Honor took advantage of the MWC 2023 show in Barcelona to announce the arrival on the market of the new Magic5 Pro smartphone, the most high-end for the Chinese company, determined to shake up the tenors. It has just been ranked best mobile for photos but also for its screen, surpassing Huawei’s Mate 50 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max respectively.
Honor renews its high-end segment with the Magic5 Pro which is also accompanied by a more affordable model, the Magic5 Lite, the Magic5 not being marketed in France. Recently, the Magic5 Lite was recognized by the DxOMark laboratory as the mobile offering the best battery with the longest autonomy. The Magic5 Pro has also been tested by DxOMark et he got the highest score, to date, at 152 for the quality of its photos but also of its videos, outclassing the Huawei Mate 50 Pro so far considered the benchmark. Recall that just two years ago, Honor belonged to Huawei now flying on its own and, for once, higher than its former parent company. Its screen has also been extensively tested and the device managed to land a score of 151 surpassing the 149 obtained by the iPhone 14 Pro Max, ranking first.
Why is it considered the best camera phone in the world?
Remember that the Honor Magic5 Pro has a 50 megapixel main photo sensor aperture at f/1.6 optically stabilized associated with a 50 megapixel sensor also for ultra-wide-angle shots. There is also a 50 megapixel optically stabilized telephoto lens with 3.5x zoom up to 100x in digital. There’s a 12-megapixel sensor on the front for taking selfies and a 3D sensor for facial recognition.
It was appreciated for excellent zoom performance as well as the dynamic range offered and the good level of detail as well as low noise in difficult lighting conditions. It embeds acceleration algorithms to take photos faster and fast, autofocus was praised. The mobile offers accurate colors and good exposure when shooting at night. The Bokeh mode was appreciated, isolating the subject very well from the blurred background.
DxOMark blames him for another limited depth of field for group photos and one texture rendering sometimes unflattering on faces. Lfocus looks tricky from time to time in Bokeh mode and not all skin tones look natural.
Best screen in the world on the Honor Magic5 Pro
The Magic5 Pro screen was also tested by DxOMark. Recall that this is a 6.81-inch 4-sided curved AMOLED panel diagonally, which already makes it one of the largest on the market. It displays a definition of 1312×2848 pixels with a variable refresh rate between 1 and 120 Hz to find the best compromise between fluidity and energy consumption. It supports formats HDR10+ et IMAX Enhanced.
The screen was appreciated for its brightness in all lighting conditions. The laboratory found a good image rendering indoors as well as precise and fast touch response. Flickers are absent, thanks to the frequency of 2160 Hz, a first. He is blamed forhave a decrease in contrast in some areas when high brightness mode is triggered in particularly bright environments as well as a lack of fluidity when playing video games. Finally, DxOMark noticed a lack of uniformity in low light.
