**In-Depth Review: Honor Magic6 Light**

As I begin my review of the Honor Magic6 Light, one thing that stands out immediately is its minute capture time. If you go over 10 minutes while recording, it will stop capturing footage. This feature seems unnecessary and may be a result of overheating concerns, although it's unclear why this would be a significant issue.

One notable aspect of the camera system on the Magic6 Light is the lack of electronic image stabilization with 4K 30fps footage. However, when switching to 1080p recording, the phone appears to utilize electronic image stabilization. Unfortunately, this feature is not as effective in practice, and I noticed some jolts and shakes while walking through the video.

The camera's front-facing camera, which is a 16-megapixel sensor, takes decent selfies with plenty of detail. Portraits are also fairly good for a phone in this category. However, when it comes to photographs, the ultra-wide-angle camera's 5-megapixel sensor does not deliver the best results. The video quality is lacking as well, with no electronic image stabilization and dropping frames while panning.

On the other hand, the main 108-megapixel camera can take some decent photos, even when using the three times digital zoom feature. While this doesn't necessarily translate to exceptional results, it's still usable. Another notable aspect of the camera system is its performance in low-light conditions and night shots. While not perfect, these shots are acceptable, with some noticeable noise and grain.

Despite some drawbacks in the camera department, the Magic6 Light shines in other areas. The screen on this phone is bright and sharp, without any flicker to it. This makes for an incredibly smooth user interface experience, even when multitasking or loading multiple apps at once.

The performance of the phone is also noteworthy, with everything loading quickly and snappily. Multitasking is very smooth, making it easy to switch between different tasks without any noticeable lag. While gaming on this device may not be the best experience due to the lack of a high-end GPU, I was able to play games with decent frame rates using a decent processor.

However, there are areas where the Magic6 Light falls short. The phone's audio capabilities are lacking, with only a mono speaker present. This is disappointing, as many phones now include 3.5mm headphone jacks or more advanced audio systems. Additionally, there is no charger included in the box, which may be due to efforts to reduce costs and minimize packaging.

Overall, my experience with the Honor Magic6 Light has been mixed. While it has some notable strengths, such as its bright and smooth screen, impressive performance, and good camera capabilities for selfies and portraits, it falls short in other areas, particularly when it comes to video recording and audio quality. With firmware updates potentially addressing these issues, I hope that future revisions will improve the overall package of this phone.

**Conclusion**

With a price point that makes it more affordable than some other high-end devices, the Honor Magic6 Light has made me wonder if this could be what it feels like to have a flagship experience on a budget. While there are certainly areas for improvement, such as camera performance and audio quality, I believe that with a bit of TLC and future updates, this phone can become an even more enjoyable device to use.

In the meantime, I'm left with mixed feelings about the Magic6 Light. It's clear that Honor has put some thought into making this device feel like a flagship, but it ultimately falls short in several key areas. Despite these limitations, I still think the Magic6 Light is worth considering for those looking for a more affordable high-end experience.

**Technical Specifications**

* Screen: Bright and sharp

* Performance: Smooth user interface, fast app loading

* Camera:

+ Front-facing camera: 16-megapixel sensor, decent selfies and portraits

+ Ultra-wide-angle camera: 5-megapixel sensor, poor video quality and no electronic image stabilization

+ Main camera: 108-megapixel sensor, decent photos and acceptable performance in low-light conditions

* Audio:

+ Mono speaker, no 3.5mm headphone jack

* Battery Life: Not mentioned in the review

**Recommendation**

If you're looking for a phone that feels like a flagship experience without breaking the bank, the Honor Magic6 Light is worth considering. However, be aware of its limitations, particularly when it comes to camera performance and audio quality.

As I concluded my review, I couldn't help but feel that this device has the potential to become something special with future updates and improvements. While there are certainly areas for improvement, I believe that Honor's efforts have put together a compelling package that makes this phone an enjoyable experience to use.

