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HONOR 90 stuns with 200MP camera, luxurious design

Inspired by haute couture and luxury jewelry

Published

July 6, 2023

MJ Jucutan

HONOR has just launched the HONOR 90 — the newest smartphone in its N-series — across European markets including the United Kingdom.

The latest smartphone features a 200-megapixel main camera with a 1/1.4-inch sensor, coupled with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide and macro camera with a 112° field of view, and a 2-megapixel depth camera. Up front, it houses a 50-megapixel camera capturing selfies with exceptional detail.

Impressive content

Harnessing the power of its impressive hardware and software, the HONOR 90 produces photos with excellent high dynamic range and keeps a detailed and bright shot even in low-light situations.

Portraits are also enhanced, improving the facial features, skin tone accuracy, and an authentic-looking bokeh effect that blends the background naturally.

But photos aren’t the only stunning output coming from the HONOR 90. The smartphone employs artificial intelligence for video denoising and video mode recommendations, along with an AI Vlog Assistant that helps generate a social media-ready 15-second video with just a few taps.

Impressive display

Consuming content looks delightful with the HONOR 90, thanks to its 6.7-inch quad-curved floating display. It supports a high resolution of 2664×1200, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, with up to 1.07 billion colors. It also allows optimum display readability, even under intense bright light due to its peak brightness of 1600 nits.

Further, the HONOR 90 comes with a fast, responsive screen with up to 120Hz refresh rate along with HDR10+ support and HDR certifications from Netflix and Amazon Prime VIdeo. To prioritize safety, the HONOR 90 is also equipped with TÜV Rheinland’s Flicker Free Certification while also supporting the industry’s highest Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Dimming frequency of 3840Hz which minimizes the strain a display puts on users’ eyes.

To alleviate eye fatigue, the display features dynamic dimming which simulates natural light, and the Circadian Night Display technology filters blue light to promote natural melatonin secretion at night.

Impressive experience

The HONOR 90 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition, promising 20% better GPU and 30% better AI performance compared to its predecessor. It’s also equipped with a large 5,000mAh battery which lasts up to 19.5 hours of continuous local video streaming. It easily juices up with its 66W HONOR SuperCharge, backing up to 45% in just 15 minutes.

Moreover, the device has a 147% larger vapor chamber for efficient heat dissipation, keeping the internal temperature in check for a cool, chill experience.

Speaking of experience, users can personalize their smartphones through HONOR MagicOS 7.1 which is based on Android 13. The HONOR 90 comes with enhanced smart features that users can take advantage of.

Impressive design

The HONOR 90 looks stunning with its sleek and stylish design inspired by haute couture and luxury jewelry. It looks classy with its 7.8mm thin and 183g lightweight body, adorned by smooth, rounded edges. It also comes with deeply reinforced glass, providing peace of mind in terms of durability and reliability.

On its rear, the HONOR 90 features the iconic Dual Ring Design, producing a brilliant shine and adding an extra touch of elegance.

Price and availability

The HONOR 90 comes in three colors: Midnight Black, Emerald Green, and Diamond Silver — an exclusive color to the HONOR website, HiHonor.

The HONOR 90 will retail for GBP 450 for the 8GB/256GB unit and GBP 500 for the 12GB/512GB variant. From July 6 to July 18, 2023, HiHonor has a 5% off voucher for those who will use the code AUKH905. Interested customers purchasing the HONOR 90 before the end of July are eligible to purchase an HONOR Pad X8 for just GBP 10.

Starting on July 7, 2023, HONOR 90 will be available to pre-order onAmazon, Very, and Currys. Customers placing a pre-order via these retailers between July 7 until July 18 will receive an HONOR Pad X8 free of charge.

Meanwhile, there’s a free Pad X8 for customers purchasing the HONOR 90 at Argos starting on July 19 until August 2, 2023.

The HONOR 90 will be officially on sale starting on July 19. Later on, the HONOR 90 and HONOR 90 Lite will be available at Three starting on July 26.

