Last year Honor made a big splash with its Magic V2 which at the time was the thinnest foldable on the market, measuring 9.9mm in its folded state and 4.7mm when unfolded. Today Honor announced its successor – the Magic V3 which offers upgrades across the board in a slimmer and lighter body. Magic V3 measures just 9.2mm (camera bump not included) in its folded state and comes out to 4.35mm when you unfold its 7.92-inch main screen. Honor slimmed down its flagship foldable by utilizing an upgraded hinge mechanism which is just 2.84mm thick and is rated at 500,000 folds. The frame is made from 7-series aluminum alloy.
Even more impressively, Magic V3 weighs
just 226 grams – that’s 13 grams less than the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Z
Fold6 and on par with bar phones like the Magic6 Pro. Magic V3 features a
6.43-inch LTPO cover screen with FHD+ resolution, a 1-120Hz refresh rate. It’s
got a 20:9 aspect ratio which should help with general use and typing. It’s
also rated for 2,500 nits peak brightness and supports stylus input just like
last year’s Magic V2.
The main display is also of the LTPO OLED
variety and measures 7.92 inches. It’s got FHD+ resolution, a 1-120Hz adaptive
refresh rate, and is rated at up to 1,800 nits of peak brightness. Honor also
added a side-mounted ultra-narrow capacitive fingerprint sensor from Goodix
which allows for faster fingerprint enrollment.
Magic V3 brings Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8
Gen 3 chipset which is configurable with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB UFS 4.0
storage. Despite its slim and lifht profile, Honor still managed to fit a
larger vapor chamber (VC) cooling system than the outgoing Magic V2. The back
houses a trio of cameras with a 50MP main shooter (f/1.6 aperture) with OIS, а
50MP periscope with 3.5x optical zoom (f/3.0), and a 40MP ultrawide lens
(f/2.2). The cover and main screens also house 20MP front-facing cameras. Honor
is also promising support for the Harcourt portrait mode in August.
The software side is covered by MagicOS
8.0.1 based on Android 14 which comes with a host of AI features including
circle to search and Honor Parallel Space. The latter combined with the dual
SIM support allows you to split the main display and essentially have two
separate phones with their own apps and profiles. Honor Magic V3 comes in red,
white, green, and black colors. Pricing starts at CNY 8,999 (US$ 1,240) for the
12/256GB trim and goes up to CNY 10,999 (US$ 1,516) for the 16GB RAM and 1TB
storage model. Open sales in China start on July 19 but we did not get any confirmation
for a global launch just yet. Honor did confirm a Magic V3 satellite
connectivity edition is launching later this year.
