Honor Magic 9 Super Edition Gets an 11,000 mAh Battery and Built-In Turbine

Alongside the Honor Magic 9 and 9 Pro Max, another model in the flagship lineup—the Magic 9 Super Edition—was unveiled today. The smartphone’s key features are an 11,000 mAh battery and a full-fledged active cooling system with a built-in fan, while maintaining a moderate body thickness of 8.1 mm.

The Honor Magic 9 Super Edition features a 6.81-inch flat OLED display with a resolution of 2788×1280 pixels (450 ppi) and a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz. Peak brightness reaches 10,000 nits, while maximum brightness in HBM mode is 2,000 nits. It supports 3,840 Hz PWM dimming and 1.07 billion colors. The smartphone is powered by last year’s 3 nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor with Adreno 840 graphics. Cooling is handled by the sophisticated multilayer Jade Plate-level Cooling System 2.0 vapor chamber and Honor’s proprietary Dongfeng active fan. The built-in microturbine can spin at up to 30,000 rpm, providing through-flow cooling for the internal components. LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage are included.

The camera setup is significantly simpler than those of the Magic 9 and Magic 9 Pro Max. The rear camera system includes a 200 MP main sensor (1/1.55″, f/1.9, OIS), a 12 MP wide-angle module (f/2.2, autofocus), and a 50 MP telephoto camera (Sony LYTIA 500, 1/2.93″, f/2.4, 68 mm equivalent focal length, OIS, 3x optical zoom, and up to 100x digital zoom). The camera can record video at up to 4K@120fps. The front camera has a resolution of 50 MP (1/2.88″, f/2.0, 21 mm equivalent focal length, 90° field of view). Honor’s proprietary AI image-processing algorithms are supported.

The smartphone is equipped with an 11,000 mAh battery—the highest capacity among devices in the Magic series. It supports 80 W wired charging, 50 W wireless charging, and wired reverse charging at up to 27 W. The manufacturer promises more than 20 hours of navigation, 7.5 hours of gaming, or 33 hours of video playback.

The device also supports 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, GPS, NFC, an IR remote, two nanoSIM cards, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C port, stereo speakers, and IP68/69/69K protection. The fingerprint scanner is located under the display. It measures 161.78 × 76.72 × 8.10 mm and weighs 227 g. The smartphone runs Android 17 with the MagicOS 11 interface.

The Honor Magic 9 Super Edition is priced as follows: 12/256 GB—$670, 12/512 GB—$745, and 16/512 GB—$819. The device will be available in four colors: yellow, white, black, and green. Sales have already begun in China, while the timing of an international release has not yet been announced.