Introduction
Foldables out of China are going international left and proper, aiming to problem Samsung’s dominance within the subject, and the Honor Magic Vs is the most recent to make its worldwide debut. A second-gen foldable from Honor, the Magic Vs builds on the V from final yr, including refinement to the shifting bits, enhancing the digicam system, and tweaking the shows and battery.
We had an early have a look at the Magic Vs late final yr, and whereas that unit was prepared for prime time by way of {hardware}, it wasn’t remaining when it got here to software program. This one right here is, so you will be getting the same old check outcomes, together with battery life (spoiler: stable) and digicam samples – we could not check these three months in the past.
The Magic Vs relies on a 7.9-inch foldable OLED show that is nonetheless capped at 90Hz (Samsung’s Z Fold4 can do 120Hz). It is now brighter than the V’s, Honor says, as is the 6.45-inch cowl show, which can refresh at as much as 120Hz.
The folding mechanism is new on the Vs, in comparison with the V, with Honor abandoning gears in favor of a gearless hinge. Decreasing the complexity in addition to the adoption of magnesium and titanium alloys within the construct has made the Vs some 10% lighter than the V – a most welcome improvement. That is with a bigger battery than the older mannequin too – 5,000mAh vs. 4,750mAh.
A few modifications within the digicam system make the Magic Vs a extra succesful cameraphone, we reckon. A telephoto digicam replaces the ‘ultra-spectrum’ 50MP module on the Magic V that we by no means fairly acquired to expertise. It could be a comparatively modest 8MP 3x unit, however some telephoto is healthier than no telephoto. The 54MP major digicam is new for this technology, too, whereas the 50MP ultrawide has been carried over. A few 16MP selfie cameras, one punch gap per show, carry the tally as much as 5 cameras.
The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 ticks contained in the Magic Vs, including a plus over the Magic V’s chipset. And within the months between the preliminary launch in China and the worldwide rollout Honor’s put collectively an Android 13-based construct of Magic UI (the one we had for the hands-on was on Android 12), so it is properly present on the software program entrance.
Honor Magic Vs specs at a look:
- Physique: 160.3×141.5×6.1mm, 267g/261g; Glass entrance, glass again or eco leather-based again, magnesium alloy body, titanium alloy folding mechanism.
- Show: 7.9″ Foldable OLED, 1B colours, 90Hz, HDR10+, 1984x2272px decision, 10.3:9 side ratio, 382ppi; Cowl show: OLED, 1B colours, 120Hz, HDR10+, 6.45″, 1080x2560px, 431 ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm): Octa-core (1×3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3×2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4×1.80 GHz Cortex-A510); Adreno 730.
- Reminiscence: 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM.
- OS/Software program: Android 13, Magic UI 7.1.
- Rear digicam: Huge (principal): 54 MP, f/1.9, 27mm, 1/1.49″, 1.0µm, PDAF; Extremely broad angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 13mm, 122˚, AF; Telephoto: 8 MP, f/2.4, PDAF, 3x optical zoom, OIS.
- Entrance digicam: 16 MP, f/2.5, (broad).
- Video seize: Rear digicam: [email protected]/60fps (10-bit), [email protected]/60fps, gyro-EIS, HDR10+; Entrance digicam: [email protected], gyro-EIS.
- Battery: 5000mAh; 66W wired, 5W reverse wired.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); NFC; Infrared port; stereo audio system.
Honor Magic Vs unboxing
The Magic Vs ships in a big black cardboard field with a tremendous striped sample and a matte end. Inside, the handset lies unfolded in a tray with the equipment in additional bins positioned in devoted compartments – a decidedly premium presentation, if not all that environmentally pleasant.
The bundled peripherals embody a 66W adapter to match the telephone’s specified charging capabilities and a cable to go along with it.
Additionally contained in the field is a protector for the again of the telephone – the one floor that does not characteristic a show of some type. It is a mixed snap-on/sticker design – it would keep on with out the adhesive strip, however the sticker supplies an additional stage of holding energy, after all.
