The best Honor phones rival the best phones from Samsung, Apple, and Google, but Honor's restricted international presence means its devices are often (wrongly) overlooked by those in the market for some serious pocket hardware.
The company's latest premium offering, the Honor Magic 7 Pro, boasts some of the best display, performance, and battery credentials money can buy in 2025, while the foldable Honor Magic V3 is thinner and lighter than comparatively priced rivals.
In this guide, we walk you through the best Honor phones for every budget and use case. So, whether you're a price-conscious buyer or someone willing to splash the cash, our selection should feature an Honor model for you.
Best Honor phones 2025
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The best Honor phone overall
The Honor Magic 7 Pro is among the best Android phones you can buy in the UK, offering market-leading hardware and a host of unique software features like Deepfake Detection and AI Super Zoom.
On the cameras front, the phone packs a 50MP (f/1.4-2.0) main lens, a 50MP (f/2.0) ultra-wide lens, and a 200MP (f/2.6) telephoto lens, with the last of that number marking a step up over the 180MP telephoto lens in the Magic 6 Pro.
The biggest upgrade, though, comes under the hood. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite is an absolute powerhouse, and when paired with the Magic 7 Pro's 12GB RAM capacity, it delivers seamless browsing, streaming, and gaming performance, the likes of which you'll only find in the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and OnePlus 13.
Due to new EU regulations, the battery in the Magic 7 Pro is slightly smaller than the one in the Magic 6 Pro (5,270mAh vs 5,600mAh), but despite that fact, it delivered some of the best battery life performance we've ever seen in an Android phone.
Are there any downsides to the Magic 7 Pro? Well, its image processing can be hit-and-miss, and Honor's UI still takes some getting used to if you're coming to it from stock Android or iOS. The Magic 7 Pro is also eye-wateringly expensive, but then again, so is every other top-tier Android flagship in 2025.
Read our full Honor Magic 7 Pro review
The best foldable Honor phone
The Honor Magic V3 is a truly special phone, and if it were available to buy in the US, it would surely rank prominently on our list of the best foldable phones.
The Honor Magic V2 already raised the bar for foldable phone design, wiping the floor with the comparatively boxy Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, Google Pixel Fold, and OnePlus Open, and Honor's latest foldable effort is an even more visually impressive device.
At the time of writing, the Magic V3 is the thinnest and lightest inward-folding phone on the market, measuring just 4.35mm when unfolded and 9.2mm when folded. The Magic V3 trumps the competition on the weighing scales, too, weighing just 226g against the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6's 239g.
The Magic V3 also utilizes Honor's proprietary eye-friendly display technology to deliver two of the most impressive foldable screens yet, while its long-lasting 5,150mAh battery should abate any worries surrounding foldable battery life. The phone boasts an IPX8 water resistance rating and 50W wireless charging, too.
Sure, Honor's Magic OS software continues to lack polish (especially when compared to that of its mainstream rivals), but if you value design over all else, the Magic V3 is pretty much the best foldable money can buy right now.
Read our full Honor Magic V3 review
The best mid-range Honor phone
If you like the look of the Honor Magic 6 Pro but would rather avoid paying its four-figure price, then Honor's latest premium mid-ranger, the Honor 200 Pro, is well worth considering instead.
With its slim chassis, curved edges, and impressive 6.8-inch OLED display, the Honor 200 Pro feels like a flagship phone. Sure, its Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset is slightly less powerful than the standard 8 Gen 3 (which you'll find inside the best Android phones, and indeed the Magic 6 Pro), but in testing, we didn't notice too much of a difference between this phone and the Magic 6 Pro.
The Honor 200 Pro also boasts comparable battery life, as well as similar charging speeds (100W wired and 66W wireless). You’ll need Honor’s SuperCharge charger to get the full power output, but we think it's worth the investment.
The headline feature of the Honor 200 Pro is its innovative portrait camera mode, which recreates the Studio Harcourt method of portrait photography by leveraging intelligent AI software with premium hardware. The phone's overall camera setup is impressive, too. You'll get a 50MP main lens, a 50MP telephoto lens (with 2.5x optical zoom), and a 12MP ultra-wide macro lens, though these camera specs are, understandably, dwarfed by those of the camera-focused Magic 6 Pro.
Read our full Honor 200 Pro review
The best budget Honor phone
The mid-range Honor 90 launched for a very reasonable £449.99 in 2023, but the phone is now even better value – it's currently sitting at around £300 – thanks to the arrival of its premium successor, the Honor 200 Pro, in June 2024.
Despite its affordability, the Honor 90 boasts a slew of impressive specs. For starters, the phone sports a 6.7-inch quad-curved AMOLED display with a resolution of 2664 x 1200 and an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It’s big, bright, and more than suitable for gaming and watching movies, thanks to HDR10+ support and HDR certifications from streamers, including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
On the back, you're getting a triple-camera system that comprises a 200MP main lens (with a 1/1.4-inch sensor), a 12MP ultra-wide lens (with a 112° field of view) and a 2MP depth sensor that helps the camera accurately gauge distance.
Less impressive is Honor’s software and security support commitment to the Honor 90. You’ll get two years of Android updates and three years of security updates with this phone. That’s markedly fewer than, say, Samsung is committing to its Galaxy A54 and A55 devices. But then again, the Honor 90 offers more base storage, faster charging, and better display credentials than almost all of its mid-range rivals.
Read our full Honor 90 review
The best value Honor phone
Now that the Honor Magic 7 Pro is out in the wild, Honor's 2024 flagship, the Honor Magic 6 Pro, has become a much more attainable proposition. It's not exactly cheap, mind, but at £799.99 from Honor directly, it's £300 less expensive than it was at launch and also £300 cheaper than its 2025 successor.
Crucially, the Magic 6 Pro is still a really great phone. It boasts an adventurous, eye-catching design and some of the best cameras we tested in 2024. You'll get an almighty 180MP periscope telephoto lens, which sits alongside a 50MP wide lens and a 50MP ultra-wide lens in the phone's luxury watch-inspired ‘Star Wheel’ camera notch. Qualcomm’s speedy Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset keeps things ticking along nicely under the hood, and the Magic 6 Pro's gorgeous 6.8-inch curved OLED display is made even better by Honor's proprietary eye-friendly screen tech.
You'll still pay handsomely for the privilege of owning one, and the Magic 6 Pro offers markedly fewer AI features than its successor, but Honor's 2024 flagship remains a worthy investment for smartphone fans who prefer to stand out from the crowd.
Incidentally, the Magic 6 Pro launched alongside the Porsche Design Magic 6 Pro RSR, which is essentially a souped-up, sportier version of the same phone. It's a tad more expensive, but the upgrades on offer are definitely worth checking out.
Read our full Honor Magic 6 Pro review
