Honor has in its Magic line the high-end smartphones that generation after generation usually surprise us positively, now joining the Honor Magic V to this distinguished lineage. It is a new folding smartphone with Android operating system (and access to Google services), similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold.
Honor’s first folding smartphone is essentially a bigger and slimmer Galaxy Z Fold 3, with various improvements over the formula outlined by South Korean Samsung. However, it is unlikely that this new Magic V will ever make it to Europe.
Magic V smartphone is Honor’s latest release
It is one of the most important launches of Honor, a brand formerly owned by Huawei, but which has operated autonomously since 2020, which also gave it access to Google services. Now, however, we have a new foldable smartphone on the market.
First of all, we see that its format and operating mode is quite similar to the current Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, a small book that we can open to enjoy the large interior screen, or close and use the secondary external screen.
The smartphone in question represents the culmination of innovation for Honor. It is, in fact, one of the most powerful smartphones on the market with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, in addition to a 4,750 mAh capacity battery.
This is the Honor Magic V, one of the most daring smartphones of 2022
The highlight goes to the screens used on this phone, larger than Samsung’s own Galaxy Z Fold 3. In fact, we have a 6.45-inch diagonal curved exterior screen, OLED technology with Full-HD + resolution and a 90 Hz refresh rate, in addition to a 21.3: 9 display format.
On the other hand, the interior screen is 7.9 inches diagonal with OLED technology and a high refresh rate of 120 Hz. The resolution reaches the Full-HD + standard with 2,272 x 1,984 pixels and, according to Honor, the screen does not present the nasty “vinca”.
In short, this is the perfect smartphone for anyone looking for a foldable smartphone with large screens. However, with large screens we also have a large and relatively thick phone (despite being thinner than the Samsung phone).
Even so, it is a phone that weighs between 288 grams and 293 grams depending on the version chosen, so it will be impossible to ignore its presence in your pocket at all times.
What else can we expect from the Honor Magic V smartphone?
The “heart” is Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, with 12GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of internal storage. That is, it has more than enough power for all the tasks that we reasonably want to do on the phone.
We also have a battery with 4,750 mAh capacity and fast charging at 66 W, power that will fully charge the device (0-100%) in about 40 minutes.
At its rear we can find a 50 MP (f / 1.9) + 50 MP (f / 2.2) triple camera with an ultra-wide angle lens), as well as a third 50 MP camera with its own algorithm, nicknamed Honor. “spectrum enhancer “.
Finally, we have a 42 MP front camera piercing the screen to selfies, as well as another 48 MP camera present on the secondary exterior screen, with the same purpose.
Unfortunately, we do not have water resistance, something we have found in the latest folding smartphones from Samsung. On the other hand, we have the Bluetooth 5.2 connection, Wi-Fi 6, NFC, dual speakers and Google’s Android 12 operating system.
Honor Magic V folding smartphone price and availability
The Honor Magic V smartphone costs 9,999 yuan in China, equivalent to 1,569 dollars, or 1,385 euros for the version with 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage.
The top version of Magic V costs 10,999 yuan, equivalent to $ 1,726 or 1,523 euros in China. The phone will only be marketed in China in three color shades, black, silver and deep orange.
Finally, this smartphone comes with a 66 W fast charger, as well as a 66 W fast charger for the car, as well as a protective case.
Should Honor bring this smartphone cousin also for europe?