Honor Magic6 RSR Porsche Design review

Design, build quality, handling

Naturally, the design of the Magic6 RSR is also different from that of the mainstream version, with Porsche-inspired styling cues and exclusive colorways. Some of the hardware changes must have also affected the physical properties too - two OLED layers surely are thicker than one.

Well, the specsheet doesn't agree with that since both models are equally thick, going by the official data. Our calipers do indicate that the RSR variant is a touch thicker, even without going all the way in to the ridge along the centerline on the back - excuse us, the 'iconic flyline'.

The Porsche Design is indeed slightly heavier, though you'll be hard-pressed to tell the difference between the RSR's 237g and the vegan leather Pro's 225g.

The back of the Magic6 RSR is made of glass, and not just any glass, but the Honor-branded NanoCrystal Shield glass. It's what both the Magic6 Pro and the Porsche Design Magic6 use on the front, but the RSR also has it on the rear.

The back panel is quite slippery - about as much as all similar frosted glass backs. It's not entirely fingerprint-proof, but it's still pretty good at keeping smudges at bay.

The unit we have here is the Agate Grey colorway, but there's also a Frozen Berry option. The former is a more generic graphite hue, but the Berry variant was apparently conceived as an optional spec for Porsche Taycans.

Aside from the colors and the flyline, the other key stylistic element is the hexagonal camera island. Porsche has a thing for hexagons, apparently, and the designers used the shape for the camera bump on the RSR. We do like it better than the 'cushion'-shaped assembly of the regular Magic6 Pro.

Honor has all sorts of comparisons in its promo materials of the NanoCrystal Shield against unnamed alternatives and urges us to try and scratch the RSR with sandpaper or drop-test it from 1.5m (while ensuring it lands on its face), but we get fidgety just thinking about any of that - we'll take their word for its durability. Either way, the phone has an IP68 rating for dust and water protection.