Honour has shown its flagship smartphone for late 2026, the Magic9 Pro Max, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 CPU and equipped with two 200MP cameras and a gigantic 8,800mAh silicon-carbon battery.
The new flagship also continues Honor’s cooperation with German camera maker ARRI, providing professional-oriented video features to give a more cinematic shooting experience.
Design and Appearance
The Honour Magic9 Pro Max sports a 6.8-inch LTPO OLED screen with 1320 × 2868 pixel resolution and an adjustable 1Hz to 120Hz refresh rate.
The display has a global peak brightness of 2,000 nits and in some locations a local brightness of 10,000 nits while playing HDR content.
Honour has incorporated an upgraded NanoCrystal Shield with more layers of silicon nitride and an anti-reflective coating to further protect the display.
It is available in a Shadow Black, Glacier Silver and Moss Green. It also features an IP69K rating for dust and water protection.
Software and performance
The Magic9 Pro Max is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor under the hood.
The phone is powered by MagicOS 11 based on Android 17 and offers up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage.
Camera Setup
The Magic9 Pro Max is a triple camera configuration featuring a 200MP main camera.
The main camera is a 1/1.28-inch sensor with a 23mm-equivalent lens and an f/1.6 aperture. It is complemented by a 200MP periscope telephoto camera with an 85mm-equivalent focal length, a 1/1.4-inch sensor and 3.7x optical zoom.
Completing the rear camera setup is a 50MP ultrawide camera with a 12mm equivalent focal length.
Both main and telephoto cameras include image stabilisation (CIPA 8.0 gimbal level).
All three cameras feature ARRI Image Science, ARRI colour profiles and cinematic video filters embedded from Honour. Users can instantly create a style inspired by ARRI cinema cameras with different colour grades at a single tap.
The phone can shoot video in the ARRI LogC3 Curve, 10-bit colour depth and ARRI Wide Gamut 3.
If you want further telephoto reach, Honour also has an optional teleconverter kit with a 500mm lens adapter. The firm is also launching a handheld SmallRig camera cage with mounting points for attachments such as grips, LED lights and mics.
Price and Battery
Honour Magic9 Pro Max packs a whopping 8,800mAh silicon-carbon battery.
Supports 100W cable charging and 80W wireless charging.
The phone starts at roughly $968 in China for the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage capacity. The top-end model with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage costs about $1,266.
Honour has yet to release international pricing or confirm a date for the Magic9 Pro Max’s availability in other markets.
Honor Magic9 Pro Max Specifications
| Specification | Honor Magic9 Pro Max |
|---|---|
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 (2nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core: 2× Prime at 5.01GHz + 3× Performance at 4.03GHz + 3× Performance at 3.74GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 850 |
| OS | Android 17 with MagicOS 11 |
| Supported Networks | GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
| Display | 6.8-inch LTPO OLED, 1320 × 2868 pixels, 1-120Hz, 1B colors, Dolby Vision, HDR Vivid, 4320Hz PWM, 2,000 nits global/HBM brightness, up to 10,000 nits local peak |
| RAM | 12GB / 16GB |
| Storage | 256GB / 512GB / 1TB |
| Card Slot | No |
| Main Camera | 200MP f/1.6 main, 1/1.28-inch, OIS + 200MP f/2.6 periscope, 1/1.4-inch, OIS, 3.7x optical zoom + 50MP f/2.0 ultrawide |
| Front Camera | 50MP f/2.0, 21mm-equivalent, 1/2.93-inch + ToF 3D sensor |
| Colors | Shadow Black, Glacier Silver, Moss Green |
| Fingerprint Sensor | Under-display ultrasonic |
| Battery | 8,800mAh silicon-carbon, 100W wired, 80W wireless, reverse wireless, 5W reverse wired |
| Price | $968 |
