Huawei Presents Its Own Slider Phone With Sextet Cameras – Huawei Honor Magic 2

Last week, Xiaomi launched its first slider smartphone called the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. Huawei, in response to its Chinese counterpart, announces its slider smartphone known as the Huawei Honor Magic 2.

Huawei Honor Magic 2 is the successor of the Huawei Honor Magic that was launched December 2016. The Magic 2 smartphone indicates a real statement of intent from Huawei even though it’s under the Honor sub-brand.

Don’t let me bore you with the small talk, let’s delve in!

Huawei Honor Magic 2 Quick Review

I know a particular smartphone analyst that hates notch designs like hell! There are a couple of other folks too that dislike notched smartphones. If you’re in such category, the Huawei Honor Magic 2 is here to please you. There’s no notch whatsoever, neither tiny nor waterdrop.

Since there’s no notch of any form, you might start wondering where the earpiece and selfie camera is going to appear. A couple of smartphones have their front-facing camera placed at the screen’s bottom, but Huawei avoided that. The Chinese giant left a beautiful looking chin at the base. This action resulted in a new position for the selfie cameras – a slide.

Once the screen is pushed downwards, the slide mechanically pops up to reveal three shooters. The cameras are of qualities – 16MP (f/2.0 aperture), 2MP (f/2.4) and 2MP (f/2.4). Features of these cameras include facial recognition, HDR and portrait mode. Asides the cameras, the smartphone’s earpiece is also present on the slide.

Just like the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, Honor Magic 2 carries a 6.4-inch AMOLED screen as its display. This display fashions out its crispness through 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution as well as 403PPI density and approximately 91.5 percent screen-to-body ratio.

Moreover, the smartphone is the first in the Honor sub-brand to feature the Kirin 980 chip. Other Honor smartphones didn’t get the honour (pun intended) of bagging this flagship chipset.

At the smartphone’s rear, there are the three cameras comprising 16MP + 16MP + 24MP. This brings the total of cameras on the smartphone to six! Smartphones like Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) and LG V40 ThinQ come close with five cameras altogether.

Unlike other Huawei devices that use Emotion UI as the interface, this device’s interface is executed by Magic UI 2.0. As a result, the phone features an AI assistant called Yoyo.

Huawei Honor Magic 2 Key Specs

Here are the Huawei Honor Magic 2 key specifications…

Huawei Honor Magic 2 Photos

Huawei Honor Magic 2 Price and Availability

The Huawei Honor Magic 2 launched in November 2018; it is available in colours Black, Purple and Blue. You can order the phone from any of the online shopping markets using the links below.

Huawei Honor Magic 2 retails at $400 (₦100,000 – ₦150,000 in Nigeria). (CLICK TO BUY HUAWEI HONOR MAGIC 2).

Huawei Honor Magic 2 Full Specifications and Features

General Features

• Platform: Android 9.0 Pie (Magic UI 2.0)
• Processor: Octa-core  (2×2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) Hisilicon Kirin 980
• GPU: Mali-G76 MP12
• Memory: 6GB/8GB RAM
• Colours: Black, Blue, Purple
• Dimension: 157.3 x 75.1 x 8.3 mm
• Weight: 206g
• SIM Type: Nano SIM
• SIM Count: Hybrid Dual SIM

Display

• Display: 6.39-inch, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 2340 x 1080 pixels (403 ppi)
• Screen Protection:–

Camera

• Rear Camera: Triple 16MP + 16MP + 24MP camera, 2160p video, 1080p Video
• Rear Camera Features: phase detection autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
• Front Camera: Triple 16MP + 2MP + 2MP MP camera, 1080p Video@30fps

Storage

• Built-in Storage: 128GB / 256GB
• Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 256GB
• Bundled Cloud Storage: –

Network Support

• 2G GSM: Yes
• 2G CDMA 1X: –
• 3G WCDMA: Yes
• 3G CDMA EVDO: –
• 4G LTE: Yes

Internet & Connectivity

• GPRS: Yes
• EDGE: Yes
• 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
• HSPA+: Yes
• CDMA EVDO: –
• 4G LTE: Yes
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band
• Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
• Bluetooth: Yes, v5.0 with A2DP, LE
• NFC: Yes
• Infrared Blaster: –
• USB Port: 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go (OTG)

Messaging

• SMS/MMS: Yes
• Instant Messaging: Yes
• Push Emails: Yes
• Email Protocol: –

Entertainment

• Music Player: MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
• Video Player: MP4/H.264 player
• FM Radio: Yes
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• 3.5mm Jack: No

Navigation

• Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS BDS
• Maps: Yes

Sensors & Control

• Digital Compass: Yes
• Accelerometer: Yes
• Proximity Sensor: Yes
• Light Sensor: Yes
• Barometer: –
• SpO2: –
• Pedometer: –
• Heart Rate Monitor: –
• Gyroscope: Yes
• Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, (under display)
• Iris Scanner: –
• Face Unlock: Yes
• Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes, Yoyo
• Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: –
• Voice Control: Yes

Other Features

• Video Streaming: Yes
• Active Noise Cancellation: Yes
• Wireless Charging: –
• Built-in Mobile Payment: –
• Water Resistant: –
• Dust Resistant: –
• Image Editor: Yes
• Video Editor: Yes
• Document Viewer: Yes
• Document Editor: Yes

Battery

• Battery: 3, 500mAh non-removable Li-Po battery
• Talktime: –
• Standby Time: –
• Fast Charging: Yes

Where to buy Huawei Honor Magic 2

CLICK HERE TO BUY THE HUAWEI HONOR MAGIC 2 in Nigeria.

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