Honor Magic 8 Pro Air: the brand’s first ultra-thin smartphone arrives in January

After the usual slew of rumors – between images and chatter about the specs – there is official confirmation at last. Honor Magic 8 Pro Air will be announced in China on the 19 January as the brand’s first ultra-thin smartphone. The company’s first teaser shows the profile of the phone, confirming both the slim thickness and the new camera design.

Honor Magic 8 Pro Air, official presentation date: will it arrive here as well or remain a Chinese exclusive?

As the name suggests, the inspiration for the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air is the recent iPhone Air: Apple’s ultrathin is in the minds of the Chinese company since the launch of Honor 500 and now it seems intent on doing the same. Although several days remain until the phone’s release, Honor appears confident of its success.

In fact, in a post on the Chinese social network Weibo, one of the executives emphasized the brand’s long-term commitment in the ultrathin category – despite user hesitation toward this new product segment. Indeed it’s no secret that current ultraslims have not achieved the hoped-for success: we’ll see if things change as new models are announced.

Awaiting the official debut, here is the alleged specifications of Honor’s new smartphone – to be taken with caution. Also at the moment there is talk only of a launch in China and unfortunately we still don’t know if the Air model will make it to Europe as well.

• Dimensions and weight: 6.1 mm, 155 g
• Colors: Feather White, Shadow Black, Light Orange, Fairy Purple
• Certification: IP68/IP69
• Display: Flat OLED LTPO 6.31″ 1.5K
• Security: under-display ultrasonic fingerprint reader
• Liquid cooling with vapor chamber
• SoC: Dimensity 9500, 3 nm TSMC
• CPU octa-core
  • 1 x 4.21 GHz – ARM C1-Ultra
  • 3 x 3.50 GHz – ARM C1-Premium
  • 4 x 2.7 GHz – ARM C1-Pro
• GPU: ARM Mali G1-Ultra
• RAM: 12 GB LPDDR5X
• Storage: 256/512 GB UFS 4.0 non-expandable
• Battery: 5,500 mAh
• Charging: 80W
• Camera: 200 MP or 50 MP (1/1.5″) with periscope telephoto
• Selfie camera: /
• Connectivity and others: Dual SIM 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, GPS, stereo speaker, USB-C, IR sensor
• Operating system: Android 16 with MagicOS 10