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The HONOR Magic V2 was announced in China back in July. At that time, we had no idea whether the phone would become available in more markets, even though we expected it to happen. Well, today, HONOR showcased the Magic V2 on a global stage for the first time ever, hinting at what’s to come.
The HONOR Magic V2 gets showcased on the global stage
The phone got presented at IFA 2023 in Berlin. The company did not say anything about its availability outside of China, though, not yet. It seems like it is coming to more markets, though, we just don’t know when… yet.
HONOR’s latest foldable is the thinnest book-style foldable smartphone on the market, at least as far as inwards-folding foldables are concerned. It is only 9.9mm thick when folded, which makes it almost as thin as some regular smartphones. The Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 and Mate X3 come close to this, but not quite. The Magic V2 holds the crown at the moment.
It’s extremely thin, and actually not that heavy for what it is
On top of that, the phone is quite light for its size. It weighs 231 grams, which is not light per se, but considering the fact it’s a rather large foldables… it’s light. It’s all in the perspective of things. The Pixel Fold, for example, weighs over 280 grams.
How did HONOR manage to do this? Well, it had to rebuild its hinge from the ground up (it’s made out of titanium), and in addition to that, the company used a Silicon-Carbon-Dual-Battery setup here. They have an average thickness of 2.72mm, which is crazy thin in terms of such high battery capacities. Those two batteries form a combined battery capacity of 5,000mAh.
It has been tested to withstand more than 400,000 folds
HONOR also wanted to emphasize that the phone has been tested to withstand more than 400,000 folds, which means you can fold it 100 times a day for 10 years. That’s plenty, needless to say.
The device looks quite sleek, and it comes in vegan leather (9.9mm when folded) and glass (10.1mm when folded) variants. When unfolded, the phone is 4.8mm thick, which is also unbelievably thin.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is here to fuel the phone, while 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM is included, and up to 1TB of UFS 4.0 flash storage. A 50-megapixel main camera is backed by a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera, and 20-megapixel telephoto cameras. For the two front-facing cameras (one on each display), HONOR used 16-megapixel cameras.
The HONOR Magic V2 has two 120Hz displays
Two 120Hz OLED displays are included here too, and both support a 120Hz refresh rate. The main, foldable one measures 7.92 inches, while the cover panel measures 6.43 inches.
We’ll let you know as soon as we get more information regarding the device’s availability outside of China.
