We put the Honor Magic6 Pro through our rigorous SBMARK Display test suite to measure its performance across four criteria. In the results of this test, we will analyze how it performed in a series of tests and in several common use cases.
Overview
Key Display Specifications:
- 6.8 inch OLED
- Dimensions 162.5mm x 75.8mm x 8.9mm
- Resolution: 1280 x 2800 pixels, (density ~453 ppi)
- Refresh rate: 120Hz
Pros
- Brightness levels suitable for different lighting conditions
- Very few discrepancies between frames in all content
- Accurate, responsive and smooth touch panel
- Good HDR video experience in low light conditions
Against
- Immediate color change when viewing at an angle
- Stripe pattern perceptible on a uniform dark background in darkroom conditions
The Honor Magic6 Pro display achieved top-notch performance, with an all-round excellent user experience across all our use cases, particularly gaming.
The Magic6 Pro’s readability was overall excellent in all lighting environments, with consistent and reliable performance. While maximum brightness didn’t reach the same levels achieved by some of the Magic6 Pro’s competitors, the screen was consistently and comfortably readable in all conditions – not too bright in low light or darkness and not too dark outdoors for affect the user experience.
Furthermore, the external brightness level remained constant for all types of content viewed, which is not the case with most competing devices, whose display luminance decreases as the white areas on the screen increase. Although the device appeared uniform in our test, a faint striping pattern was visible on the screen when room or background conditions went dark. However, this stripe pattern was not visible under other lighting conditions.
The device was flicker-free and exhibited reduced timing artifacts due to high pulse width modulation (PWM).
Screen colors were slightly above average, remaining generally accurate and fairly stable outdoors, but our testers noticed some immediate color shifts when holding the device at an angle. While most screens shift colors at wide angles, the Magic6 Pro’s colors shift at relatively shallower angles than the competition.
The HDR video viewing experience was quite satisfying and comfortable, with very good brightness and contrast in low light conditions. In indoor lighting conditions, however, the peak brightness was too high, and dark tones lacked detail, but the rendering remained comfortable. In SDR, the device adapted brightness and contrast in all tested conditions.
The device’s display showed significant improvements over its predecessor Honor Magic5 Pro in all scores. Magic6 Pro’s exceptional handling of frame discrepancies and motion blur gives the user an excellent experience watching high-quality videos or playing video games.
In touch, the Honor Magic6 Pro came very close to the maximum score, but the screen lacked fluidity when viewing the gallery. However, users who enjoy playing video games on their phone should take note of the Honor Magic6 Pro’s impressive touch response time of 53 ms, which shows a marked improvement over the Magic5 Pro’s 70 ms and even beats the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ measured. 65 ms. (For those keeping track, the fastest touch response time we’ve tested so far was on the Lenovo Legion Y90, which clocked in at 41 ms!) An added bonus: The Honor Magic6 Pro had no unintentional touches on the screen.
Test summary
About SBMARK display tests: For scoring and analysis, a device is subjected to a series of objective and perceptual tests under controlled laboratory and real-life conditions. The SBMARK Display Score takes into account the overall user experience provided by the screen, considering hardware capability and software optimization. Only factory-installed video and photo apps are used during testing. More in-depth details on how SBMARK tests displays can be found in the article “A Closer Look at SBMARK Display Testing.”
The following section focuses on the key elements of our comprehensive testing and analysis performed in SBMARK laboratories. Comprehensive reports with detailed performance evaluations are available upon request. To order a copy, contact us.
How the display readability score is composed
Readability evaluates the user’s ease and comfort in viewing stationary content, such as photos or a web page, on the display under different lighting conditions. Our measurements performed in laboratories are complemented by perceptual tests and analyses.
Skin tone rendering in an indoor environment (1000 lux).
From left to right: Honor Magic6 Pro, Google Pixel 8 Pro, Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
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Readability in a sunny environment (>90,000 lux).
From left to right: Honor Magic6 Pro, Google Pixel 8 Pro, Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
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SCI stands for Specular Component Included, which measures both diffuse reflection and specular reflection. The reflectance of a simple glass plate is around 4%, while it reaches around 6% for a plastic plate. Although the first surface of smartphones is glass, their total reflectance (uncoated) is usually around 5% due to multiple reflections created by the complex optical stack.
The average reflectance is calculated based on the spectral reflectance in the visible spectrum range (see graph below) and human spectral sensitivity.
Uniformity
This graph shows the luminance distribution across the entire display panel. Uniformity is measured with a 20% gray pattern, with bright green indicating ideal luminance. An evenly distributed bright green color across the screen indicates that the display brightness is uniform. Other colors indicate a loss of uniformity.
Displays flicker for 2 main reasons: refresh rate and pulse width modulation. Pulse width modulation is a modulation technique that generates pulses of variable width to represent the amplitude of an analog input signal. This measurement is important for comfort because low-frequency flickering can be perceived by some individuals and, in more extreme cases, can induce seizures. Some experiments show that discomfort can occur more frequently. A high PWM frequency (>1500 Hz) tends to disturb users less.
How the display color score is composed
Color evaluations are performed under different lighting conditions to see how well the device handles color with its surroundings. The devices are tested with sRGB and Display-P3 image models. Both faithful mode and default mode are used for our evaluation. Our measurements performed in laboratories are complemented by perceptual tests and analyses.
Circadian action factor is a metric that defines the impact of light on the human sleep cycle. It is the ratio between the light energy that contributes to sleep disturbances (centered around 450 nm, representing blue light) and the light energy that contributes to our perception (covering 400 nm to 700 nm and centered at 550 nm, which is green light). A high circadian action factor means that the ambient light contains strong blue light energy and is likely to affect the body’s sleep cycle, while a low circadian action factor means that the light has weak blue light energy and is less likely to affect sleep patterns.
How the Display Video score is composed
The video attribute evaluates the handling of Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) and High Dynamic Range (HDR10) video in indoor and low-light conditions. Our measurements performed in laboratories are complemented by perceptual tests and analyses.
Video rendering in a low light environment (0 lux).
Clockwise from top left: Honor Magic6 Pro, Google Pixel 8 Pro, Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
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These indicators present the percentage of frame irregularity in a 30-second video. These irregularities are not necessarily perceived by users (unless they are all with the same timestamp) but are an indicator of performance.
How the Display Touch score is composed
We evaluate touch attributes in many types of content where touch is critical and requires different behaviors such as gaming (fast touch and response times), web (smooth page scrolling), and images (accurate and smooth navigation from image to image). other ).
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