Today we are unboxing a very special phone – the Slate Grey Honor Magic8 RSR Porsche Design.
This is the latest in a series of Honor smartphone collaborations with Porsche, and it follows in the same footsteps – you get the maxed-out variant of Honor’s current flagship, give it a dash of Porsche design, and make the retail package exquisite.
Speaking of, you get a 120W charger, a slim, vegan leather-clad case, a braided USB-A to USB-C cable, and a Porsche-themed SIM tool.
Case, 120W charger, and a custom SIM tool
Porsche doesn’t settle for less than the best, so this Magic8 RSR has 1TB of storage and 24GB of RAM, of the latest LPDDR5X variety. You, of course, also get the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
You also get the full-on 7,200mAh battery, reserved for the Chinese market. But that also brings us neatly on to one of the few drawbacks of the Magic8 RSR Porsche Design – not only is it much more expensive (around CNY 8,000-9,000), it’s also a China-exclusive phone. So take a good look, folks, as you may not see this phone ever again.
On the upside, the wealthy Chinese buyers will get to enjoy satellite communication. There’s also both biometric finger and face scanning.
The Magic8 RSR has Porsche Design in the name for a reason. The 911 Carrera inspires the phone’s looks, and there’s the classic Porsche flying line that slopes from the camera island and into the bottom part of the phone’s panel.
The rear panel is made of ceramic, which feels more premium than glass and is also generally harder to scratch. The surface is lovely to look at, but is easily tainted by smudges, so you may need to buy an overly-expensive cleaning cloth to keep it clean.
Honor boasts that the rear panel has a special 3D-textured surface, which aims to look and feel like automotive paint. It also improves grip, which is excellent indeed.
A nicer Magic8 Pro
So, what hasn’t changed? The screen is still the same, excellent 6.71-inch 120Hz LTPO OLED panel with 2,808×1,256px resolution, and 6,000 nits of peak brightness. The camera system is also the same – 50MP main, 50MP ultrawide, and 200MP zoom cameras, plus a 50MP selfie shooter. You also get the same 120W wired and 80W wireless charging.
