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Honor Magic 5

Honor Magic 5
R8,500
SKU: 3497
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
Available
  • CPU: Octa-core (1x3.2 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510)
  • RAM: 12GB
  • Storage: 256GB
  • Display: OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1600 nits (peak)
  • Camera: 54MP
  • OS: Android 13, MagicOS 7.1

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. 5G network supported.
  2. Huge storage and RAM.
  3. OLED display with high resolution.

CONS

  1. Not support an extra memory cards.

The Motorola Edge 40 Pro stands as a formidable flagship contender in the South African smartphone arena, widely celebrated for offering blazing-fast processing speeds, an incredibly smooth display, and hyper-fast charging capabilities. Starting at approximately ZAR 8,500, it hits a highly aggressive sweet spot for premium mobile buyers who want elite hardware without paying standard ultra-expensive flagship prices.

While that ZAR 8,500 baseline serves as an exceptional benchmark for upfront value, your final retail cash price or contract configuration will naturally vary depending on localized regional store specials, your exact location in South Africa, and fluctuating distributor stock across provinces.

Where to Buy the Motorola Edge 40 Pro in South Africa

Motorola’s established supply chain ensures that you can track down this premium device through major digital e-commerce spaces, specialized electronic chains, and core mobile networks.

1. Specialized Tech Hubs & Online Powerhouses

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

  • Takealot: South Africa’s premier e-commerce platform frequently hosts the Edge 40 Pro, where intense competition between local third-party tech sellers often sparks sudden price drops and limited-time coupon specials.

  • HiFi Corp & Hi Online: Reliable stockists for premium tech, frequently hosting flexible, structured in-house finance plans or pairing the hardware with promotional lifestyle gifts.

  • Cellucity & 4U: Specialized independent cellular boutiques that excel at immediate face-to-face assistance, high-tier device insurance registration, and personalized data migration support.

2. Traditional Department Stores & National Retailers

If you prefer shopping in person, reviewing the phone’s sleek profile before buying, or leveraging store card accounts and flexible interest-free installment platforms (like PayJustNow), look here:

  • 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 premium hardware 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 higher-tier devices on specialized prepaid structures.

3. Mobile Network Operators (Contracts & Upgrades)

If you prefer to split the cost across a 24-month or 36-month timeline while securing immediate monthly data allocations, carrier channels heavily support this device:

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

What Makes the Motorola Edge 40 Pro a Premium Powerhouse?

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:

Industry-Leading 165Hz Curved Display: Easily the most striking visual feature is its gorgeous, endless-edge curved pOLED display. Running at a blistering 165Hz refresh rate—surpassing the standard 120Hz found on most elite flagships—scrolling through social media, reading local news articles, and navigating demanding apps feels jaw-droppingly smooth.

  • Flagship Processing Performance: Driven by the ultra-powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, the phone breezes through heavy multitasking, demanding mobile productivity applications, and future-proof 5G streaming with incredible power efficiency.

  • Blazing Fast 125W TurboPower Charging: Built to entirely eliminate battery anxiety, the device features ultra-fast charging capabilities. Using the included charger, you can juice the battery from dead flat to full in roughly 23 minutes, providing heavy reliability through power updates and tight schedules.

  • Pro-Grade Triple Camera Matrix: The rear camera array is anchored by dual 50MP main and ultra-wide sensors alongside a dedicated telephoto portrait lens. This layout allows you to capture immense detail, spectacular night shots, and stable 8K cinematic videos without losing clarity.

  • Full IP68 Water & Dust Resilience: Carrying a certified IP68 water and dust resistance rating, the Edge 40 Pro provides absolute peace of mind, built to comfortably survive accidental kitchen spills, brief submersions, or unexpected outdoor downpours.

Full Specifications

General

Brand Honor
Model Honor Magic 5
Announced 27 February, 2023
Released 31 March, 2023
Status Available
Price ZAR 8,500

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 75.5 x 7.8 mm (6.35 x 2.97 x 0.31 in)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz)
Colors Black, Glacier Blue, Green, Purple, Orange

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. Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or 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+, 1600 nits (peak)
Size 6.73 inches, 110.2 cm2 (~90.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1224 x 2688 pixels (~439 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
32 MP, f/2.4, (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 2.5x optical zoom
50 MP, f/2.0, 13mm, 122˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.5", AF
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps
Selfie Camera 12 MP, f/2.4, 100˚ (ultrawide), 1.22µm
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps

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 13
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. MagicOS 7.1

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 SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (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 (1x3.2 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 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 740
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. 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. 256GB
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/6/7, 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 (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 5100 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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