Honor, a former Huawei sub-brand, on Monday announced the launch of its first 5G foldable flagship smartphone – the Honor Magic V.
“We are thrilled to launch our first 5G foldable flagship, the Honor Magic V, which demonstrates our expertise and innovation in system design and our commitment to always delivering a best-in-class user experience,” George Zhao, CEO of Honor Device Co, Ltd said in the announcement.
“Honor has strong ambitions to become the top performing smartphone brand in the premium foldable market and we are confident our first flagship foldable will be very competitive compared with existing models.”
The Honor Magic V features a 6.45-inch 44° curved OLED display when folded, and has a resolution of 2560 x 1080, 21:9 aspect ratio, brightness of 1,000 nits, and a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz.
Equipped with an innovative waterdrop hinge, the device unfolds to an extra-wide 7.9-inch creaseless display with a resolution of 2272 x 1984 pixels at 10.3:9 aspect, up to 800 nits brightness, and has a refresh rate of 90Hz.
The device measures 72.7mm wide, 14.3mm thick when folded, and has a height of 160.4mm. Further, the Honor Magic V expands to 141.1mm wide when unfolded, and is 6.7mm thick.
Crafted with high-strength titanium alloy, zirconium liquid metals, and high-strength carbon fibers, which reduce the density of the device, the Honor Magic V is extremely lightweight.
The Honor Magic V is the first foldable smartphone to be powered by Qualcomm’s all-new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 5G processor, delivering outstanding flagship performance. Backed by the latest Adreno GPU, the device delivers an increase in GPU performance of 30 percent compared with the previous generation, enabling more productivity at faster speeds. It is also equipped with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage, increasing overall processing speeds and storage capacity.
On the camera front, the Honor Magic V has three 50MP shooters on the back of the foldable, which includes the 50MP f/1.9 main camera wide-camera, 50MP f/2.2 ultra-wide camera, and a 50MP f/2.0 “spectrum enhanced camera” + ToF sensor. On the front, it has two 42MP selfie cameras (1 x in external display + 1 x in the folded display).
Featuring a dual-circuit battery design, the Honor Magic V is powered by a whopping 4,750mAh battery that supports 66W Honor SuperCharge, which the company claims to give 50 percent within just 15 minutes.
Besides supporting 5G, the device runs Honor’s Magic UI 6.0 software on top of Android 12, which allows for the simultaneous display of numerous apps, according to Honor.
Additionally, the Honor Magic V is coupled with Honor’s three engines, OS Turbo X, GPU Turbo X, and LINK Turbo X, which provides smoother usage, better temperature control, and more stable communications. It is also the first foldable smartphone to receive the IMAX Enhanced certification and has HDR10+ support.
The Honor Magic V is available in three stunning colors: Black, Space Silver, and Burnt Orange. It will start retailing in China on January 18th and is priced at RMB 9,999 for the 12+256GB version, and RMB 10,999 for the 12+512GB version.
For more information, you can visit the Honor online store.
