Honor Magic Vs release date, price, specs and features
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The Honor Magic Vs is the successor to the Honor Magic V foldable phone and it looks like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 really gets its money’s worth.
The phone is already on sale in China and will soon hit European markets, so we know all the specs and features on offer.
Below is everything you need to know about the Honor Magic Vs, including its design, display, power, cameras, and details on when it might be released in your local region.
Cut to the chase
- What is it? The latest foldable phone from Honor
- When is it out? November 30, 2022 in China, then globally in Q1 2023
- How much is it? CNY 7,499 (approximately $1,050 / £880 / AU$1,580) in China and €1,599 in Europe (approximately $1,700 / £1,405 / AU$2,525)
Honor Magic Vs release date and price
The Honor Magic Vs was unveiled in China on November 23, 2022 and started shipping on November 30.
Fast-forward to MWC 2023 in February and alongside the launch of its new flagship, the Honor Magic 5 Pro, the company also stuck with European pricing, with regional availability still to come.
In China, the Honor Magic Vs starts at CNY 7,499, which equates to around $1,050 / £880 / AU$1,580. That’s for a model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, but there are more expensive configurations too, with 12GB/512GB topped out for CNY 8,999 (around $1,260 / £1,060 / AU$1,890).
As expected, prices outside of China are higher, retailing at €1,599 in Europe (around $1,700 / £1,405 / AU$2,525).
Honor Magic vs Design
The Honor Magic Vs is much like the Honor Magic V or the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, with a large folding display that opens up into a tablet-like expanse, or can be folded shut, leaving you with a smartphone-sized device.
There’s a punch-hole camera on the foldable screen, and there’s a large secondary screen that you can use when the phone is folded, with its own punch-hole camera.
The Honor Magic Vs comes in Cyan, Black and Orange tones, or at least they’re the colors mentioned in global press material – some images show other shades as well, though.
It weighs 261g and is 160.3mm long, and its remaining dimensions are 141.5 x 6.1mm when unfolded and 72.6 x 12.9mm when folded. That makes it both thinner and lighter than the previous model.
It should also withstand a lot of use, with Honor claiming the Magic Vs can withstand over 400,000 folds.
Honor Magic Vs View
The foldable screen on the Honor Magic Vs is a 7.9-inch 1984 x 2272 OLED display with 381 pixels per inch, a 90Hz refresh rate and brightness up to 800 nits.
The hinge design allows the Magic Vs to fold without a gap, according to Honor, and the company claims there’s no crease in the center of the screen – something even the best foldable phones have struggled with.
As for the exterior screen, that’s a 6.45-inch 1080 x 2560 OLED display with 431 pixels per inch, a 120Hz refresh rate and brightness up to 1200 nits. So in many ways it’s actually a better screen than the main foldable screen.
Honor Magic Vs cameras and battery
There’s a triple-lens camera on the back of the Honor Magic Vs, consisting of a 54MP f/1.9 main camera, a 50MP f/2.0 ultra-wide camera with a 122-degree field of view, and can also be used for macro shots. recordings and an 8 MP f/2.4 telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom.
There’s also a 16MP f/2.45 camera on the secondary screen, although oddly enough Honor hasn’t said anything about the selfie camera on the foldable screen.
As for the battery, that’s 5,000 mAh, which is larger than both the battery in its predecessor and the one in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4. It can also charge quickly, up to 66W. That’s apparently enough to charge in just 46 minutes for 100% chargeable
Honor Magic vs specs and features
There’s plenty of power here, with the Honor Magic Vs using a high-end Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset. That’s not as powerful as the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, but it’s the best chipset in a 2022 Android phone.
That comes with a choice of 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of storage. The Honor Magic Vs also supports 5G and runs on MagicOS 7.0, Honor’s custom interface on top of Android 12. The company has also committed to three years of OS updates and five years of security updates for the international release.
It also has dual stereo speakers and supports the company’s new Magic Pen stylus. All in all, on paper at least, this looks like it could easily become one of the best Honor phones, and could give Samsung some serious foldable competition