Honor Magic V now official, its first foldable flagship

Honor joins the foldable race with their first flagship foldable — the Honor Magic V.

‘Creaseless, symmetrical display’

Honor says the Honor Magic V is unlike any other foldable that’s already in the market. For one, it’s waterdrop hinge technology makes it the slimmest one available right now. It also makes the device creaseless and symmetrical when unfolded.

When folded, there’s a 6.45-inch 44° curved OLED display available for use. It has a 21.3:9 screen aspect ratio, making it a little tall and narrow. When unfolded, it opens up to a 7.9-inch display for a more tablet-like experience.

Both screens support a 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut and delivers up to 1.07 billion colors with a screen refresh rate of up to 120Hz. Specifically, 90Hz on the unfolded screen and 120Hz on the folded screen. The Honor Magic V is also the first foldable smartphone to receive the IMAX Enhanced certification.

Built to perform

Powering the the Honor Magic V is Qualcomm’s all-new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 5G processor. It also has 12GB of RAM with 256GB of internal storage. It’s backed by a 4,750mAh battery that supports 66W HONOR SuperCharge. That tech enables it to be juiced up to 50 percent within just 15 minutes.

Honor Magic UI 6.0 makes its debut on the Honor Magic V. It offers a range of enhanced, customized features to provide a smart life experience through its AI Engine called Magic Live.

Magic Live lets the foldable act as a personal assistant, intelligently learning a user’s habits and behaviors to provide tailored recommendations. Naturally, there will be support for multi-windows to truly take advantage of the foldable form factor.

Megapixel mania

All the rear cameras are 50MP shooters. Yep, all three of them: 50MP f/1.9 wide camera, 50MP f/2.2 ultra wide angle camera, and 50MP f/2.0 spectrum enhanced camera. On the front, there’s a 42MP f/2.4 selfie shooter. Naturally, the numbers don’t tell the whole story. We’ll have to try it for ourselves to see exactly how good the cameras are.

It does offer various shooting modes supported by the Honor Image Engine. These are Night, HDR, and Zoom. The advanced imaging system enhanced by AI aims to deliver best-in-class multi-camera computational photography everytime, no matter where you are or what you are shooting.

Pricing and availability

The Honor Magic V comes in three colors: Black, Space Silver and Burnt Orange. It’s available in China starting January 18 and pricing are as follows:

12+256GB — CNY 9,999

12+512GB — CNY 10,999