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Honor 70

Honor 70
Honor 70
Honor 70
Honor 70
Honor 70
Honor 70
R6,000
SKU: 3158
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
Available
  • CPU: Octa-core (1x2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55)
  • RAM: 8GB/12GB
  • Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB
  • Display: OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+
  • Camera: 54MP
  • OS: Android 12, Magic UI 6.1

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

6
  • Display 6 / 10
  • Camera 6 / 10
  • Performance 6 / 10
  • Battery 6 / 10

PROS

  1. Large OLED display.
  2. Powerful Large battery.
  3. Best features under budget

CONS

  1. FM Radio unavilable.

The HONOR Magic 4 Ultimate remains an elite, luxury-tier powerhouse in the global smartphone market. While a starting price of ZAR 6,000 would represent a mind-blowing discount for a device packed with ceramic craftsmanship and an award-winning camera system, it’s worth noting that this particular model is highly exclusive. In the South African retail market, brand-new or pristine stock usually commands a much higher premium, though you might find specialized clearance events, certified refurbished models, or trade-in specials dropping closer to that aggressive baseline.

Your final upfront cash price or contract cost will naturally vary depending on localized regional store specials, the province you are purchasing from, and fluctuating retail stock levels.

Where to Buy the HONOR Magic 4 Ultimate in South Africa

As HONOR’s top-tier halo device, its distribution is tailored toward specialized electronic platforms, premium retail channels, and major cellular providers:

1. Specialized Tech Hubs & Online Powerhouses

For immediate nationwide doorstep delivery, competitive pricing comparisons, and dedicated technical assistance, check out these channels first:

  • Takealot: South Africa’s premier e-commerce platform is an excellent spot to hunt for the Magic 4 Ultimate, where competing third-party tech sellers often run aggressive clearance discounts or targeted voucher price-cuts.

  • HiFi Corp & Hi Online: Standard stockists for HONOR’s premium tiers, frequently hosting flexible, structured finance plans or bundling the hardware with promotional lifestyle gifts.

  • Cellucity & 4U: Independent cellular specialists that are ideal if you want face-to-face assistance, immediate high-tier device insurance registration, or personalized data migration support.

2. Traditional Department Stores & Hypermarkets

If you want to view the device physically before buying or leverage existing store cards and flexible interest-free payment solutions (like PayJustNow), look to these national chains:

  • Makro & Game: Highly popular destinations for secure upfront cash purchases, mass-market electronic discounts, and seasonal weekend tech promotions.

  • Foschini: Ideal if you intend to buy the phone using an integrated fashion and retail group account to comfortably spread your payments over several months.

  • Mr Price (MRP Cellular), PEP, & Ackermans: While these hyper-accessible neighborhood outlets focus primarily on entry-level models, their flagship metropolitan branches occasionally stock premium tiers on specialized prepaid structures.

3. Mobile Network Operators (Contracts & Upgrades)

If you prefer to split the cost of an ultra-premium device over a 24-month or 36-month timeline rather than paying a large lump sum upfront, look to the major networks:

  • MTN & Chatz Connect: As primary mobile network partners, they feature HONOR’s high-tier models across multiple contract brackets. These packages integrate the hardware fee with monthly allocations of anytime data, streaming internet, and all-network calling minutes.

What Makes the HONOR Magic 4 Ultimate the Definitive Flagship?

Rather than navigating a dense block of raw technical specifications, here is exactly what this smartphone brings to your daily routine where it actually counts:

The World-Class Mobile Camera System: The Ultimate edition features a massive, custom-designed rear camera matrix that dominated international smartphone camera rankings. Anchored by an ultra-large 50MP primary sensor, a dual-free-form 64MP ultra-wide lens (which eliminates edge distortion), and a 64MP periscope telephoto lens, it captures professional-grade detail, spectacular night shots, and unmatched color accuracy.

  • Dedicated Image Processing Engine: The phone integrates a custom independent image processor (ISP) built specifically to handle AI computational photography. This allows you to shoot cinematic 4K videos in extreme low-light environments with real-time previewing and stunning dynamic range.

  • Premium Ceramic Craftsmanship: Moving past standard glass and plastic, the Magic 4 Ultimate features an incredibly durable, luxury ceramic back panel. This not only gives the phone a unique, jewelry-like feel in the hand but provides excellent scratch resistance.

  • Top-Tier LTPO Eye-Care Display: It sports a gorgeous 6.81-inch quad-curved LTPO OLED display that intelligently adjusts its refresh rate from 1Hz up to 120Hz to maximize battery life. It also utilizes high-frequency dimming features to eliminate screen flicker, heavily protecting your eyes during late-night reading sessions.

  • Flagship Power & IP68 Security: Driven by a high-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the device breezes through heavy multi-tasking, 5G data streaming, and intense mobile editing apps. This performance is backed by full IP68 water and dust resistance, giving you complete peace of mind against accidental drops in water.

Full Specifications

General

Brand Honor
Model Honor 70
Announced 30 May, 2022
Released 02 June, 2022
Status Available
Price ZAR 6,000

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. Bar
Dimensions 161.4 x 73.3 x 7.9 mm (6.35 x 2.89 x 0.31 in)
Weight 178 g (6.28 oz)
Colors Midnight Black, Emerald Green, Icelandic Frost, Crystal Silver

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+
Size 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2 (~90.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~395 ppi density)

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. 54 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.49", PDAF
50 MP, f/2.2, 122˚ (ultrawide), AF
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Camera Features HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera 32 MP, f/2.4, (wide)
Camera Features HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Android 12
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. Magic UI 6.1

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. Qualcomm SM7325-AE Snapdragon 778G+ 5G (6 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. Octa-core (1x2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Adreno 642L
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. 8GB/12GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. 128GB/256GB/512GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Li-Po 4800 mAh, non-removable
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. 66W wired, 60% in 20 min (advertised)
5W reverse wired

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