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Thin and light smartphones are impressive feats of engineering, but they usually demand trade-offs—most often in camera hardware and battery size. The Honor Magic8 Pro Air aims to break that pattern, positioning itself as Honor’s take on the iPhone Air and the wave of ultra-slim Android phones launched in recent months. Honor’s strategy stands out. Instead of cutting corners, the Magic8 Pro Air packs genuinely Pro-level hardware, including a triple-camera system with a dedicated telephoto lens, a large 5,500mAh battery, and a compact display designed for comfortable one-handed use. Unlike many rivals, the Magic8 Pro Air sports a 6.31-inch LTPO AMOLED panel with a 1,216 × 2,640 resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and up to 6,000 nits of peak local brightness. It also includes a 50MP front-facing camera and an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. Despite all this, the phone is just 6.1mm thin and weighs only 155 grams. It features an aluminum frame with a glass back, stereo speakers, and a phys...

Honor closed 2025 on a high, shipping a record 71 million smartphones — with flagship models accounting for an impressive 10 million units.  What truly stands out, though, is the brand’s growing global footprint: half of Honor’s smartphone sales now come from markets outside China, fueled largely by the success of the Magic7 series. Building on its momentum from 2024, Honor delivered a strong 50% year-over-year growth in shipments. The company has now secured a 10% or higher market share in 17 regions worldwide, spanning Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. In Malaysia, Honor has gone a step further, emerging as the market leader with over 18% smartphone share and a commanding 30% share in tablets. Looking ahead, Honor is doubling down on AI with its ambitious Honor Alpha strategy. The brand plans to invest more than $10 billion in AI-driven products over the next five years, placing smartphones at the core while expanding into AI-powered PCs, tablets, and wearables.

Fresh off its Malaysian debut, the Honor Magic8 Pro is now making waves in Dubai and across the GCC as its global rollout continues. Starting today, UAE shoppers can pre-order the Magic8 Pro through Honor’s official online store and major e-retailers, with options of 12/512GB or a massive 16/1TB. Honor is sweetening the deal with AED 2,299 ($815) worth of freebies for early buyers: the Honor Watch5 Ultra, a 3-month Google AI Pro trial, and a year of VIP Care+ protection. Pre-orders close on December 18. UAE pricing kicks off at AED 3,999 ($1,090) for the 12GB/512GB Magic8 Pro, rising to AED 4,699 ($1,280) for the 16GB/1TB trim. Sunrise Gold and Black are available across the board, while the Cyan finish is exclusive to the base variant. Under the hood, the Honor Magic8 Pro packs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and sports a 6.71-inch LTPO quad-curved display. On the back sits a potent triple-camera setup headlined by a 200MP periscope telephoto and a 50MP main shooter, while the fro...