Honor Magic7 Pro, Porsche Design Magic7 RSR and Honor Watch 5 launched in Malaysia; prices start from

Honor has officially launched their latest flagship phone, the Honor Magic7 Pro as well as a more premium variant that has more RAM and storage as well as a posher looking chassis dubbed the Porsche Design Honor Magic7 RSR in Malaysia.

Honor Magic7 Pro and Porsche Design Magic7 RSR highlights

The Honor Magic7 Pro is the successor to their prior Honor Magic6 Pro released last year and has a number of improvements across the board including the obligatory performance bump, improved cameras and endurance.

You get a 6.8-inch LTPO OLED display with 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut up front, an improved 5,000 nits peak brightness, 4,320Hz PWM dimming as well as their vaunted NanoCrystal Shield laminate protecting the glass that’s ten times tougher than conventional glass. The chassis itself is also rated for IP69 dust and water resistance that is also able to shrug off immersion in up to 2M of water for 30 minutes and high pressure jets of water.

Running under the hood of the Honor Magic7 Pro is the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset with 12GB RAM augmented by 12GB RAM Turbo virtual RAM as well as 512GB of storage. Another variant with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage is also available in Malaysia. The phone runs on Android 15 with their Magic OS 9.0 user interface overlaying it with a quoted four years of OS updates and 5 years of security updates. 

Where the Honor Magic7 Pro stands out is its AI Deepfake Detection that has built-in algorithms to detect when someone on a video call is using video deepfake tech, Google Gemini assistant by default as the primary voice assistant, AI Eraser to delete photobombers in a shot and more. The phone also supports AI Interpreter and live translations with 15 supported languages that include Thai and Bahasa Malaysia.

On the imaging front, the Honor Magic7 Pro has an upgunned 200MP Ultra Telephoto camera with 3x telephoto zoom and up to 100x AI Super zoom that leverages AI for more stable, crisper shots beyond 30x. Paired with the improved telephoto camera is a 50MP F/14 -F/2.0 adjustable aperture camera with OIS as well as a 50MP F/2.0 wide camera. Up front, you have a 50MP camera with a 3D ToF camera for selfies and video calls. Keeping the phone powered is a 5,850mAh battery that’s 10% larger than its predecessor with 100W wired charging as well as 80W wireless charging.

The Porsche Design Honor Magic7 RSR is functionally similar to the Honor Magic7 Pro with the same tough Nanocrystal Shield on the display as well as similar hardware including the same Snapdragon 8 Elite processor running Android 15 and Magic OS 9.0 albeit with slightly different lock screens and icons that are themed to Porsche’s aesthetics with all their AI embellishments, identical battery capacity and cameras but has a different looking, more angular chassis with a hexagonal camera housing along with 24GB RAM and 1TB of storage.

As a last minute surprise, the brand also launched the Honor Watch 5 which has a 1.85-inch display, a 480mAh silicon-carbon battery with Honor Turbo X tech that intelligently manages battery usage to offer up to 15 days of battery life. The Honor Watch 5 also features improved GPS tracking with 10% better antenna signal strength for better positioning for runs, has a one-click health scan for selected health biometrics, is compatible with Android and IOS and, best of all, has a universal strap adaptor that allows you to use third party straps.

Honor Earbuds Open and Watch 5 smartwatch at the Honor Magic7 Pro Malaysia launch

Honor also launched the Honor Earbuds Open earbuds that have hypoallergenic silicon material, comes in Polar Black and Polar Gold colourways that can integrate with AI translate and offer a number of helpful modes including a Simultaneous real-time translation mode and compatibility with Android and iOS as well as Honor devices with MagicOS 9.0 and up.

Honor Magic7 Pro and Porsche Design Honor Magic7 RSR Malaysia price and preorder

In Malaysia, the Honor Magic7 Pro with 12GB RAM/512GB storage retails for RM4,599 while the 1TB model costs RM5,299 with both variants available in Breeze Blue, Black and Lunar Shadow Grey colourways. The Porsche Design Magic7 RSR phone with 24GB RAM/ 1TB storage comes in your choice of either black or purple colourways for RM6,999 with availability from selected Honor stores from 24 January 2024 onwards. The Honor Earbuds Open retails for RM699 while the Honor Watch 5 is available for RM599.

For more details, check out Honor Malaysia’s official page at https://www.honor.com/my/