If you're willing to overlook some of its limitations, the Magic6 Light might just be the perfect choice for you.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhonors magic 6 series is upon us and the first release is the entry level model which is the  magic 6 light now this phone here is powered by the Snapdragon 6 gen one it has a 6.78 in screen  it's curved AMOLED a bright screen a sharp screen and it's also flicker three it does not have any  that I can detect a flicker because of its 1920 HZ pulsewidth modulation the screen does have and 120  HZ refresh rate means that all the is very smooth it's also got a 108 map main camera on the rear 5  map Ultra wide and a 16 megapixel selfie camera the fingerprint reader that's located in screen  it's an optical one and I'll be letting you know what kind of battery life you can expect  out of the 5,300 mAh battery gaming performance and exactly what the new honor magic 6 light is  all about unfortunately for the unboxing process here there's not a lot to show you because honor  does not include a charger we get our SIM tray tool there's a little bit of paperwork there and  then a cable now this is a type A to type c cable so unfortunately no charger is included to keep  the cost down and to reduce the packaging size the magic 6 light does have a familiar design to  it with the camera module now this part here is metal the ring around where we have our cameras  so the ultra wide that's 5 megapixels there's a 2 mapel camera that is macro at the top I don't  know why we're still getting 2 megapixel cameras in 2024 now not particularly good there and then  our main camera this is good for this price point that's 108 megapixel camera and later  on I'll give you some samples and in my testing it can take a really good photo so material here  on the back it's got this Shimmer effect to it you can see it changes from like a lighter  to slightly darker depending on the angle how you have it and I do like this it's an emerald  green color they call it here honor now the frame all around the outside this is plastic so it's  a plastic frame it does make the phone feel a lot lighter compared to some of the flagships  that I've been handling lately which are on a little a little bit on the heavy side at 220 G  those flagships but this model here 185 G now it does also have a SGS fstar drop resistant  certification so that's another thing too so it should be able to handle the drops because  of this Frame reduces the weight of it too so I think it doesn't look bad at all here is our  screen here at the front with its INB fingerprint reader and that does seem to work really well and  I wish the location of it was about here if you've seen my other videos I like it when  they're more comfortable to get to but of course you get used to it it's just a very minor little  thing having it lower and it unlocks uh pretty much every single time I go to use it I've not  had or experienced any problems with it at all so the selfie camera that one is 16 megapixels  up the top here we do have a secondary microphone it looks like it could be an i transmitter but no  secondary mic there's no IR transmitter with this at all alom trade takes two Nanos Sims no micro  SD card support of course no 3.5 mm headphone jack down fing speaker here the mic and our type-c Port  now this is a USB TWP speeds here no video out I wasn't expecting that uh with this category  of phone being more affordable just to point out too with this loudspeaker that's the only one I  didn't mention a loudspeaker in the air piece because it's just this okay that's all we get  which is a little disappointing again I think for a 2024 phone it really should have dual  louds speakers you miss out on that and later I will give you of course a sample of this and what  it does sound like what I think is the best part of this display is something that you're always  looking at of course it's the screen and you want to have a really nice screen now it is curved okay  but we've got here an AMOLED screen that's 6.78 in it gets up to 12200 nits brightness which is  really great and it's 120 HZ everything's very nice and smooth now it does have their Dynamic  dimming we've got the Cadian KN display to it low blue light and the best part two honors being  someone that's been pushing this for a while now is 1920 HZ pulsewidth modulation dimming  so what does that mean well it translates into a flicker free screen I don't see any flickers  at all with it I found it to be really good it's very responsive to the UI so my model here I do  have 8 GB 8 GB of RAM and if you go into where our settings are you can also allocate another  eight now they have what is called their turbo Ram well you can see it mentioned there okay with all  Snapdragon 6 gen one that's the cing there so you get 8 GB of RAM and then Al cing now the security  patch level is from September the 1st and at the time of this video we're now in January so that's  a little outdated there I do hope Onna can update it so it is using their magic OS version 7.2 and  I found the performance to be very smooth really well optimized and I would say it just feels like  when you use this phone more like a