It is confirmed, but there remains a great mystery

The Honor Magic V3 was a reference of finesse in 2024. This year, Honor is relaunching his bet with the Honor Magic V5 (formalized a few days ago in China), the foldable smartphone ” The finest in the world ». We have already been able to take charge of the Honor Magic V5.

A technology jewelry

Honor’s know-how to design high-end folding smartphones is no longer to be proven. The construction of the Magic V5 is no exception to this reputation. The finish is impeccable, with a mixture of glass and aluminum. It is equipped with IP58 and IP59 certifications for its water resistance (immersion and high pressure jets) and dust, with a reinforced hinge, for a more robust structure than its predecessors.

On the technical side, it is propelled by the Snapdragon 8 Elite (the latest CRI of Qualcomm), with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. Two screens are there: an external 6.43 inch external screen of a definition of 2376 x 1060 pixels, and an internal screen of 7.95 inch (2352 x 2172 pixels).

The whole will offer LTPO technology, with a brightness of 5000 nits. The external screen has a Rhino Armor Glass coating (an alternative to the Gorilla Glass of Corning solution)

About the photo, the Chinese brand does not hold its blows to win in the face of its competitors. The module contains 3 photo sensors:

• Main sensor: 50 Mpx, f/2.0
• Ultra Grand-Angle sensor: 50 Mpx, f/1.6
• Telephoto sensor: 64 mpx, f/2.5 (X3 optical zoom, X100 optics)

The whole will be powered by a 5820 mAh carbon silicon battery (compared to 6100 in China), and accompanied by a wired recharge of 66 W in wired, as well as 50 W for wireless load.

Cocktail with artificial intelligence

Android 15 fuel and the Maison Magic OS 9 interface, the Magic V5 wants to stand out with lots of artificial intelligence functions.

Several AI tools are present, such as an energy management system, an on -board photo / zoom assistant, AI Eraser, Remove Reflection, Upscale, etc.

In partnership with communication services like Meta, Zoom or Telegram, AI Deepfake Detection will detect any anomaly during videoconferences.

Google Gemini is also native to the smartphone, with the addition of a multitasking function on the internal screen. This function will be used by Gemini Assistant, Gemini Live Screenshare, or Gemini Live Video. For example, you can drag and drop an image from an application to Gemini Assistant, summarize a text, or add an event to the calendar.

The start of the end

Like its predecessors, Magic V5 is a benchmark among folding smartphones. With these 4.1mm thick in open format (8.8mm closed for the white version, 9mm for other models), it is the finest smartphone in its category, as fine as two poker chips.

Visible limits quickly come to offend this vision of uncompromising finesse. The USB-C connector to start seems to be cramped on its chassis, and makes us understand that it will be more difficult to design a thinner smartphone in the future without taking this constraint into account.

The photo module is quite massive, which gives the impression that it is as thick as the smartphone itself.

In addition, the difference in finesse with its predecessor, although presents, is not striking (4.35mm thick for the Magic V3 unfolded screen), which could question the evolution of folding in this area in the future.

Price and availability: Honor plays the Mystery Map

Three of the colors will be in the catalog in France:

Regarding the golden color, note that the latter has specific elements of style, with a color contrast on the back, as well as a guilloche effect on its hinge.

The Honor Magic V5 will be available at the rate of ” XXXX€ »… No official price for the time being. However, expect at a four -digit price. It is displayed in China at 9999 yuan with equivalent configuration.