Honor’s latest phone rips off the iPhone Air, and it’s not even as thin - 9to5Google

Honor has unveiled the Magic 8 Pro Air, a flagship that leans heavily into Apple’s iPhone Air look—yet it isn’t as slim. At 6.1mm, it’s thicker than the iPhone Air’s 5.6mm, largely to fit a 5,500mAh silicon-carbon battery.

From the back, the design echoes Apple with a slim profile and a wide, pill-shaped camera island anchored by a large circular main lens. Honor does add its own twists: two extra rear sensors—a 64MP periscope telephoto and a 50MP ultra-wide—in a Pixel-like arrangement. The orange colorway nods to the iPhone 17 Pro’s headline hue, while the flat, matte sides channel the broader iPhone 17 series. From the front, it even resembles Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge more than recent Honor devices.

Key specs

• Display: 6.31-inch QHD+ AMOLED with up to 6,000 nits peak brightness
• Cameras: 50MP 1/1.3-inch f/1.6 main, 64MP periscope telephoto, 50MP ultra-wide
• Battery: 5,500mAh silicon-carbon
• Charging: 80W wired, 50W wireless
• Colors: orange, black, purple, white

Price and availability

• Starts at CNY 4,999 (about $717)
• On sale in China from January 23

Bottom line: If you want iPhone-style aesthetics paired with strong Android hardware—blazing-bright display, big battery, and fast charging—the Magic 8 Pro Air is compelling, even if its design feels derivative and it can’t match Apple on thinness.

Source: https://9to5google.com/2026/01/19/honor-magic-8-pro-air-apple-iphone-air-rip-off/