 Pro somewhat reduces the visual impact of a glass back with a specific mirror effect, both from light and from fingerprints and some dirt, which tends to stay on the Honor Magic4 Pro effortlessly.
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On the hand, this Honor phone is comfortable. It is not excessively slippery, but we can consider it an unstylish terminal.
Secondary camera and 4K video
The secondary camera, which we remember is double due to the presence of the one in charge of the 3D face identification, photographically provides a 12 MP sensor (f2.4 aperture) capable of recording 4K video.
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The camera allows portrait mode (only with 1x and errors on the edges) and a 100º wide-angle selfie, in addition to an intermediate 8.0x. In all cases, the camera performs well and will be very useful for those who frequently need to make video calls or record video / take photos with it.
The video supports 4K and 1080p recording at 30 and 60 fps, with stabilization that has room for improvement.
