{"id":1003030,"date":"2026-08-15T20:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1003030\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:14:21","slug":"honors-iconic-center-camera-design-to-retire-with-magic-9-flagship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1003030\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor&#8217;s iconic center camera design to retire with Magic 9 flagship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a decade ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huaweicentral.com\/honor-win-2-series-may-use-7-inch-quad-curved-display-panels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honor<\/a> introduced the Magic 3 series with what became a signature look for the company\u2019s flagship phones: a centrally placed camera bump. And this fall, with Honor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huaweicentral.com\/honor-magic-9-series-launch-confirmed-for-september\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magic 9 series<\/a>, this camera design may finally retire.<\/p>\n<p>The circular camera bump at the center has been a staple of Honor\u2019s Magic series design for nearly eight years, but the Magic 9 series will likely transform this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huaweicentral.com\/honor-shares-the-first-look-of-the-magic-9-series-smartphone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">look<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Magic 2 series debuted in 2018 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.huawei.com\/cn\/phones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huawei<\/a> P series-inspired vertical pill-shaped camera structure. Hereafter, the company introduced the circular lens module for all of the Magic smartphone lineups to date with certain tweaks every year.<\/p>\n<p>Even last year\u2019s release \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huaweicentral.com\/honor-600-pro-vs-magic-8-pro-5-reasons-to-go-for-pocket-friendly-phone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magic 8 series<\/a> with the Standard and Pro models features a centrally placed camera bump, rimmed by a rounded square frame. But things could be different this time, as Honor itself showed a glimpse of the upcoming flagship.<\/p>\n<p>During the Robot Phone launch event, the Chinese company confirmed the Magic 9 series debut month \u2013 September and partially revealed its appearance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153085\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Magic-9-camera.jpg\" alt=\"Honor Magic 9 series camera design\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-153085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image Credits: Honor)<\/p>\n<p>Honor has shifted its giant camera ring more towards the left side rather than keeping it at the center. Instead of a plain rim surrounding the imaging sensor plate, the company has used an uplifted camera border with a grill-like pattern throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Such a design has been missing from Honor\u2019s flagship phones to date. But the Magic 9 series may end the wait. Though that\u2019s just one part of the model\u2019s back panel.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning that the company has revamped almost every one of its smartphone lineup\u2019s camera designs this year. Whether it\u2019s the digital series or the X-tagged budget-friendly handsets. Though the flagship category is still left for the makeover.<\/p>\n<p>Honor may drop the official Magic 9 series launch teaser in the first week of next month. By that time, the design details may appear in render leaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost a decade ago, Honor introduced the Magic 3 series with what became a signature look for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1003031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[17],"tags":[34144,101274,1033,9053,401551,611,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1003030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-camera","tag-camera-design","tag-design","tag-honor","tag-honor-magic-9-series","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117101360978685283","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}