Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR Review – Speedy Collab Powerhouse Phone

The classier, pricier and more powerful version of the Honor Magic6 Pro, the Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR was created via a close collaboration with Porsche, hence its name and has a rather unusual set of upgrades and accessories too along with a substantially higher price tag at RM7,499. We had a short time with this impressive powerhouse and took it for a quick whirl around the block. Here’s our Honor Magic6 RSR review where we share if it’s worth the substantially higher price tag.

Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR Review – What’s different from the Honor Magic6 Pro?

The Honor Magic6 RSR has a distinctly different looking chassis that makes use of a titanium frame and hosts a unique hexagonal-shaped camera housing on the backplate. Our Honor Magic6 RSR review sample came in a dark shade of metallic grey though a more eye-catching metallic pink variant is also available for consideration. 

Unlike the standard Honor Magic6 Pro, the Magic6 RSR is only available for purchase by invitation only in Malaysia which makes it somewhat rare to encounter in the market and which also makes it a status item of sorts.

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The phone also ships with an elaborate package that contains not one but two wired fast chargers with one using an European plug and the other a UK-style three-pin plug. You also get a corresponding pair of USB-C cables and a protective casing specific to the phone. It’s rather odd that they’ve bundled two chargers with the phone but it certainly does speak to the Magic6 RSR’s theme of overwhelming power.

By and large, our Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR review unit has similar specifications to the stock Magic6 Pro with the same display, same Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, identical battery capacity and fast charging options and also has the same rear triple camera array and front-facing 50MP selfie camera. 

Where it differs is that it has an absolutely ludicrous 24GB RAM and 1TB of onboard storage out of the box along with the aforementioned different looking chassis though it is functionally the same phone as the Honor Magic6 Pro with the same IP68 dust and water resistance though the use of titanium on the frame lends it greater durability and resistance to nicks, scratches and drops. After a couple of weeks of use, the phone had no dents or scratches on its chassis.

Here is how our Honor Magic6 RSR review unit stacks up on paper:

Price	RM7,499
Display	6.8-inch LTPO Quad Curved Floating Display, 2,800 x 1,280 pixels, 5,000 nits peak HDR brightness, 100% DCI-P3, 120Hz refresh rate, Dolby Vision certification, 4,320Hz PWM dimming, NanoCrystal Shield
Processor	Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
OS	Android 14 w/ MagicOS 8
Memory	24GB RAM + 8GB RAM Turbo virtual RAM /  1TB storage
Camera	180MP Tele-Falcon Camera w/ 2.5X optical zoom, 100x digital zoom + 50MP Falcon Main Camera F/1.4-F/2.0 + 50MP Ultra Wide Camera [rear] / 50MP F/2.0 [front]
Battery	5,600mAh Silicon-Carbide Battery with E1 Power Enhanced Chip w/ 80W wired + 66W wireless
Size/Weight	162.5 x 75.8 x 8.9mm / 237g

Closer inspection of the Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR reveals that it runs the same Android 14 with MagicOS as the Magic6 Pro though it has a completely different theme with distinctive icons that matches the design of the chassis with heavy use of black and gold hues. It also has the same 4 years of OS and 5 years of security updates which does add a measure of longevity to the design. 

Of note is that MagicOS also confers 8GB of virtual RAM Turbo on top of the existing 24GB RAM which means that the phone has a whopping 30GB RAM cache to work with which is more than most laptops. This does help futureproof the phone as there is way more RAM than what any app on the Google Play Store would conceivably need at this point in time nor for some time to come.

For a lark, we put our Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR review sample through the usual set of benchmarks. Here’s how it scored:

3D Mark Solar Bay	7,190
3D Mark Unlimited	7,188
3D Mark Wild Life Extreme	4,058
3D Mark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited	5,145
3D Mark Wild Life	Maxed Out
3D Mark Wild Life Unlimited	16,300
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2,183
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	5,801
Geekbench 6 OpenCL	13,688
Geekbench 6 Vulkan	16,066
PC Mark Work 3.0	17,708
PC Mark Battery Life	15 hours 31 mins

Using titanium in a smartphone chassis is a bit of a dual-edged sword. While it is a tougher and more premium alloy, it also doesn’t conduct heat very well which can lead to overheating. 

To test its capabilities, we subjected it to the 3DMark Solar Bay stress test and it offered fairly standard results in keeping with other phones featuring a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset with a best loop score of 8,645 and a stability of 66.7% under heavy load with a peak of 41°C.

When compared to the standard Honor Magic6 Pro, it had roughly similar best loop scores and peak temperatures under heavy use though the standard model exhibited better stability at 83.2%. One thing to note is that these are synthetic benchmarks test it to its theoretical limits which aren’t indicative of day to day use.

Interestingly enough, the Honor Magic6 RSR performed better in Geekbench 6 single and multicore operations along with PCMark’s Work 3.0 benchmark presumably on account of its massive surfeit of RAM though graphical related tasks performed similarly to the base Honor Magic6 Pro. Gaming was handled well and the phone was able to handle Warzone Mobile and the usual staples like Genshin Impact and Call of Duty Mobile as well as PUBG.

As expected, standard work related tasks like web browsing, emails and even CapCut ran as smooth as silk.

The display of the Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR is identical to the Magic6 Pro along with the same tough NanoCrystal shield laminate and performed in a similar sterling fashion with excellent colour rendition and crisp detail.

 

The camera setup is also identical for both the rear and front camera arrays with excellent results – you can check a few of our test shots here below. You can check out our prior Honor Magic6 Pro review here.

Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR Review – Is it worth your money?

The posh Porsche Design Honor Magic6 RSR is a more premium version of the Honor Magic6 Pro with a more stylish and tougher titanium chassis and almost double the amount of RAM and storage. Its relative scarcity makes it an exceptional status item especially for collectors and those who appreciate owning such a rare design though the standard Honor Magic6 Pro represents better value.

Honor Magic6 RSR review sample courtesy of Honor Malaysia. For more details check out their official ink at https://www.honor.com/my/phones/honor-magic6-rsr-porsche-design/