Honor Magic Vs World Launch Date, Value & Specs

The Magic Vs is Honor's second foldable cellphone, with a 7.9-inch inner show and a design paying homage to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold collection.

It is a comparability made for nearly any foldable because of Samsung being first to market, however the Magic Vs would possibly find yourself impressing because of a remarkably slim design and aggressive worth.

The unique Honor Magic V launched in January 2022 however was restricted to the Chinese language market. The brand new and improved Vs goes international although.

Here is every thing it's good to know concerning the Honor Magic Vs, together with a full specs rundown – or discover out why we predict it might need the {hardware} to carry Samsung again.

When will the Honor Magic Vs be launched exterior of China?

Honor introduced the Magic Vs in China on November 23, 2022, and it went on sale there that month.

The cellphone launched internationally at MWC on February 27 alongside the Magic 5 Professional and goes on sale within the UK from Might 19.

That mentioned, we do not know precisely when you can purchase it, with availability to be introduced “in the end” – however count on it to be inside a month or two.

How a lot does the Honor Magic Vs value?

The Magic Vs prices £1,399 / €1,599.

It is expensive, however aggressive contemplating the most affordable Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 prices $1,799/£1,649/€1,799, whereas the Pixel Fold begins from $1,799/£1,749/1 €899.

Within the UK you can even get it a bit cheaper. In the event you purchase the cellphone immediately from Honor earlier than Might 26 and subscribe to the e-newsletter, you will get the handset for £1,199, a saving of £200.

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What are the specs and options of the Honor Magic Vs?

The cellphone has been in growth for some time now, so it makes use of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset relatively than the newer Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

Within the international model of the cellphone, it's related to 12 GB of RAM and a hard and fast storage of 512 GB.

The 7.9-inch inner display screen surpasses the Galaxy Z Fold 4's 7.6-inch, although Honor's is capped at 90Hz in comparison with Samsung's 120Hz.

Honor additionally managed to make a thinner foldable with its 6.1mm thickness when open, beating the Z Fold 4 by 6.3mm. That does not sound like a lot, nevertheless it all makes a distinction to how a cellphone feels in hand, particularly when closed.

Maybe the perfect one-up the Magic Vs has over rival folding telephones within the West is that it closes utterly flat. Samsung's Flip and Fold telephones nonetheless shut in a wedge form.

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It is obtainable in a alternative of black or the sleek cyan blue shade we examined.

To the rear is a formidable array of cameras led by a 54Mp, f/1.9 lens utilizing the Sony IMX800 sensor. Add to {that a} 50Mp ultrawide and issues look good, with an 8Mp 3x optical zoom to finish the bundle.

In China, the foldable launched on Android 12 utilizing Honor's new MagicOS 7.0 software program pores and skin, however its worldwide model runs Android 13 and the up to date MagicOS 7.1.

Launching the Magic Vs internationally may show to be an excellent roadmap for Samsung, which has seen little actual competitors to this point. The Huawei Mate Xs 2 is spectacular, however Huawei's ordinary pitfalls mixed with the outside show design are off-putting.

Xiaomi's book-shaped foldable, the Mi Combine Fold 2, appears to be like slim and highly effective, similar to the Oppo Discover N2, however each are nonetheless confined to the Chinese language market. Foldables might be the long run, however we want firms like Honor to step up.

Listed below are the total specs of the Honor Magic Vs:

• Foldable 7.9-inch 90Hz OLED, 2272 x 1984p
• 6.45-inch 120Hz, 2560 x 1080p out of doors OLED
• Android 13 (MagicOS 7.1)
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset
• 12 GB RAM
• 512 GB of storage
• Digital camera:
  • 54Mp IMX800 major digital camera (f/1.9)
  • 50Mp ultra-wide and macro digital camera (f/2.0)
  • 8Mp 3x optical zoom digital camera (f/2.4)
  • 16Mp entrance digital camera (f/2.45)
• Aspect-mounted fingerprint sensor
• WiFi 6
• Bluetooth 5.2
• NFC
• 5G
• 4900mAh battery
• 66W wired charging
• Twin-SIM
• Peak
• Width
  • Unfolded: 141.5mm, folded: 72.6mm
• Depth
  • Unfolded: 6.1 mm, folded: 12.9 mm