HONOR Magic V5 launched: SD8 Elite, 7.95-inch 120Hz foldable OLED, 6,100mAh battery, and 4.1mm thin
HONOR introduced its new Magic V5 flagship foldable, featuring the Snapdragon 8 Elite, a 6,500mAh battery, and a thickness of 4.1mm when unfolded.
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| HONOR Magic V5 in four colorways |
The thinnest HONOR flagship foldable yet
HONOR is boasting that its new Magic V5 is the new world's thinnest foldable beating the OPPO Find N5, and that it builds on the legacy of the Magic V3 with improvements in design, durability, AI integration, battery and imaging.
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| HONOR Magic V5 is 8.8mm thick |
The Magic V5 is apparently designed with an eight-curve frame and a 3D diamond-cut finish that reflects light. The company says that it drew from both Eastern and Western architectural styles, and that it will come in either Ivory White, Black, Dawn Gold, or Reddish Brown.
The Ivory White model is the thinnest, with a thickness of 8.8mm when folded and 4.1mm unfolded. Other colors are slightly thicker at 9.0mm when folded and 4.2mm unfolded. The phone weighs 217 to 220 grams.
HONOR says that the new foldable comes with a Luban Suspension Hinge made of durable steel that has been tested for 500,000 folds. The phone's frame is reinforced with a carbon fiber back plate and dual aerospace-grade fiber layers, which makes it flexible and supposedly 40 times more impact resistant.
It features a 7.95-inch foldable OLED inner screen with a 2,352 x 2,172 resolution and a 6.43-inch outer OLED with 2,376 x 1,060 resolution. Both panels feature an adaptive 1-120Hz refresh rate, a 5,000 nits peak brightness, and an HDR Vivid and Dolby Vision certification. The Inner screen is Glory King Kong Flexible Armor protected, while the outer screen is Giant Rhino Glass protected.
Inside the phone are the Snapdragon 8 Elite, Adreno GPU, 12GB/16GB RAM, 256GB/512GB/1TB storage, and a 5,820mAh battery. Only the 1TB variant comes with a 6,100mAh battery. The phone features 66W fast wired charging, 50W wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging.
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| HONOR Magic V5's rear camera module |
At the back of the phone are the 50MP f/1.6 main camera, a 50MP f/2.0 ultra-wide camera, and a 64MP f/2.5 periscope telephoto with laser focus and rear color temperature sensor. HONOR did not specify which cameras take advantage of EIS and OIS. On both the outer and inner folding screens are 20MP f/2.2 selfie cameras.
Other features include 5G, 4G LTE, USB 3.1 Gen 1 with DP 1.2, WiFi 7, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, OTG, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, AGPS, Galileo, QZSS, stereo speakers, and triple microphones.
Running the show is Android 15-based MagicOS 9.0.1 with HONOR YOYO agent, AI taxi, AI PPT, AI programming, AI screen recognition, AI intent search, AI Magic retouching, AI recognition of passers-by, reflection elimination, wrinkle removal, AI subtitles, AI translation, AI call assistant, AI help write, YOYO memory, HONOR Replacement Clone, AI Motion Sickness Soothing Display, AI Voiceprint Noise Reduction, Smart Privacty call, and Vibration Enhancement.
China price with direct to PHP conversion (no taxes and duties yet):
HONOR Magic V5 12GB/256GB - CNY 8,999 (around PHP 70.8K)
HONOR Magic V5 16GB/512GB - CNY 9,999 (around PHP 78.7K)
HONOR Magic V5 16GB/1TB - CNY 10,999 (around PHP 86.5K)
The Magic V5 is now available for pre-order in China and will officially be available in authorized distributors and HONOR stores in China on July 4, 2026.
FoneArena expects HONOR to introduce the foldable internationally later this year. However, there is no word yet on the global release date or pricing.
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