Honor is testing a 200MP main camera and a square-format front camera for the Magic 9 smartphone, according to a leak from Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station.
The claim puts Honor in direct competition with Oppo, which a separate report earlier this week suggested was developing Android’s first flagship with a square selfie camera.
Camera hardware under evaluation
Two 200MP main sensor options are reportedly under evaluation: the OmniVision OV52A and OV52B, both measuring 1/1.28 inches, and the larger OVB0D at 1/1.12 inches. Engineers are testing both as candidates for the primary rear camera slot.
A 64MP periscope telephoto lens using the OmniVision OV64D sensor on a 1/2-inch format rounds out the rear array in current prototypes. Digital Chat Station had previously flagged the OV64D chip for the Magic 9’s telephoto slot in an earlier report.
That earlier report also described a rear camera arrangement pairing a 200MP shooter — on a smaller 1/2.8-inch sensor — with a 50MP ultra-wide lens. The new information builds on those earlier claims rather than contradicting them.
Square selfie through cropping
The front camera detail is the most technically distinctive element of the leak. Honor is reportedly testing a 100MP OVA0B sensor measuring 1/1.8 inches, but the phone will not ship with that full configuration.
Instead, the image output will be cropped to a 1:1 square aspect ratio. That crop reduces effective resolution and pixel size but delivers a square-format selfie — mirroring what Oppo is said to be developing independently.
Broader specifications
Beyond cameras, earlier leaks describe a compact 6.36-inch OLED display and a battery of approximately 8,000mAh. The device is reportedly being tested with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset, the next generation of the company’s flagship mobile processor.
IP68 and IP69 water and dust resistance — ratings covering both sustained submersion and high-pressure water jets — are also expected, along with ultrasonic fingerprint scanning beneath the display.
One additional claim involves ARRI, the Austrian cinema camera manufacturer. Earlier reports suggest ARRI may be collaborating with Honor on video processing and cinematic output for the Magic 9 lineup, though no details of any formal agreement have emerged.
Honor has not confirmed any of the specifications. The Magic 9 series is expected to launch in China around October, and configurations remain subject to change as testing continues.
