The conclusion of Honor’s recent enormous two-day event came today with the unveiling of its new foldable flagship, the Honor Magic Vs. The business stated that it is both slimmer and lighter than its predecessor and that the weight reduction is the result of a completely new, highly advanced hinge design that enables the phone to close without a gap.
The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 in the Magic Vs is a quite strong flagship chipset, despite not being the newest from Qualcomm. The phone features memory variants of 12/256 GB and 12/512 GB, as well as a new, less expensive model with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage.
A large screen necessitates the use of several tools, and Honor revealed that the 16 GB RAM Ultimate edition of this phone will be compatible with the Magic Pen, a newly released stylus that will pair with the foldable through Bluetooth.
The internal 7.9″ foldable OLED panel has a resolution of 2272×1984 pixels, a refresh rate of 90 Hz, and a brightness of up to 800 nits. The screen appears to be identical to that of the original Magic V, at least on paper. A large aspect ratio and 2560×1080 pixel resolution are features of the external 6.45″ OLED, which also supports HDR10+ and 120Hz refresh rate. Given that both screens are 10-bit, they have more than 1 billion colours.
Due to the new hinge’s “carefully built with a single-piece processing technique,” Honor said the folding panel will be virtually crease-free. There are now only 4 elements instead of 92, yet durability and sturdiness are still present. At Honor Labs, the hinge was proven to resist more than 400,000 folds, or more than ten years of use at 100 folds per day.
With a 54MP Sony IMX800 primary sensor and an F/1.9 lens, the triple-camera system on the Honor Magic Vs has been updated from the Honor 70 Pro series. A 50MP ultrawide-angle camera that also functions as a macro lens is placed next to it, along with an 8MP telephoto camera with a 3x optical zoom. On the cover display, a 16MP selfie camera with an f/2.45 aperture is located. Regarding the internal camera that ought to be used for conference calls, Honor said nothing.
With a 5,000 mAh battery and 66W fast charging, this foldable should be able to charge from zero to one hundred percent in 46 minutes. The phone is powered by the recently unveiled MagicOS 7.0, which is installed over Android 12.
Three colors—Orange, Cyan, and Black—as well as two more hues—Black and Gold—that are reserved only for models with the most memory will be available for the Honor Magic V. Priced at CNY7,499 ($1,050/€1,015) for the 8/256 GB model, CNY7,999 ($1,120/€1,080) for the 12/256 GB model, and CNY8,999 ($1,260/€1,220) for the top 12/512 GB model. CNY10,888 ($1,520/€1,470) will get you The Magic Vs. Ultimate.
In China, the company is currently accepting pre-orders, and the first sale is expected to occur on November 30. In front of the domestic audience, the Honor CEO made no comments about international availability, but company representatives confirmed that the Honor Magic Vs will be available abroad in Q1 2023.
