Blackview Wave 9C vs Honor Magic8 Pro Air
Blackview
Wave 9C
Honor
Magic8 Pro Air
At a glance
- Brand
- Blackview
- Honor
- Release date
- September 2025, 8 months ago
- January 2026, 4 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 211.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 55% of devices
- 4.027.702 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.56"
- 6.31"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- 1216 x 2640 px QHD
- Type
- LCD IPS
- Oled
- Density
- 278 ppi Medium Density
- 458 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, 2D curved glass screen, Brightnes 400 cd/m² (typ), 70% NTSC, NTSC, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, TÜV Low Blue Light, 4320 Hz PWM, Variable refresh rate 1 Hz, Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 6000 cd/m², Always-On Display, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel (8-bit +2-bit FRC), Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, King Kong Diamond JuRhino Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T603
- MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
- CPU
- 2xCortex A75 1.8GHz + 6x Cortex A55 1.6GHz
- 1x3,73 GHz C1 Ultra + 3x3 GHz C1 Premium + 4x2,4 GHz C1 Pro
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 3.73 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MP1
- Mali G1 Ultra 1612 MHz
- RAM
- 4 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 1.6
- Sensor
- Samsung S5K4H7
- Omnivision OV50Q
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 1.20 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/4"
- 1/1.3"
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 1920 fps
- Features
- Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Tracking AF, UIS, Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, Face unlock, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Laser AF, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Dual front camera, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode, RAW 14 bits
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ --
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- GalaxyCore
- Omnivision OV50D40 Light Hunter 400
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.61 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5000 mAh
- 5500 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 10.0W
- Yes , 80.0W
- Charge cycles
- 800 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 49h
- —
- Features
- Removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 50W wireless charging
Storage
- Capacity
- 64 GB
- 512 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 4.0
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.2 mm 163.2 mm 8.7 mm Print 3D Model
- 71.9 mm 150.5 mm 6.1 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 193 g
- 155 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminium alloy
- Colors
- Black Blue
- Black White Gold Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP52
- IP68, IP69
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 108 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 82 %
- 89 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 16 Android 16
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM / eSIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 4.2 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC, Apt-x Adaptive
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B19 (800), B20 (800), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n18 (850), n20 (800), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n80 (1800), n81 (900), n83A (700), n84 (2100)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers
