Huawei’s former sub-brand Honor has announced its first foldable smartphone, the Honor Magic V. It uses a foldable design similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold devices, and combines an internal foldable screen (display) with a small external screen (external display). The Chinese launch of the foldable device took place on January 10, with prices starting at ¥9,999 (around $1,569) for the 256GB storage model. It will go on sale on January 18.
Magic V’s flagship functions are its internal folding screen (corner to corner) measuring 7.9 inches with a resolution of 2272 x 1984 resolution. 90Hz refresh rate and 10:9 aspect ratio. The internal screen with a resolution of 2208 x 1768 is slightly larger than Samsung’s Z Fold 3 at 7.6 inches. The internal screen of Magic V uses two 21:9 screens side by side.
The Magic V’s exterior display is 6.45 inches (compared to 6.2 for Samsung), slightly larger than the Z Fold 3, and has a resolution of 2560 x 1080. It has a 120Hz refresh rate and a 21:9 aspect ratio.
When folded, the Magic V is 72.7 mm wide. 14.3mm thick It measures 160.4mm tall, 141.1mm wide and 6.7mm thick when unfolded. It’s slightly wider than Samsung’s latest Z Fold, and the device is thinner when folded. Honor’s foldable capacity makes it a bit heavier. orange color It will be available in three colors: silver and black.
inside Magic V uses Qualcomm’s latest chipset, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, paired with 12GB RAM and 256GB (or 512GB) storage. It has a 4,750 mAh battery that can charge up to 66W and can be charged to 50 percent in 15 minutes. Honor says it’s 5G-compatible and runs Honor’s Magic UI 6.0 software on top of Android 12, supporting the display of multiple app windows at the same time.Regarding the cameras, Honor includes three foldable 50-megapixel sensors, the main sensor; ultrawide camera and Honor’s “spectrum enhanced camera.” There are three things called. We’ll have to stay tuned with the company for details on how this third camera works. Magic V has a pair of 42-megapixel selfie cameras; There is a camera embedded in the outer screen and a camera embedded in the inner folded screen.
We recently saw Oppo announce its Find N late last year, and Xiaomi and Honor’s former parent company Huawei also have foldable devices. We are still waiting to find out when Magic V will get a global release.