Honor Magic 5, the foldable smartphone series launched in February this year, may soon have a worthy successor. According to some rumors, Honor would be working on the series Magic 6, which should be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and a 200 megapixel periscope camera.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and 200 megapixel periscope: the novelties of Honor's Magic 6 series
Lo Snapdragon 8 Gen3 it's Qualcomm's next high-end chip, which is expected to be unveiled later this year. It is a mobile platform based on a 4nm production process, with a 1+5+2 CPU configuration and an Adreno 750 GPU. The chip promises to offer high performance and improved energy efficiency compared to the previous generation.
La 200 megapixel periscope camera it would instead be a novelty in the smartphone sector, which would allow for a high optical zoom and superior image quality. According to blogger Digital Chat Station, Honor would have significantly improved the main camera from 50 megapixel of the Magic 5 series and would have flanked it with a 200 megapixel periscope (with cutouts) that would support new technologies. Honor would not be the only manufacturer to adopt this solution, vivo would also be interested in this technology.
The Magic 6 series is also expected to be equipped with one four-curve screen low consumption with resolution 2K, made by the Chinese manufacturer BOE. The screen would support 3840Hz PWM high-frequency dimming, which would reduce flicker and eye strain. The fast charging solution would also be updated, but no details are known about it.
The launch date of the Magic 6 series has not yet been announced, but according to rumors it should take place early next year. Honor could therefore be among the first manufacturers to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and to challenge competitors in the field of photography. The Magic 5 series has already demonstrated the potential of Honor's foldable smartphones, which stood out for their innovative design and high performance.
