Honor announces folding Magic V, complete with flagship power, unique camera system

(Pocket-lint) - Honor has announced the latest summation to its smartphone range, and its archetypal user foldable: the Magic V. 

In a batch of ways, the Magic V takes a precise akin attack to the Huawei Mate X2, offering a large, usable surface connected the screen and a immense tablet-sized flexible surface inside. 

The smaller of those 2 displays - the 6.45-inch screen surface - has a 21:9 cinematic ratio, and a solution of 1080 x 2560. What's more, it tin scope up to 1000 nits highest brightness and 120Hz refresh rates, meaning it matches show of astir high-end flagship telephone displays. 

The main show - the flexible interior 1 - measures 7.9-inches diagonally, tin scope 90Hz refresh rates and up to 800 nits brightness. 

At 2272 x 1984 resolution, it offers 382 pixel-per-inch density, meaning  - arsenic Honor was blessed to constituent retired - it's sharper and brighter than an iPad mini screen.

When folded, the interior surface curves somewhat wrong the hinge, truthful there's little unit connected a azygous constituent and has enabled Honor to marque the spread astatine the hinge virtually invisible. 

As with immoderate foldable phone, determination are immoderate neat bundle tricks to marque the astir of the ample panel, similar side-by-side multitasking. 

Perhaps much impressive, however, is that it's among the archetypal smartphones with IMAX Enhanced certification, and has HDR10+ support. 

On the back, Honor has equipped a trio of 50-megapixel cameras. Although, dissimilar astir phones this triple camera strategy doesn't diagnostic a telephoto zoom. 

Instead, Honor's Magic V has a superior camera, alongside an ultrawide and a 'spectrum enhanced camera' which captures much colour/spectrum wavelengths than mean telephone cameras. 

The Honor Magic V volition beryllium disposable successful 3 colours: black, achromatic and burnt orange, each of which diagnostic antithetic finishes. The orangish features a vegan leather rear, with the 2 solid models diagnostic different, distinguishable patterns. At 14.3mm bladed erstwhile shut, it's 1 of the slimmest foldable phones to day too. 

It's powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 preocessor, making it the archetypal foldable telephone to diagnostic that chipset. Other specs see a 4750mAh artillery which supports 66W wired charging. 

Honor hasn't yet said erstwhile the telephone volition beryllium launching globally, but we'll update this station erstwhile planetary motorboat details are revealed. 

It'll travel successful 2 variants. There's a 12GB/256GB model, with a terms acceptable astatine 9999RMB successful China, which is astir $1570 (US)/£1160 (UK)/€1385 (EUR). There's besides a 12GB/512GB model, which volition outgo 10999RMB - that's $1725 (US)/£1270 (UK)/€1525 (EUR). 

Writing by Cam Bunton. Originally published connected 10 January 2022.