Honor Magic Vs

“The Honor Magic Vs is a fairly priced foldable smartphone with good runtimes. It fascinates, but is unable to solve all the problems of its product class.”

“There's a lot to like about the Magic Vs and a lot that you'd think Honor should have gotten right for its second-gen foldable, but it hasn't. Key among the missed opportunities is the lack of true camera functionality on the cover display in the unfolded state - this way the Magic sacrifices one of the major selling points of the form factor. Sure, the inherent advantages of a large display in a physically small device are there and productivity is reasonably well taken care of in the software, but we want our rear-camera selfies! The Galaxy is ahead here.”

“The HONOR Magic Vs offers a well-rounded triple camera system, great OLED displays, good looks, super-fast charging and decent battery life. Unlike other Chinese foldables, it has full Google support and a competitive enough price to make even diehard Samsung fans pay attention.”

“The Honor Magic Vs leaves me with a mixed verdict. It’s clear that it offers some of the finest hardware you can get if you’re in the market for a foldable in the foreseeable future, even if it still uses the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. The battery is incredibly enduring, the hinge is stable, the phone is lighter than it has any right to be, and the crease isn’t too bad. I still don’t love the exterior screen that’s curved to one side only, but that’s the only big hardware trade-off I can point to.”