When purchasing on HONOR 90 on pay monthly tariffs with Three, customers will be able to trade-in their old smartphone and receive GBP 250 off, PLUS a free HONOR Pad X8. For HONOR 90 Lite on pay monthly with Three, customers will be able to trade-in their old smartphone and receive GBP 100 off.

Finance

HONOR, Fidesmo partner for contactless payments across Europe, Middle East

Enabling contactless payments on the HONOR Watch 6

Published

September 16, 2026

GadgetMatch

HONOR and Fidesmo have partnered to launch contactless payments across Europe and the Middle East on the HONOR Watch 6.

Powered by Fidesmo Pay, the integration enables users to connect an existing Mastercard or Visa card to their watch and complete contactless transactions directly from the wearable device.

This brings Fidesmo’s network of over 900 banks and financial institutions to HONOR’s customers. Users can connect an existing card to the HONOR Watch 6 instantly through the HONOR Health App, which installs a unique token directly onto the watch.

Acting as a secure reference to the payment method, this token allows customers to pay without storing their actual payment details on the device. Once installed, users can tap the watch at any
contactless terminal to pay, just as they would with a card or phone.

HONOR joins a group of device partners that already includes Swatch, Polar, and Mondaine as Fidesmo continues to build momentum across categories.

Entertainment

Max vs 100 will feature Max Verstappen race against 100 go-karters

The live event will stream at midnight on September 17.

Published

September 15, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

As a child, one of my favorite thought experiments is to imagine who would win in a fight between my favorite characters at the time and a number of other random beings. For example, will Superman prevail against 100 Magnetos? Those are the ways I kept my young mind occupied. Now, as a former child, I still do the same thing but with more realistic people, like imagining if Steph Curry can win against 100 high schoolers. This week, ESPN and Disney+ are making one of those imaginary fights real: Formula 1 legend Max Verstappen versus 100 go-karters.

In an upcoming live event streaming exclusively on Disney+, Max vs 100 will pit the four-time world champion against 100 go-karters from everywhere in pop culture. This gaggle of 100 will include popular content creators such as Twitch streamer ExtraEmily, car photographer Larry Chen, and NBA shooting coach Chris Matthews.

All 101 drivers will race around one of the most iconic tracks in Formula 1 history, Silverstone in England. The track will be reconfigured to match the special race.

Of course, this is more than just a parade of go-karts. Max Verstappen will start at the back of the grid, meaning he has to overtake all 100 racers to win. Now, the Dutch driver is no stranger to winning from the back. In 2024, he won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix despite starting from P17 (out of 20 racers). Max vs 100, though familiar for the driver, presents a different challenge. Can he overtake 100 times to win the race?

Max vs 100 will stream live through Disney+ on September 17, 12:00am PHT.

Apps

Apple’s best feature to cure motion sickness is finally on Android

Google copies a good page from Apple’s playbook.

Published

September 15, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

As an Android user, I’ve been jealous of iPhone users for a while now, but it’s not for the reason you might think. See, I’m ridiculously prone to motion sickness when I’m not driving. So, when I discovered that Apple has a software-based cure called Vehicle Motion Cues, I wanted it immediately. Now, Android does have third-party apps that do the same thing, but they’re not as good as a fully native version. Well, those dark, nauseating days are about to come to an end. Android 17 is finally getting a similar tool called Motion assist.

Before that, let’s rewind for a bit. What do these features do? How can they cure motion sickness?

Whenever you open Vehicle Motion Cues or Motion assist, the interface spawns a series of dots on the screen. These dots respond to movement. For example, if the vehicle turns to the left, the dots also go to the left, mimicking the movement. Without cues like this, the stationary nature of the screen clashes with our brain’s perception of movement. The disparity creates that feeling of nausea. Basically, our eyes are desperately trying to focus on the static screen, but our brains are telling us that we should be seeing motion. Having moving dots reorients our brain and places the phone inside our perception of movement.

Now, you can enable the same feature on your Android 17 device through Settings > All services > Motion assist under Personal & device safety. You can also set it so that the feature turns on automatically when the phone detects that you’re in a moving vehicle. Finally, you can also tweak the shape, color, and opacity of these dots.

Android 17’s Motion assist is rolling out now to compatible devices.