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The first thing you'll notice about the Honor Magic 5 Pro is its camera bump. It's big, with a saucer of lenses protruding from the back of the phone like an island, and its trio of cameras look black and dark, as if they extend all the way out into the distance.

And, well, they do. One of them, anyway. The periscope zoom with optical stabilization on the 50MP sensor can get close to 3.5x, which is a good thing to see on the back of a phone (we won't be bothering with the 100x digital zoom, though), and it's got support for 50MP wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle lenses.

Add a big battery, powerful internals, and a great screen, and the Honor Magic 5 Pro is probably one of the best camera phones I've reviewed recently.

Honor Magic 5 Pro review: design and screen

From the front, there's not much to see on the Honor Magic 5 Pro, although its dual front-facing cameras (one 12MP lens for taking photos, the other a depth sensor) set on an off-center island are at least more interesting than some, but from the back, it shines.

The massive camera bump rises from the back of the phone's glass, wide and flat like an Olympus Mons, with the glass surface wrinkling around it, and its three lenses connected by an LED flash, another depth sensor, and what looks a lot like a microphone hole. It's distinctive, prominent and busy, especially when compared to the more constrained three-camera layout on the back of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.

Elsewhere, the speakers are located at the top and bottom, USB-C ports, a bottom-mounted SIM tray, the usual lock and volume switches, and exactly zero headphone jacks. So far, so standard.

The display on the Honor Magic 5 Pro is a 6.81-inch color OLED with a resolution of 2848 x 1312 and an aspect ratio of 20:9 - featuring a scalable refresh rate that can go from 1Hz to 120Hz depending on the content.

The bezels are thin, the corners are gently curved, and the brightness is just right, reaching 1800 nits at peak. Using the phone in bright sunlight shouldn't be a problem.

The screen is also tuned for eye health with dynamic dimming and flicker reduction, and Honor has been successfully certified by TÜV Rheinland for circadian rhythms thanks to the phone's blue light filtering and ability to adjust color temperature. It all adds up to a phone you won't feel guilty about staring at all night while your other half watches TV.

Functions and Batteries

Aside from the camera we'll talk about, the processor specs we'll also talk about, and the screen we've already covered, there's little else on the noteworthy physical phone other than its storage, which comes as standard stonking 512GB.

We're not sure what you're going to do with this huge amount of memory, other than shoot tons of 4K video, which exceeds the specs of many laptops. However, it's great to have and help the phone live up to its "Pro" moniker.

Battery life is excellent, and the 5100 mAh battery built into this ultra-thin phone means that it can run for two days under light use conditions, and those who really like to use their phones won't be reaching for the charger until the evening. There's a 66W charger in the box, and it also requires 50W of wireless charging.

Camera

Possibly the main attraction of the Honor Magic Pro 5, the triple camera array on the back of the phone contains three 50MP sensors, two of which have image stabilization. The main wide-angle camera has an f/1.6 aperture and a 1/1.12-inch sensor, which is pretty big for a phone camera sensor, but not the biggest by far. The one in the Xiaomi Mi 13 Pro is even bigger.

The wide-angle camera produces sharp and colorful photos that may have a hint of oversaturation that we don't mind at all. They're resampled to 12.2MP, but you can select High Resolution mode from the camera menu to enable 49.9MP files. These are usually fine, but lose clarity in low light situations because they don't have the processing advantages of the pixel merging process.

The Ultra Wide Camera is another 50MP sensor that produces 12.6MP files. This camera has severe edge distortion, a smaller sensor, a slightly narrower f/2.0 aperture, and no OIS. its images don't have the saturated pop of the main camera, and it can struggle in low light, but overall it's not bad.

Then there's the zoom, which is a periscope design that offers up to 3.5x magnification, with a digital zoom option that consistently exceeds 100x. It's stabilized, but with an aperture of f/3.0, which reduces low-light performance. The screen shows a 10x zoom option, and images taken at this level are usually very good.

On the front, you'll find a 12MP camera, perfect for selfies and video calls. It's also used to unlock the phone via facial recognition, which we found to be both fast and accurate.

Performance

Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 octa-core chipset, the same chipset used in the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and OnePlus 11.

It's the high-end chipset of the moment and is backed by 12GB of RAM, which is better than many laptops - it's an absolute beast.

All of this means it's a high-performance phone that feels fast to use. Both face and fingerprint recognition are quick to unlock and apps open quickly.

Should you buy the Honor Magic Pro 5?

If you are in the market for a flagship cell phone, it definitely is. Spending almost $6k on a cell phone is not a decision to be taken lightly.

So people are attracted to the reputation for quality that Apple and Huawei enjoy, but this latest Honor Magic Pro 5 model challenges them and takes some major hits, especially when it comes to the screen and camera.

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