Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has been teasing the launch of its concept phone (just like Xiaomi Mi Mix) for the past few days. Finally, Huawei has released their concept phone in China today with a refreshing new design and a number of other features and called it Honor magic.
Honor Magic: Design
Speaking about Magic’s design, it sports a metal frame with curved edges and a double 3D glass at the front and back. Magic comes with a physical home button just below the display, which also acts as a fingerprint scanner. And much like Lenovo Zuk Z2, the fingerprint scanner also acts includes gesture control features such as a combination of taps, swipe, and so on.
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Honor Magic: Specifications
- 5.09-inch (2560x1440p) QHD AMOLED Display With 577ppi
- Kirin 950 Octa-Core SoC
- 4GB RAM
- 64GB Storage + Expandable via microSD
- Dual 12MP Rear Camera (an RGB Color and a Monochrome Sensor) with f/2.2 Aperture
- 8MP Front Facing Camera
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Honor Magic Live
- 2,900mAh Battery
- Colors: Golden Black, Porcelain White
Honor Magic: Features
Honor Magic has an intelligent AI assistant, which designed to understand and analyze user data and to offer interactive features.
Honor explained some features of AI to AndroidAuthority giving out examples;
If you are are chatting with your friends on WeChat app and discussing movies, the AI assistant can recommend you with some latest blockbusters. If you are on road, the assistant will recognize that you are driving and it will prompt you to turn on the driving mode and there are many more features like this.
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Well, Apart from the AI there are two other features i.e The WideScreen sensor which uses the sensor in the frame and the infrared sensor in the selfie camera to turn the screen on when you pick up the phone. So, when the phone is put down or in the pocket, the screen automatically turns off.
And the next feature, when notifications arrive, the FaceCode Intelligent feature comes into action, which will only show notifications after it detects pre-registered faces. Let’s say, if you have registered your face, any other users won’t be able to see the notifications making it more secured from the prying eyes.
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Pricing and Availability
The smartphone (do not forget, it’s a concept phone) is priced at RMB 3,699. which roughly translates to INR 37,000 and will go on sale via several online retailers in China. However, the company hasn’t spoken about the plans to launch the smartphone outside China.
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