Honor recently announced the addition of a new smartphone model to its midrange device offerings, in the form of the Magic 7 Lite. While it might seem like an entirely new device, the Magic 7 Lite actually shares a lot in common with another Honor smartphone, known as the Honor X9c. You could even say that they’re pretty much the same phone, except for differences in naming.
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With that being said, the Honor Magic 7 Lite comes priced at around 400 quid in the United Kingdom, putting it close to the likes of other “budget” smartphones like the Pixel 8a and iPhone SE 3, to name a couple. If you’re curious as to what the Magic 7 Lite comes with, then we’ve put together this quick rundown of specs – let’s take a look.
Design and Display
In terms of design, the Honor Magic 7 Lite looks a lot like most other Chinese smartphones, with a large circular camera island at the rear, a curved display, and even features a “Magic Capsule” cutout that greatly resembles Apple’s Dynamic Island on its iPhones. The 6.78-inch OLED display features a 1224 x 2700 pixel resolution, and gets rather bright at up to 4,000 nits of peak brightness. The phone also comes with the same durability features as on the X9c, including the reinforced glass screen, and even the IP65M dust and water resistance, with the “M” designating 360-degree protection against jets of water.
Other external features include a dual-speaker setup, although there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack on this one. Placing it side by side with the X9c, there’s barely any difference so accessories which work with the X9c such as screen protectors and cases should be likewise compatible with the Honor Magic 7 Lite.
Internal Specs and Software
Taking a look at the inside, the phone unsurprisingly comes with the same chip as on the X9c, which is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset. A midrange chipset, the 6 Gen 1 is able to run most games on the Google Play Store, although users might have a slower experience when running more resource-hungry games and apps such as Genshin Impact, for example.
As for storage and memory configurations, the phone is accompanied by 8GB of RAM and maxes out at 12GB, with several storage options ranging from 256 to 512GB. Powering the Honor Magic 7 Lite is a fairly-large 6,600 mAh battery, which comes with support for 66W wired charging speeds. The phone does come with Honor’s proprietary Magic OS interface, which runs on Android 14 – a bit old at this point, and seeing Android 15 pre-installed on the phone would have been nice.
Cameras and Availability
As for the phone’s cameras, there’s a main setup on the back with a 108MP sensor, accompanied by a 5MP ultra-wide shooter. There’s also a 16MP front-facing camera which handles selfies and video calls. Video recording maxes out at 4K resolution at 30fps for the main setup, while front video recording is limited to 1080p at 30fps. The Honor Magic 7 Lite will be available for buyers in the United Kingdom this January.
