Honor is gearing up to launch its Magic8 series later this month, and we've already seen plenty of leaks about the pair. The latest one is a Geekbench run for the global Magic8. Honor Magic8 (BKQ-N49) Geekbench run The device was spotted on Geekbench with the BKQ-N49 identifier, which is different from the BKQ-AN80 on the Chinese Magic8 from last week.
Honor will launch the Magic8 series soon, and the devices will be powered by Qualcomm's recently unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. If you were wondering how well it would perform, no need to wonder anymore, as Honor's Li Kun has shared the Magic8's AnTuTu results on Weibo earlier today. As you can see from the screenshot below, the phone managed a total score of 4,166,339 in AnTuTu v11.
Honor has yet to reveal an exact launch date for the Magic8 series, but the lineup is confirmed to debut sometime between October and December this year. Meanwhile, live images of the base Magic8 in the Sky Blue Glaze edition have surfaced online. The Magic8 series in the Sky Blue Glaze finish appears to have a unique pattern on the rear panel that becomes visible when light reflects off it.
The Honor Magic8 series will be unveiled in the fourth quarter of 2025 (October-December), reveals Honor CMO Guo Rui. "The upcoming #HonorMagic8# AI-native smartphone will be the most exciting flagship of Q4," writes Guo. We've heard through the grapevine that the Magic8 phones will have a dedicated AI button. While that hasn't been officially confirmed, Honor CEO James Li revealed that MagicOS 10 will have deep AI integration and will be able to automate many tasks.
The flagship series will offer powerful hardware that will use AI to deliver optimum performance when needed, Honor CEO James Li explained in a Weibo post. He added that the Magic8 series will run MagicOS 10 with a SOTA-level MagicGUI large language model. MagicOS 10 will offer deeper AI integration that can automate a wide range of tasks. The Magic8 series will also bring improved ecosystem integration.
