HONOR Magic9 Pro Max Malaysia Launch Nov 24: ARRI Cameras

HONOR has set the date. The Magic9 Pro Max, the company’s cinema-focused flagship, will launch in Malaysia on Tuesday, November 24, 2026, at 3pm, with the event streamed live on HONOR Malaysia’s Facebook page. The announcement came on November 12, less than two weeks before the event.

A flagship built around cinema cameras

The Magic9 Pro Max is HONOR’s most camera-obsessed phone yet, and the headline is the partnership with ARRI, the German cinema camera maker. The rear system pairs a 200MP main camera with a 1/1.28-inch sensor, an f/1.57 aperture and gimbal-level stabilisation against a 200MP periscope telephoto with 3.5x optical zoom. A 50MP ultra-wide completes the trio, and a 55MP front camera sits up front with a 3D depth sensor.

What makes the setup different is the software around it. The cameras use ARRI’s LogC3 colour curve, ARRI Looks and a 10-bit colour pipeline, and a dedicated ARRI CINEMA Mode records up to 4K at 60fps with the exposure, focus and audio controls on one screen. HONOR’s own 6nm H1 imaging chip processes the image data at the RAW stage, and HONOR claims up to 14 stops of dynamic range. A Cinematic LiveVideo feature turns a still photo into a three-second moving clip at up to 4K, and a directional microphone with four recording presets is aimed at creators who film as much as they shoot.

Big battery, fast charging, flagship chip

Under the hood is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, paired with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage, running MagicOS 11 on Android 17. The 6.8-inch LTPO OLED display runs at up to 120Hz with a 2,868 x 1,320 resolution and an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner underneath.

Battery is another headline number. The global version of the phone carries an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery — the China version gets a larger 8,800mAh cell — with 100W wired and 80W wireless charging, plus reverse wired and reverse wireless charging. The phone is also rated IP68, IP69 and IP69K for water and dust resistance.

What Malaysia gets, and what is still unknown

HONOR has confirmed the phone will be available in green in Malaysia, matching the Moss Green finish shown in its launch materials. Shadow Black and Glacier Silver also exist, but HONOR has not confirmed whether those colours will be sold locally. Pricing, local configurations and the sale date are all still under wraps and will be revealed at the November 24 event.

For context, the phone launched in China on September 28, 2026, starting at RMB 6,499, and has since gone on sale in Hong Kong. That Chinese price is not a guide to what Malaysians will pay.

HONOR is also leaning into the phone’s film-making angle locally. The company has signed agreements with the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) and Tourism Malaysia, naming the Magic9 Pro Max the official cinematic imaging smartphone of the 35th Malaysia Film Festival and of the Visit Malaysia 2026–2027 campaign. Optional accessories shown alongside the phone include 200mm and 500mm teleconverter lenses and a SmallRig video kit.

Ahead of the launch, HONOR Malaysia is running a registration-of-interest campaign until November 17, with a chance to win an HONOR CHOICE Watch 2 Epic. It is a busy month for HONOR in Malaysia — the company is also preparing the Honor 700 series for its China launch on November 13 — but the Magic9 Pro Max is the flagship that matters most, and November 24 is when Malaysia finally gets its price.

Sources: GSMArena, HONOR global press release, SoyaCincau