Honor today announced the global launch of its foldable smartphone Honor Magic Vs while attending the Mobile World Congress MWC 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.
The Chinese company launched the (Honor Magic VS) phone in China at the end of November last year, and it is the successor to the (Honor Magic VS) phone that was launched early last year.
The global version of the phone is sold in blue and black and costs €1,599 for the 12GB/512GB option.
The new phone is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, and the weight savings are attributed to a new hinge design that allows the phone to open and close without a gap, according to the company.
The new phone (Honor Magic VS) is powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and comes with 8 GB or 12 GB of random memory, in addition to 256 GB or 512 GB of internal storage.
The Honor Magic VS mobile phone uses a 7.9-inch foldable internal OLED display with a resolution of 2272 x 1984 pixels, a frequency of 90Hz, and a brightness of 800 lumens. Theoretically, and by virtue of these specifications, the screen of the new phone is similar to that of its predecessor (Honor Magic V).
The external screen is of the type OLED, with dimensions of 6.45 inches, with a resolution of 2560 x 1080 pixels, a frequency of 120 Hz, and support for HDR10 + technology, which, thanks to 10-bit technology, has the advantage of more than 1 billion display colors.
Honor claims that the foldable display is wrinkle-free because the new hinge is "designed with a one-piece processing technology." Instead of 92 elements, now there are only 4 with the same strength and durability. According to the company, the hinge has been tested in its lab to withstand more than 400,000 flexes and more than a decade of use, assuming the phone is opened and closed 100 times a day.
(Honor Magic VS) is famous for its three cameras, where the main camera has a resolution of 54 megapixels and an f / 1.9 lens slot with a Sony IMX800 sensor, along with a second 50-megapixel camera dedicated to ultra-wide angle and close-up photography, the third camera is dedicated to the image depth of 8 megapixels and 3x optical zoom.
As for the front camera, which has a resolution of 16 megapixels and an f / 2.45 lens slot in the external screen slot, the company did not announce anything about the device’s foldable screen camera, which it uses in conferences.
Honor Magic VS has a built-in 5000mAh battery, supports 66W fast charging technology, and can charge from 0% to 100% in 46 minutes. The phone is programmed to work with the new MagicOS 7.0 user interface based on the Android 12 operating system.