The former Huawei subsidiary Honor has already presented its answer to the new flagship foldable from South Korea with the Magic V3 shortly after the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6. The Honor Magic V3 aims to be better in all respects, but especially in terms of design. Honor
Honor had chosen the launch date for its Magic V3 carefully, because just two days after the launch of Samsung’s new foldable smartphones, the new model is its own top smartphone with a large foldable main display, which can now also compete technically with the product of the foldable pioneer from Korea. Honor has always lagged a generation behind in terms of chipset with the Magic V series since the launch of the first model three years ago, but now, like Samsung, it has the current Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 under the hood, just like the Galaxy Z Fold6.
The “hood” is considerably thinner here, however, as the Honor Magic V3 is only 9.2 millimeters thick when folded, apart from the camera module. This beats Samsung by almost three millimeters, because the Fold6 will be 12.1 millimeters thick apart from the cameras. Nevertheless, the Magic V3 will not compromise on quality, durability and performance, at least that’s what Honor promises. The hinge is designed to withstand up to 500,000 folding operations and the device is IPX8 certified.
The foldable main display of the Honor Magic V3 has a diagonal of 7.92 inches and a resolution of 2344×2156 pixels. On the outside there is an additional 6.43 inch display that works with 2376×1060 pixels. The manufacturer specifies the maximum brightness as 1800 candelas, with up to 5000 candelas being achieved for HDR content. Honor also claims that the panels are well protected against knocks and scratches. With a 5150 mAh battery, there is obviously no need to make any compromises when it comes to power storage. Honor claims to achieve the high capacity with a new type of silicon battery, which can also be quickly charged with up to 66 watts via cable and 50 watts wirelessly.
The support for wireless charging is quite surprising, especially given the extremely thin design. The cameras on the Honor Magic V3 should be able to do a good job overall, as the device uses a main camera with a resolution of 50 megapixels and a very large maximum aperture of F/1.6. There is also an ultra-wide-angle camera with an unusual resolution of 40 megapixels and even a 50 megapixel camera with zoom optics that should offer 3.5x optical magnification. The two displays each house a 20 megapixel camera that can handle self-portraits and video calls.
The Honor Magic V3 will initially only be released in China, where you can buy versions with 12 or 16 gigabytes of RAM and 256, 512 GB or one terabyte of internal flash memory. However, Honor has already made it clear to US media that the Magic V3 will also be launched internationally within a relatively short time. Prices in China start at the equivalent of around 1,100 euros. In this country, experience shows that the Magic V3 is unlikely to be cheaper than the current price of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6.
