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Honor Magic 4

Honor Magic 4
R6,000
SKU: 3489
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
Available
  • CPU: Octa-core (1x3.00 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.50 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
  • RAM: 8GB/12GB
  • Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB
  • Display: LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1000 nits (peak)
  • Camera: 50MP
  • OS: Android 12, Magic UI 6

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. Best build quality.
  2. Large battery with fast charging.
  3. 5000mAh Li-polymer battery.
  4. 5G network supported.

CONS

  1. FM is not supported.

The HONOR Magic 4 continues to be a highly regarded premium device in South Africa, offering a premium user experience with advanced photography and a stunning display. While a starting price of ZAR 6,000 represents incredible value for a phone of this tier—frequently seen during major retail clearance events or specialized promotions—the national price can fluctuate based on specific configurations.

Because it targets the premium segment, the final amount you pay will vary significantly over local markets, provincial stock availability, and whether you are purchasing cash upfront or bundling it into a monthly network contract.

Where to Buy the HONOR Magic 4 in South Africa

HONOR has secured a wide distribution network across South Africa, ensuring that you can track down this premium device through multiple physical and digital buying channels:

1. Specialized Tech Outlets & Online Powerhouses

For immediate doorstep delivery, upfront cash discounts, or dedicated tech advice, these platforms are your best starting point:

  • Takealot: South Africa’s top e-commerce destination frequently lists the phone, where competitive third-party tech sellers often drive prices down via limited-time coupons or seasonal tech clearance events.

  • HiFi Corp & Hi Online: Standard stockists for premium tier devices, often offering structured in-house installment financing or pairing the phone with high-value promotional gifts.

  • Cellucity & 4U: These boutique cellular specialists are perfect if you want expert face-to-face assistance, immediate high-tier device insurance registration, or advice on specialized upgrade paths.

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), these nationwide retailers have you covered:

  • Makro & Game: Highly popular destinations for direct cash purchases, wholesale electronics specials, and major regional tech promotions.

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

  • Mr Price (MRP Cellular), PEP, & Ackermans: While these neighborhood favorites focus heavily on entry-level models, their larger metropolitan branches occasionally stock premium tiers on highly competitive prepaid structures.

3. Mobile Network Operators (Contracts & Upgrades)

If you prefer to spread the cost of a high-end 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 warmth, and all-network calling minutes.

What Makes the HONOR Magic 4 a Premium Choice?

Instead of sifting through a dry sheet of numbers, here is exactly what this premium smartphone delivers to elevate your daily digital life:

Immersive OLED Display: The phone features an advanced OLED screen running at a fluid 120Hz refresh rate. It delivers exceptionally vibrant colors, true blacks, and deep contrasts that make streaming high-definition videos an absolute pleasure, while built-in eye-care technology keeps eye strain to a minimum.

  • Flagship Processing Performance: Powered by a high-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the phone easily manages intense 5G data streaming, demanding mobile productivity applications, and heavy gaming while maintaining excellent power efficiency.

  • Pro-Grade Camera System: The unique rear camera matrix layout features high-resolution ultra-clear lenses. It focuses on providing excellent detail in low-light environments, giving you incredible crispness whether you are shooting sweeping landscapes or zooming into distant subjects.

  • Blazing Fast Charging: Equipped with HONOR’s high-speed SuperCharge technology, the device juices up its battery rapidly. This ensures that a brief plug-in during your morning routine gives you plenty of power to navigate long commutes or power updates.

  • Elegant Flagship Design: Featuring a premium glass-and-metal symmetry design, the phone offers a balanced feel in the hand, signaling a premium aesthetic from the moment you pick it up.

Full Specifications

General

Brand Honor
Model Honor Magic 4
Announced 30 March, 2022
Released 28 February, 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 163.6 x 74.5 x 8.8 mm (6.44 x 2.93 x 0.35 in)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz)
Protection IP54, dust and splash resistant
Colors Black, White, Cyan, Gold

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) LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1000 nits (peak)
Size 6.81 inches, 113.5 cm2 (~93.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1224 x 2664 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~431 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. 50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, multi-directional PDAF, Laser AF
50 MP, f/2.2, 122˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.5"
8 MP, f/3.4, (periscope telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera 12 MP, f/2.4, 100˚ (ultrawide), 1.22µm
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps

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

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 SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 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 (1x3.00 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.50 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
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 730
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, color spectrum

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 3.1, 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 (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a)
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
5W reverse wired

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