A new Android flagship with a beastly battery and Gemini out of the box just dropped – Android Police

2025 is already off to a strong start with tech giants flooding the market with their newest flagship devices. The OnePlus 13 recently made its global debut, and the Samsung Galaxy S25 series is set to be officially unveiled next week. Honor ended 2024 with a bang and is starting 2025 the same way with the launch of the Honor Magic 7 Pro.Newer isn’t always betterThe Honor Magic 6 Pro was one of the best smartphones of 2024 for battery life, and Honor seems to be doubling down on this reputation. The Honor Magic 7 Pro packs a large 5,270 mAh battery, which is actually slightly smaller than its predecessor, but compensates with faster 100W charging (up from 80W). Honor also notes that the Magic 7 Pro features its second-generation E2 chip for improved power management and better battery health monitoring.Up front, the Magic 7 Pro features a huge 6.8-inch AMOLED display with several “eye-comfort” features, including 4320Hz PWM dimming, hardware-level low blue light technology, and the Natural Light Honor AI Eye Comfort Display, which mimics natural light to reduce eye strain.Like most Android smartphones launching this year, the Magic 7 Pro is loaded with plenty of AI features under the hood. Honor’s Magic Portal — which enables users to complete tasks with one click — is getting a huge upgrade with MagicOS 9.0, allowing users to draw or circle anything on their screen.Honor’s AI engine then processes the input and suggests relevant apps and services based on the selected content. It works similarly to Circle to Search — which also comes pre-installed on the Magic 7 Pro — but is more integrated and supports a wider range of apps and services.The Magic 7 Pro also supports real-time translation for up to 13 languages, thanks to what Honor calls “AI Translation,” while the company’s official Notes app can now summarize large texts. And, oh, the Magic 7 Pro also comes preloaded with the Google Gemini app. All of this is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.Ultrawide is nice, but optical zoom is hard to beatLike the Magic 6 Pro, the Magic 7 Pro features a triple-camera system with a 50MP primary sensor with an f/1.4 adjustable aperture, a 50MP ultra-wide lens, and a 200MP telephoto lens with up to 100x zoom. Honor is taking a new approach to photography by using its proprietary hybrid (device-cloud) AI model for image processing, promising better results. I haven’t had a chance to test this yet, but it will be interesting to see how this hybrid method performs in real life.The Honor Magic 7 Pro is arriving first in the UK and Republic of Ireland, priced at £1,100 and €1,300, with other European countries likely following soon. Honor is offering a free MagicPad 2 for customers who pre-order the phone. As for the US, there’s no official confirmation yet, but it’s unlikely the Honor Magic 7 Pro will launch stateside.The Honor Magic 7 Pro is the company’s latest flagship smartphone, packed with power and plenty of AI features. It boasts a large, bright OLED display, Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and a triple camera module with a 200MP telephoto sensor. Plus, it houses a massive 5,270 mAh battery with 100W fast charging.We want to hear from you! Share your opinions in the thread below and remember to keep it respectful.Your comment has not been savedHello what?! 5270 mAh battery is “beastly” now?!I love all these reviews, talking about spec that are hit or miss for most buyers and whether they will use or even notice the features. Will someone, anyone, ever talk about call quality, ambient radiant energy and whether the calls drop or chop, even when both parties on a call are stationary? Formerly, as an OTR driver, I used to endure large expanses between major cities with little or no cell service whatsoever. That has largely changed. But now, I find, often when talking with friends, while both of us are sitting in our respective living rooms or backyards, that the call will often drop audio yet remain connected or become choppy, where the sound becomes the audio equivalent of pixelation. I know it is often due to the network provider or other uncontrollable factors. However, I have two phones that I have called the same person, within minutes of each call and gotten wildly different call quality results. I would need to be a phone tester or reviewer to be able to run to ground how the actual phone itself affects call quality. It’s a cellPhone, not a cellCamera. Help me out here!How do you get all the way to ‘buy?’Save $300 on the Pixel 9 Pro FoldWhat corners are cut to make the cheapest Android phones?Let’s make a great phone even betterDoes Tensor serve double-duty as a hand-warmer, or is Google’s smartphone ice cold?It wants money to fund its operations

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