Honor Magic V: Honor’s first folding mobile is a beast in power and megapixels

The new Honor, now an independent brand from Huawei, wants to compete against the big boys. The company has made clear its intention to launch high-end smartphones and has started 2022 by launching neither more nor less than a full-power folding mobile. Indeed, the anticipated Honor Magic V is official.

The device has been presented in China and, at the moment, there is no news about its possible arrival in Spain. We will be waiting for you to do so to update when relevant. With that said, and with the introductions done, let’s see what the new Honor Magic V.

Honor Magic V datasheet

Honor’s first folding follows in the wake of the Z Fold

For its first folding, Honor has opted for a design similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold. As such, it is a device that opens like a book and that it has a huge interior screen and a slightly smaller external screen, but focused on daily use.

When folded, the device is 14.3 millimeters thick and a design without side openings. When opened, the thickness is reduced to 6.7 millimeters, but its width increases from 60.4 millimeters to 160.4. It is, in short, a big phone that turns into a small tablet. It opens thanks to a drop hinge with 213 parts which, on paper, should prevent the panel wrinkle from being more obvious than necessary.

The external display uses AMOLED technology, is slightly curved and It is 6.45 inches in size with FullHD + resolution. Its refresh rate amounts to 120 Hz and, according to Honor, it has a maximum brightness of 1,000 nits, something interesting for HDR content. It should be noted that this screen is perforated in the upper area to house the internal camera and that Honor has reduced the frames quite a bit.

The internal screen, the one that we will use when opening the mobile, has a size of 7.9 inches, 10: 9 format (very square) with 90 Hz refresh rate, 2,272 x 1,984 pixel resolution and, according to Honor, 100% reproduction of the DCI-P3 color space. A double layer technology has also been adopted to reduce screen reflections and increase resistance.

The most powerful of Qualcomm inside

If we take a look under the hood, we can discover that Honor has not skimped on power and capabilities. The Honor Magic V mounts the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the latest from Qualcomm on mobile platforms, and up to 12 GB of RAM. Therefore, it becomes one of the first mobiles to incorporate it. The set comes complete with up to half a tera of internal storage.

The operating system is Magic UI 6 on Android 12. It is no surprise, of course, but the truth is that having been a presentation in China, where the Google ecosystem has no presence, there have been no words about whether or not the Magic V will have Google Mobile Services. The global Magic 3 do have this catalog of apps, so it is to be expected that the Honor Magic V, in the event that it leaves its native country, will also do so. Patience until then.

In any case, among the novelties of the operating system is an AI system that optimizes the terminal and the apps according to our use, floating apps and the split screen with two apps. How could it be otherwise, the device has App Continuity, so that if we are using an app on the external screen and we open the mobile, the app will automatically open on the internal one.

The battery of the Honor Magic V amounts to 4.750 mAh (the battery, as in other folding, is divided in two) and has a fast charge of 66W. In Honor’s words, the device is capable of 50% charge in 15 minutes. It has not been mentioned that it has wireless charging.

For photography, Honor has also brought out the heavy artillery and implemented nothing more and nothing less than three 50 megapixel sensors In the back. These cameras are an angle, a wide angle and a hyperspectral (to improve the detail of the most distant objects, for example). It will be necessary to see how they behave in real conditions. As for the selfie, two cameras: one on the external screen and one on the internal, both 42 megapixels.

Honor Magic V versions and price

The Honor Magic V It has been presented in China and, at the moment, there is no news about its possible arrival in Spain. We will be waiting for you to do so to update with the official prices. In China it will be available from January 10 in black, white and orange and its price is as follows:

• Honor Magic V 12/256 GB: 9,999 yuan, about 1,385 euros to change.
• Honor Magic V 12/512 GB: 10,999 yuan, about 1,524 euros to change.