I am looking at the specs sheet of this phone, and I’m getting increasingly furious.
It’s thin, almost as thin as an iPhone Air, and it weighs just 155 g, lighter than the Air, yet it has not one but three cameras on its back. It has stereo speakers. And best of all — it has a massive 5,500 mAh silicon-carbon battery, more than twice the size of the Air and nearly 50% larger than the one on the Galaxy S25 Edge.
And I have just one question: why couldn’t Samsung and Apple make this phone?
So what’s that mysterious super-phone and is it even real?
Yes, it is, and it’s the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air, the first in the world “Pro Air” phones.
The first good small phone in a long while
There one more thing about this phone that stands out. It’s not only thin and light, it’s also more compact than its rivals.
While the Galaxy S25 Edge comes with a 6.7-inch screen and the iPhone Air features a 6.5-inch display, the screen on the Honor is just 6.3-inches, so it’s also physically not as wide and not as tall. This makes it one of the best contenders for the title of the best small phone of 2026.
