In summary
- Honor MagicPad 3 Pro looks very similar to Ultra
- Honor Watch 5 Pro provides sharp eSIM smartwatch
- China only at present
The Honor MagicPad 3 Pro tablet and the Watch 5 Pro smartwatch have been announced in China.
As well as announcing its new Honor Magic 8 flagship smartphone range, Honor has announced new tablet and smartwatch options.
The MagicPad 3 Pro slips in just above the Honor MagicPad 3 that we reviewed back in August. It’s fronted by the same 13.3-inch 3200 x 2136 LCD with the same elevated 165Hz refresh rate.
However, it’s powered by a much meatier Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, which is a full two generations ahead of the non-Pro’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
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This is backed by either 12GB or 16GB of RAM, and 256GB or 512GB of internal storage.
There’s a 12,450 mAh battery powering things along, just like the regular Honor MagicPad 3, and the same 66W charging support.
The camera set-up looks identical, too. So that’s a 13Mp main camera, a 2Mp macro, and a 9Mp selfie camera.
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Dimensions of 293.88 x 201.38 x 5.79mm and 595g are, unsurprisingly, identical. Indeed, the whole design looks very similar to its non-Pro brother.
Here’s us comparing the Pro to its brother, but it’s more interesting as a potential cut-price iPad Air alternative. It’s got the bigger display, a similar design, and potentially comparable performance.
Pricing, meanwhile, starts from ¥3,799, which translates to around £400. Naturally that’ll be quite a big more expensive when it hits the West, but we’d still expect it to come in around the iPad Air’s £599 asking price.
Honor Watch 5 Pro
The Honor Watch 5 Pro, meanwhile, slots in below the Honor Watch 5 Ultra that we reviewed earlier in the year – and it might just undercut the Apple Watch 11 by an even bigger margin.
It features a 1.5-inch circular AMOLED screen with a 466 x 466 resolution, housed in a 46.3 x 46.3 x 11.3mm 51.1g body with a more ‘classic’ (i.e. non-octagonal) watch design. It’s rated to a water depth of 5ATM, and it’s IP68/IP69 certified.
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The Watch 5 Pro runs on a 515mAh battery, with a claimed three days of battery life in regular use.
There’s eSIM support for phone-free calling, and it’s got extended satellite tracking support (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, and QZSS).
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Besides the usual suite of sensors you also get a heart rate monitor, a barometric pressure sensor, an ECG sensor, and even a geomagnetic sensor.
It’s priced at ¥ 1,699 for the eSIM model, which translates to around £177. Again, it’ll almost certainly cost more when it travels West, but almost certainly a fair amount less than the £369 Apple Watch 11.
We’ll be keeping an eye out for global launches of both the Honor Watch 5 Pro and the Honor MagicPad 3 Pro.
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Author: Jon Mundy, Contributor, Tech Advisor
Jon is a freelance journalist who got his start covering mobile games at the dawn of the App Store. He has since covered everything from smart home tech and laptops to food and culture, but always seems to return to his fascination with smartphones.
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