Leakster Digital Chat Station writes that the Honor Magic5 series is code named “Piaget” and points to this device, PGT-AN00, which was just listed on China’s MIIT. This means that the new flagship series from Honor is inching towards official status, but it’s not quite there yet. We already have a rough idea of what the phone will look like thanks to leaks. Below is a speculative render. The Magic5 models will preserve the prominent circular camera island, though the camera layout looks different from the Magic4 series.
You can see it better in this image, what
looks to be a tray of panels that will cover the camera island. Note the 100x
zoom label, that refers to digital zoom, of course, and likely means 10x
optical zoom. Based on unofficial info, the Magic5 series won’t follow the
Honor 80 Pro in its pursuit of high megapixel counts. DCS writes that the Honor
Magic5 Pro and Ultimate will have quad 50MP cameras (though some modules might
have 64MP sensors instead).
Of course, the images above only show a
triple camera setup, so this should be the vanilla Magic5. For comparison, its
predecessor (the Magic4) had an 8MP 5x periscope, while the Pro and Ultimate
opted for 3.5x lenses and higher resolution 64MP sensors for their telephoto
cameras.
All three models – the Honor Magic5,
Magic5 Pro and Magic5 Ultimate – are expected to feature Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
chipsets. There will be a fourth model too, a Magic5 Lite, which will utilize a
slightly overclocked Snapdragon 695.
We don’t have a confirmed date for the
Magic5 series debut, but some posters on Weibo suggest February 27.
