Honor Magic review: A 2016 concept-style flagship with curved 4D glass and a tiny battery.
A concept-flavoured Honor flagship.
Original Honor Magic was a "concept" flagship — curved 4D glass, AI-driven Magic Live UI and pioneering 40 W charging. The tiny battery and China-only availability limited it, but it forecast where the line would head.
01Display
78/10078/100 puts it above the 76-point average for flagship phones of 2016.
02Camera
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2016 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2016 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2016 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
78/10078/100 puts it above the 75-point average for flagship phones of 2016.
06Value
56/10056/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.
- Striking curved 4D glass design.
- Honor's first AI Magic Live UI.
- 40 W fast charging — very early.
- IR face recognition.
- Tiny 2,900 mAh battery.
- No microSD.
- Limited markets and updates.
- Mono speaker.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 109-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .