Mobile Word Congress (MWC) has kicked off in Barcelona, Spain. Honor has launched the Magic 5 series and Magic Vs at the ongoing tech trade show. The latter had debuted in the brand’s home market in November last year. The Magic Vs is the second foldable offering and arrives as the successor to the Magic V. Read on to know what the device offers out of the box.
The Honor Magic Vs is a horizontal folding smartphone. It has a light gearless hinge with single-piece casting technology. Honor says that it has used aerospace-grade materials in the hinge that is rated to withstand over 400,000 folds. The foldable phone measures around 12.9mm in thickness and weighs about 261g.
The Honor Magic Vs has a 6.45-inch external OLED display bearing a centre-aligned punch-hole cutout and a resolution of 2,560 x 1,080 pixels. It features a 120Hz refresh rate and 1,200 nits peak brightness. When unfolded, the internal OLED screen of the Magic Vs measures 7.9 inches with a resolution of 2272 x 1984 pixels, 90Hz refresh rate, and 800 nits peak brightness. Both the internal and external displays support 10-bit colour depth and 100 percent DCI-P3 colour gamut.
The Honor Magic Vs comes with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner embedded in the power button. On the audio front, it is equipped with IMAX Enhanced-certified dual stereo speakers with support for DTS:X Ultra and 3 microphones.
Coming to the optics, the Honor Magic Vs has a rectangular camera module on the back panel. It houses a 54MP Sony IMX800 primary sensor, a 50MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and an 8MP unit with a 3x telephoto shooter. The external screen has a 16MP camera for selfies.
Internally, the Honor Magic Vs is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor. It packs 12GB RAM and 512GB onboard storage. The foldable phone features a Dual TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) Security System co-developed with Qualcomm for hardware-level security. The device is backed by a 5,000mAh battery unit with support for 66W wired charging. It runs on MagicOS 7.0 based on Android 12 out of the box.
The Honor Magic Vs comes with dual SIM, 5G, WiFi, Bluetooth 5.2, GNSS, NFC, and a USB-C port.
The Honor Magic Vs carries a price tag of EUR 1,599 for the sole 12GB + 512GB variant. It is offered in Cyan and Black colour options. Availability and pricing will vary from region to region.
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