The Magic

Product Information

The base of the laptop contains two parallel rubber strips that act as raisers to allow air to cool the components inside via a perforated grill.

At the time of writing, the Honor Magic Book Pro is on sale direct from the manufacturer in the UK, France and Germany with other territories likely to follow.A memory card reader would also be appreciated as well as the inclusion of Thunderbolt 3 as a universal connector. We understand Honor’s desire to have a faceoff with Apple’s MacBook Pro but we have to question the wisdom of adding yet another screen size, one which is after all only half an-inch diagonally bigger than most of its peers. It is mightily quick, has a good battery life and overall provides a very rounded and polished computing experience. Other than the questionable choice of having the webcam hidden in the keyboard, there’s a number of changes we’d advocate for the next iteration.

Use a 16:10 panel - just like Apple’s - which will allow for more room above and below the keyboard. That said, the MBP achieved this with a 56WHr battery (8WHr per hour), making it less frugal than the Gram 14’s 73WHr (7WHr per hour). Honor says that six temperature sensors and a cooling-fan motor with higher spin rates helps cool the laptop more effectively.While it is not bright enough when working in direct sunlight, the fact that it is matte reduces the glare that usually makes glossy screens almost unusable whenever it’s sunny. The rest of the configuration includes two 8GB memory modules (a total of 16GB, soldered), a 512GB WD SN730 PCIe NVMe SSD and a Realtek 8822CE 802. An audio connector and two full size USB ports are located on one side and a type-C USB, a full size HDMI 2. The battery - which is charged by a relatively compact 65W fast charger - is a 56WHr model, 40% smaller than Apple’s or the LG Gram 17; this has obviously a direct negative impact on battery life. The latter costs almost three times as much but comes with four Thunderbolt 3 ports, a much bigger battery, a higher-resolution display, six speakers and a discrete GPU.