Honor Magic8 Lite vs Honor Magic8 Pro Air Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 08, 2025	Jan 19, 2026
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/256GB - €455	12GB/256GB - €720

Design

Dimensions
6.37 x 3.00 x 0.31 inches 161.9 x 76.1 x 7.8 mm	5.93 x 2.83 x 0.24 inches 150.5 x 71.9 x 6.1 mm
Weight
6.67 oz / 189.0 g	5.47 oz / 155.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP69	Water, Dust; IP69
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint	Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Colors
Midnight Black, Forest Green, Reddish Brown	Black, White, Purple, Orange

Display

Size
6.8-inch, 90.88% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 90.15% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 6000 nits	OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 6000 nits
Resolution
2640x1200px, 427 PPI	2640x1216px, 461 PPI
Features
	120Hz refresh rate

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
1777 (Good)	Untested
Bright Min
1.5 (Good)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (4 nm)	MediaTek Dimensity 9500 (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1x2.3GHz Cortex-A720s 3x2.​2GHz Cortex-A720s 4x1.​8GHz Cortex-A520s	Octa-core 1x4.21GHz C1-Ultra 3x3.5GHz C1-Premium 4x2.7 GHz C1-Pro
GPU
Adreno 810	Arm G1-Ultra
Memory
8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB	12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB 16GB/512GB 16GB/1TB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (15)	Android (16)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1102	Untested
GeekBench 6 Multi
3134	Untested
3D Mark High
986	Untested
3D Mark Low
982	Untested

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Battery

Type
7500 mAh, Si - Carbon	5500 mAh, Si - Carbon
Charging
Fast charging Reverse wired charging	Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
Wired: 66.0W	Wired: 80.0W Wireless: 50.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

11h 25min

Browsing

23h 41min

Video

19h 23min

Gaming

12h 49min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
108 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.67" Pixel size: 1.0 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.6 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.3" Pixel size: 1.2 μm
Second camera
5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 17 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP (Ultra-wide) Focal Length: 16 mm
Third camera
	64 MP (Telephoto, Periscope, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.2x Aperture size: F2.6 Focal Length: 74 mm Sensor size: 1/1.2"
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
16 MP	50 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

117

Overall

123

Photo

110

Video

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.2	6.0
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot	Wi-Fi 6E,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker, Multiple speakers

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	5G Ready
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM

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