Last month, the flagship pair Honor Magic 4 and Honor Magic 4 Pro were presented at MWC 2022. And yesterday they were joined by Honor Magic 4 Ultimate Edition. Its main advantage is the camera, the best in the line and on the market. The DxOMark Experts gave Honor Magic 4 Ultimate Edition an average score of 146 in the test, taking the first line of the rating, pushing Huawei P50 Pro to second place.
The main camera of the smartphone consists of four sensors, the main camera has a resolution of 50 megapixels with an aperture of f / 1.6 (optical format 1 / 1.12 “) and an optical image stabilization system. It’s complemented by a 50MP f/2.0 aperture, 64MP ultra-wide with a dual lens, and a 64MP telephoto lens with an optical stub.
Honor Magic 4 Ultimate Edition released to top the DxOMark rankings
The smartphone also has an 8-channel sensor that detects the color temperature of the ambient light. A 12-megapixel sensor and a 3D depth sensor for facial recognition are available on the front panel. And to make the images in good quality, Honor Magic 4 Ultimate Edition received a special image processor, the peak performance of which is 28.8 TOPS.
The smartphone has a 6.81-inch LTPO OLED display with a resolution of 2848 x 1312 pixels and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. Under the hood, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 runs in tandem with 12GB of RAM. Honor Magic 4 Ultimate Edition has a 512GB flash drive, 4600mAh battery with 100W fast wired charging and 50W wireless charging. The smartphone has a ceramic back cover and is available in black and white colours. They asked for an impressive amount of $1,260 for the major.
Positives
- Good exposure and wide dynamic range
- Fast and consistent autofocus
- Low noise in bright light and indoors
- Nice white balance
- Good detail in all tele settings, especially the mid-range
- Good exposure and low noise in Ultra Wide Camera
- Accurate exposure and good texture / noise trade-off in night shots
- Good target isolation in bokeh mode
- Active video stabilization
- Nice color and white balance in video mode
- Good video exposure, especially indoors and in low light
- Low noise and high detail in the video
cons
- Low contrast in some HDR scenes
- Some local detail loss in the shadows
- Muted colors in background scenes
- Combined artifacts on remote and ultra-wide cameras
- Slightly limited dynamic range in video, highlight clipping
- Video elements, including changing gradation and shadows
- Sharpness differences between video frames in low light
- Unstable white balance in video