Honor May Be Launching a Compact Flagship — The Magic 8 Mini

Nick Papanikolopoulos

July 13, 2025

With the fall flagship season around the corner, Honor’s next lineup is starting to take shape. According to recent leaks, the company’s upcoming Magic 8 series won’t just bring the usual two models — it may include a third, more compact option: the Honor Magic 8 Mini.

That’s right. A smaller flagship. In 2025. And while compact phones aren’t exactly flooding the market, they’ve quietly started making a comeback — especially as hardware has gotten more efficient. We’ve already seen what Vivo did with the X200 FE, and OnePlus is reportedly trimming things down for the 13s. Honor, it seems, wants in.

A three-model Magic 8 lineup

The initial leak comes from Chinese tech blogger The Factory Manager is Guan, who suggests that this year’s Magic 8 family will include:

Magic 8
Magic 8 Pro
Magic 8 Mini

That’s one more than last year’s Magic 7 duo.

While the Mini is likely to be the smallest physically, it may also bring the most intriguing changes. According to the report, it will feature a 6.31-inch LTPO display with a 1.5K resolution — flat edges, rounded corners, and barely-there bezels. The larger models — 6.58 inches for the standard and 6.71 inches for the Pro — will share the same LTPO AMOLED panel specs.

Flagship specs, even on the Mini

Don’t expect the Mini to be a mid-range filler. It’s rumored to run on MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, a high-end SoC that’s been showing up in performance tests lately with respectable results. While it doesn’t match the sheer muscle of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 (reportedly powering the standard and Pro models), it’s still flagship-grade.

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Meanwhile, the Magic 8 Pro and its siblings are rumored to come packed with:

3D facial recognition (on at least two models)
A 200MP telephoto lens with new multi-refractive optics
A brand-new main sensor
Over 7000mAh battery capacity
Heavily upgraded AI image processing

Yes, you read that right: 7000mAh+. Whether or not that number survives final production is anyone’s guess, but it speaks to Honor’s intent to push battery life well beyond the average.

Tipster Digital Chat Station has echoed much of the same information — including the three-model strategy and display sizes — lending more credibility to the leak.

When to expect the Magic 8 Mini

Barring delays or surprise events, October is the month to watch. That’s when Honor is expected to formally unveil the Magic 8 series, likely at a launch event in China before global rollouts begin.

Whether the Honor Magic 8 Mini makes it outside Asia, though? That’s still unclear. But if it does, and if it’s priced right, it could strike a nerve — in a good way — with users tired of stretching their thumbs just to pause a video. For now, all we’ve got is speculation. But it’s the kind that feels increasingly plausible.

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