i spent a week with the honor magic 8 lite and its a battery champion th...
The Honor Magic 8 Lite offers truly unmatched battery performance. If you hate having to charge often, you'll love this phone. Enhanced aesthetics, increased durability, speedy charging (when you do need it), and a lovely display all sweeten the deal, but lackluster performance and middling cameras ruin the fun. Check Amazon
Pros
- The best battery life in the business
- Durable IP69K construction
- Fresh design update
- Bright OLED screen with PWM dimming
- Adequate performance
Cons
- Cameras aren't great
- Not the best for gaming
- Software quirks
Over the past few weeks, I've learned the Honor Magic 8 Lite is nearly i...
Honor impresses with a mid-range winner that sports the largest battery and fastest charging speeds in its class, plus a build quality that's made to last for a very long time, with class-leading drop and ingress protection. Performance is generally excellent, and the software is full of fantastic features. Launching with Android 15 is a bummer, but at least it's got six years of promised OS updates in Europe. I'm not a fan of the flat sides or the cheap haptics, and the camera can be frustratingly slow, but something's got to give at this price range, and these aren't terrible trade-offs. Check Amazon
Pros
- +Unique camera island look
- +3-day battery life and ultrafast charging
- +Class-leading ingress protection and toughness
- +Good overall performance
- +Excellent value
Cons
- -Launching with Android 15
- -Haptics feel cheap
- -Camera speed needs improvement
- -Sides are too flat and unergonomic
- -Only Europe gets the best software update commitment
