Honor is long-rumored to launch foldables. The brand itself has confirmed the same codenamed HONOR Magic X. Months later, a tipster now suggests a release timeline for not one but two Honor foldable smartphones.

According to Changan Digital King, Honor will launch two foldable smartphones before spring in China. If everything goes as planned, the first HONOR-branded foldables will be out in Q1 2022.

As per the tipster, one of these phones will unfold up and down, while the other will unfold left and right. In other words, the company will be releasing clamshell as well as tablet-style foldables like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3.

Previous reports have suggested that Honor’s large-screen foldable will be similar to HUAWEI Mate X2. It is not surprising as almost all devices launched by Honor after being sold off by Huawei still resemble its former parent company’s products. That’s mostly because the development of these devices might have started when the two brands were under one roof.

According to DSCC’s Ross Young, Honor will use foldable panels supplied by BOE and Visionox. The tablet-style foldable is expected to sport an 8-inch inner display and a 6.5-inch cover screen.

Honor was anticipated to release its first foldable in Q4 2020. But now, it doesn’t appear to be the case.

Lastly, although the official names of these upcoming devices are a mystery, there’s a chance that they might be called HONOR Magic Fold and HONOR Magic Wing, as per recent trademarks by the brand.

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Honor has ambitious plans for itself in the smartphone maker and is making progress towards that and recently became the third-largest smartphone brand in China, beating major companies like Xiaomi, among others.

The company is now gearing up to launch its first foldable smartphone and now it appears that the device could be called Honor Magic Fold or Honor Magic Wing. This is because the company has applied for the trademark of these two names in Europe.

It is being reported that the Honor Magic Fold is a foldable smartphone but the Honor Magic Wing could be a foldable smartphone or a laptop. We expect to know more details related to this in the coming weeks.

Based on the information available so far, the first foldable smartphone from Honor will source its display panel from BOE and Visionox. It is also said that the device will have an internal folding design, similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2.

Some reports have claimed that it will be featuring an inner foldable display of 8 inches and a cover display of 6.5 inches. There are also reports about the company gearing up to launch the Honor Magic X foldable phone, similar to the Huawei Mate X2 in terms of design.

Honor has continued to grow rapidly after it became an independent brand by splitting from Huawei last year and is now focusing on re-establishing its place and resuming operations in regions outside of its home country China. Along with that, the company also have some ambitious plan for market domination and is currently focusing on premium smartphones.

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Honor is now the third-largest smartphone brand in China. Honor CEO George Zhao had recently said that it will be aiming to gain popularity in the high-end market. Hence, it is expected to launch its own flagships like Huawei’s Mate and P lineup. A tipster from China has claimed that the company is working on its first foldable phone, which is codenamed Magic X. It is expected to break in Q4 this year.

According to the tipster, the Honor Magic X foldable phone will be similar to the Mate X2 in terms of design. Without mentioning any details, he added that the Honor is expected to offer some different features on the Magic X.

Display analyst Ross Young had previously claimed that Honor’s first foldable phone will come equipped with foldable panels supplied by BOE and Visionox. Other reports have claimed that it will be featuring an inner foldable display of 8 inches and a cover display of 6.5 inches.

The same tipster also claimed Huawei is working on a Mate V clamshell phone featuring a foldable screen. It may go official in Q4 this year and it may arrive with sub-10,000 Yuan (~$1,550) pricing. The device is likely to be aimed towards the female audience. At the same time, the brand is also expected to announce the GT3 series and Watch D lineup of smartwatches.

Coming back to Honor, the company is speculated to announce a new smartphone called the Honor X20 Max soon. It is expected to arrive with a humungous 7.2-inch display that offers a Full HD+ resolution, Dimensity 1100 chipset, and a 6,000mAh battery that supports 66W rapid charging. For photography, it may feature a 64-megapixel + 2-megapixel (macro) + 2-megapixel (depth) triple camera unit.

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It is no longer news that Honor is planning to release a new phone for its Magic series this year. Earlier reports have revealed that this new model will be a foldable smartphone. More details have now surfaced, revealing that we will be getting not one but two models in the Magic series and they will arrive as the Magic 3 and Magic X.

According to a tweet posted earlier today by RODENT950, Honor’s upcoming flagship phones include the Honor 40 series, the Magic 3, and the Magic X. We already know the Honor 40 series is expected to come later this summer. However, this is the first time we are knowing the official names of the new Magic series phones.

I'm looking forward to new Honor flagship products
including Honor 40 series, Magic 3 and Magic X, also new X20 mid-range phone pic.twitter.com/9sU4y1pSt7

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) March 17, 2021

In a separate tweet, the leaker revealed that the Magic 3 will have a Snapdragon 888 processor, a classic Magic design, and a single punch hole. He also says the phone will be announced in July of this year.

Seeing as the Magic 3 will have what we believe is a regular candybar design, it is safe to assume that the Magic X will be the foldable phone. Unfortunately, the leaker didn’t reveal which processor the Magic X will have or what foldable design it will adopt

Magic 3
SD888
Classic magic design
Single hole
Coming in July 2021

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) March 17, 2021

Another phone mentioned to be in the pipeline is the Honor X20 which will be a mid-range smartphone. This should be the successor to the Honor X10 5G that launched last May. We expect this new model to also have support for 5G and may likely be powered by a MediaTek processor.

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