flagship than a mid-range of what the chipset actually is being  a mid-range one here with that Snapdragon uh 6 gen one so performance excellent no lag I've  can counted no bugs or anything and of course Google play storees all there you get all of  that and all your different apps and it's just so smooth to use it really does not feel like  a mid-range phone at all H it does give us a lot of options with our screen you've got your smart  resolution so that is on by default the refresh rate by default is dynamic but I like to force  it to 120 HZ after all I mean that's what the phone does support maximum the only reason to  put it into the standard of course if you're running a little bit low on your battery life  there too so they got video enhance a few other bits and pieces and I just demonstrate with the  brightness that you can lower this right down and you're not going to see any flicker so even when  I put it down really really low here and I've tried with my shadow rate to as well to see the  flicker there's there's really none not with that 1920 htz pulsewidth modulation uh rate there the  Herz so you don't see any shimmering none of those problems at all I found the automatic brightness  too by the way is working really well and you can make the screen out in direct sunlight it's very  nice and bright and clear great looking display now hna is one of very few Brands here that I  think haven't really installed a lot of bloke we or junky applications when you first get the phone  so this is after you've set it up when you first really can get into the phone to start getting  it well set up for you you don't have all like Tik Tok and all sorts of other bits and pieces  Facebook already pre-installed no they've got a couple of things in there but I do like this and  I hope H to continue doing this they don't just put a lot of all these suggested apps and whatnot  there are a few things but they really are a lot better compared to some of the brands out there  that go well overboard with the pre-installed junkie applications battery life test here so this  is a fixed Benchmark you can compare this to all the phones I review I run the same test it goes  until the battery gets to 20% and then it displays the result here which is 9 hours and 13 minutes  that's an average kind of score here for a 5,300 mAh battery I was expecting maybe slightly more  but it did Force the refresh rate to 120 HZ now if this was running at just the the dynamic switching  refresh rate there then it would be a better result probably about 10 hours realistically  with this phone you're getting close to seven is what I normally kind of get at 120 HZ which is  pretty much on par I don't find the battery life to be super amazing but I think it's not bad at  all most people well definitely I think unless you're a gamer you will make it through a full  day using this with heavy use just not gaming of course which is going to really set that battery  down quite a bit so charge time using an honor charger they do happen to have around here are  using one of their faster charging rates resulted in wow they're just over an hour so an hour and 25  minutes sorry hour hour and 15 minutes to fully charge the 5,300 mAh battery I don't know why  it's saying 5,700 here and 22 that's not actually correct but charging time okay I would have liked  to have seen under an hour but hey that's not too bad there so what isn't bad is the and two2  score this is version 10 and I managed to get over half a million points this is where it feels well  reasonably Snappy when you're using it now you'll see that the weaker part here is the GPU of the  Snapdragon 6 gen 1 but the CPU score is very good and the way that honor has this UI optimized is  it's just fantastic it's very smooth and fluid and as I said it does not feel like a mid-range phone  feels more like a flagship the performance of the UI that is so the storage speeds this is ufs3 and  those are very decent speeds there for this type of phone at its price point uh very good and and  no complaints from me either with the throttling this phone doesn't throttle okay 0.3% that's all  it throttled here with wildlife's extreme stress test so this goes for 20 minutes and the score  is very low here it's as I just pointed out the GPU is not really that powerful so the GPU does  not generate a lot of heat it does not get warm it's a very cool running phone and for gamers out  there yeah there are definitely better options out there certainly you can see that the frame rate  well 3 to six with this demanding test wow but it only went up 2° that was it that is absolutely  nothing so that's why I say it just does not get warm when new game on it it is very good so wide  Vine level one sech so that means Netflix is in full HD and I did check that out I'll show you  that shortly safety net status well it gets a pass so banking applications great you can use  all of those you're not going to have any problems and this is from the net nflix inapp settings to  look at the playback specification and you can see here full HD brilliant that's good and you  can see it the quality of the screen is great for media consumption like that for watching