Honor’s flagship Magic 7 Pro was launched in the UK and Europe today, powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite and featuring top-notch waterproofing. It also comes with a high-resolution 200-megapixel telephoto camera.

Arriving a week after the OnePlus 13 and a week before Samsung's Galaxy S25 phones, the Magic 7 Pro is one of the first phones to be released outside of China with Qualcomm's new chipset. This makes it one of the most powerful phones on the market, especially one with 12GB of RAM. It also comes with a 5,270mAh battery based on silicon-carbon chemistry, allowing it to pack more power into a smaller space, with the Magic 7 Pro measuring just 8.8mm thick.

Much like the new OnePlus phones and the $299.99 Motorola Moto G Power that launched in the US yesterday, the Magic 7 Pro is IP68 and IP69 rated. This means that, in addition to the usual protection against dust and immersion in water, it should be able to withstand the effects of steam and high-pressure water jets - ideal if you regularly use your phone in a jacuzzi, which is great for It might be a bit much for the rest of us.

Also unusual is the phone's 200-megapixel 3x periscope camera. We've seen megapixel counts this high before, but mostly on the main camera, not the zoom lens - except for Vivo's X100 Ultra and X200 Pro. It's powered by an AI Super Zoom feature that kicks in at 30x zoom for improved clarity, which along with a few other camera AI modes use a combination of on-device and cloud-based large language models to fine-tune images.

There's even more AI than that, as it ships with Android 15 and Google's Gemini AI app, which Honor also supports with its own AI-powered translation and note-taking apps.

The Magic 7 Pro was launched in China last November, but this is its first appearance abroad. Honor is one of several Chinese smartphone makers to grow global market share in 2024, thanks in part to last year's flagship Magic 6 series and Magic V3 (still the thinnest foldable phone).

At its European launch, the Pro also launched with the Magic 7 Lite, a mid-range phone that uses a relatively slow Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip and still runs Android 14. The phone's selling point is its massive 6,600mAh battery, which Honor calls its battery capacity. It will run for three days. There's no indication that the regular Magic 7 was launched in China alongside the Pro.

The Magic 7 Pro is available to order now from Honor.com, starting at £1,099.99/€1,299 (approximately $1,340), and will also be available from major retailers and local operators. The Magic 7 Lite is significantly cheaper at £399.99/€369 and is available now.