Honor Magic V3 evaluation – GSMArena.com assessments

Introduction

Considerably of an workplace favourite due to its slim profile (amongst different virtues), the Magic V2 has now gotten a alternative. The Honor Magic V3 goes world, making additional strides in the direction of pocketability, whereas additionally setting requirements for sturdiness, and bettering upon the digital camera system.

The V2 was the thinnest of its variety when it arrived, and now so too is the V3, at simply 4.4mm in pill kind or 9.3mm when it is posing as a bar cellphone. It is also gone lighter nonetheless, at 226g, and that is with an added wi-fi charging coil, and a bump in battery capability – is it engineers working at Honor or is it miracle staff?

Rhetorics apart, the burden and dimension reductions come courtesy of improved supplies, at the very least partially. The Magic V3’s panels and construct are notably powerful, Honor insists, they usually even had us torture a unit to see the place it breaks. There’s additionally an IPX8 ranking that takes issues additional than the usual’s minimal necessities.

Cameras on foldables are likely to lag behind industry-leading efforts on ‘plain’ smartphones, and the Magic V3 isn’t any exception. Nonetheless, this new era tremendously improves upon the zoom digital camera, reducing the variety of trade-offs you must make so as to have 300 sq. cm of display property in your pocket as an alternative of simply 100-ish.

The shows on the Magic V3 ought to be fairly nice, going by the specs pages, even when the one obvious enchancment is most brightness – extra on that somewhat in a while. Certain sufficient, there is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 to do the calculations, and half a terabyte (on the worldwide mannequin) looks like ample storage.

Here is a fast rundown of the important thing specs, earlier than we proceed.

Honor Magic V3 specs at a look:

• Physique: 156.6×74.0x9.2mm (folded), 156.6×145.3×4.4mm (unfolded), 226g; IPX8 water-resistant (as much as 2.5m for 30 min), Stylus help.
• Show: Primary: 7.92″ Foldable LTPO AMOLED, 1B colours, Dolby Imaginative and prescient, 120Hz, 1800 nits (peak), 2156x2344px decision, 9.78:9 side ratio, 402ppi; Cowl: 6.43″ OLED, 1B colours, 120Hz, Dolby Imaginative and prescient, 5000 nits (peak), 1060x2376px, 402 ppi, nanocrystal glass 2.0.
• Chipset: Qualcomm SM8650-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm): Octa-core (1×3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 & 3×3.2 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×3.0 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.3 GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 750.
• Reminiscence: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM.
• OS/Software program: Android 14, MagicOS 8.0.1.
• Rear digital camera: Large (most important): 50 MP, f/1.6, 1/1.56″, PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 50 MP, f/3.0, 1/2.51″, PDAF, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom; Extremely broad angle: 40 MP, f/2.2, 112˚, AF.
• Cowl/Inner digital camera: 20 MP, f/2.2, 90˚.
• Video seize: Rear digital camera: 4K@30/60fps (10-bit), 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS, OIS; Cowl/Inner digital camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS.
• Battery: 5150mAh; 66W wired, 50W wi-fi, 5W reverse wired.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Twin SIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.3, aptX HD, LDAC; NFC; Infrared port.
• Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); stereo audio system.

Honor Magic V3 unboxing

The Magic V3 ships in a correct full-size black field with an entire set of equipment – a premium product with a becoming therapy.

Particularly good is the included protecting resolution – the soft-feeling fake leather-based snap-on again cowl can flip right into a stand due to the swing-out octagonal digital camera ring. There’s additionally a frame-like piece to connect to the duvet portion, with adhesive strips to make sure it stays into place.

Additionally bundled is an influence adapter rated for 66W, in addition to a USB-A-to-C cable to finish the hyperlink.