Pros
- Standout design
- Impressive cameras
- Long-lasting battery life
- Novelty of eye-tracking feature
Cons
- Software updates lag behind peers
- Display gathers dust and micro scratches
- Not officially sold in the US
Honor may not be a global household brand like Apple or Samsung. But the Chinese company is determined to make a name for itself, and its new phone — the Magic 6 Pro — appears to be designed squarely with this in mind.
The Honor Magic 6 Pro, which made its debut at Mobile World Congress, is the world’s first phone sold outside China that carries a silicon-carbon battery, which researchers say has a lower environmental impact and risk from overheating than the lithium-ion batteries that are used in the majority of phones today.
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What’s more, the Magic 6 Pro offers a novel way to interact with it, using an AI eye-tracking feature that allows you to open and interact with apps using your eyes. While international versions of the Honor Magic 6 Pro don’t have eye-tracking, the feature is expected to roll out in the future. In a demo video, Honor shows off the possibilities of its eye-tracking technology by remote controlling an actual car with an app on the phone using nothing but eye movements.
Apart from those innovative features, the Magic 6 Pro has many of the specs and features you’d expect from a 2024 flagship phone. I spent two weeks testing the Magic 6 Pro, and it delivers a solid Android experience packaged in a luxurious hardware design. Thanks to its sharp display, slow-draining batteries, excellent cameras, zippy processor and innovative AI-based tools, the Magic 6 Pro is already one of the most compelling Android phones of 2024.Â
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