Netflix  if you happen to do that with your phone when it comes to our loudspeakers bit disappointing here  because it's just that single loudspeaker as I pointed out there at the start when we looked  at the design and it is not loud enough to my ears it really should be a lot louder if  you've listened to some of my other reviews of phones you probably pick up on the sample that  I'm about to give you now is it 100% but you can hear that it's just really not loudenough gaming with our magic 6 light here is not as bad as you would think it would be judging from  the GPU score from those synthetic benchmarks it's certainly not the most powerful point and  the weaker point of that chips set Al snapdragon 6 gen 1 is the GPU however genin impact top settings  here and that's the highest set to 60 frames per second it's all right it is fine you see  the occasional frame dips a little bit of lag certainly when you load in different areas of  the game later on you can see even I look around now a few little stutters so you would probably  be wanting to run definitely the kind of medium settings or low settings I think just to keep  that frame rate as close as 60 as possible but still turns out to be a lot better than I was  expecting the performance from the Snapdragon 6 gen 1 over to the cameras now so this is the front  facing 16 megapixel camera we get 1080p maximum with it and it does not look to have electronic  image stabilization with the 16 megapixel camera unfortunately can it's shaking around the rear  camera can shoot 4K but we are limited to 4K 30 frames per second and a 10minute capture time if  you go go over that 10 minutes while it will stop recording I don't know why they have implemented  that I don't think it would overheat and as you can see there is no electronic image stabilization  with 4K 30 so now with 1080p footage it does seem that it is using electronic image stabilization  although it is not very good you can see now as I walk here there are some jolts coming through  shakes about a little bit which isn't good so I hope with a firmware update that honor can fix  this and make the electronic image stabilization better for 1080p video with the rear camera add  it to the front camera and hopefully they can also add it to 4K footage the ultra wide camera  5 megapixels not good look at this video quality it does not have electronic image stabilization  and it is dropping frames as I pan around this is not 30 frames per second so there is a lot of room  here for improvement onor with the video quality thankfully it's not all bad news with the cameras  selfies look pretty good plenty of details from that 16 megapixel camera portraits decent enough  for this category of phone and other photos well bright flowers I noticed it did struggle quite  a bit with those brighter colors as you can see from these two shots here these flowers yeah not  the best a little oversaturated clipping there too so the color science of the ultra wide as you can  see here compared to now the main 108 megapixel camera there's a bit of a difference a bit of  a gap there but that main camera can take some decent photos this is three times digital Zoom  which still looks usable it's all right this shot as well still with the three times overall not too  bad for the main camera another shot here in more low light conditions and then getting onto our  night shots it's all right but there is a bit of noise you can see with the background some grain  to these shots H his magic 6 light here has a lot of good things going for it the screen is  bright it's sharp it doesn't have any flicker to it and the UI is also so incredibly smooth  and fantastic performance it makes this what is a lowend phone feel like a flagship phone in  use everything loads up really quick and snappy multitasking is very smooth and it really could  fool me almost when you're using to think that oh is this powered by a flagship chipset even though  it isn't the gaming performance is fine now it's not a gaming phone you'll occasionally notice some  frame dips with really demanding games out there it's not that powerful that's the weakness to the  phone with it chip set is the GPU performance but still I can play genin impact with a decent frame  rate there so not really too much of a problem the areas where there is definite Improvement needed  is the cameras as I showed you I think that the video performance is just downright disappointing  with no electronic image stabilization with 4K and with a front-facing camera so they've  got a lot of work to do and I hope a firmware update can add and fix that the other things  well you can't fix and that is that it's only got a mono speaker down below there's no 3.5  mm headphone jack either so disappointing to see they didn't or couldn't put a loudspeaker in the  earpiece that would have been great so there's some good things there's some bad and of course  there is no charger included in the Box probably to reduce that price make it more a little bit  more affordable and of course to cut down on the shipping size of it having a smaller packet  there so that is the full story to honors magic 6 light thank you so much for watching my review\n"