{"id":618,"date":"2023-05-31T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minden.biz\/?p=618"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:58:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:58:27","slug":"honor-magic-vs-5g-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minden.biz\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/honor-magic-vs-5g-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor Magic Vs 5G \u2013 Review."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Honor<\/p>\n

This is a big launch for Honor as this is the first non-Samsung horizontal folding phone that has been launched in the UK. It is also aiming to be undercutting the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the recently announced Pixel Fold. if you caught the recent article<\/a> that I published regarding the price for this phone you will have noted that you can get the Magic Vs for as little as \u00a31399 as the standard RRP, however, it is highly probable that this will be subject to discounts as Honor do love to do a good discount now and again. That is a massive and significant saving over the other two options on the market at this time.<\/p>\n

The Pixel Fold is coming in at \u00a31849 for a matching spec and the Z Fold 4 will cost \u00a31769 without any trade-in options on either phone. Now I know that these phones will offer things that the Magic VS cannot but the latest from Honor is by no means a slouch in any respect. I will be mainly focusing this review on the comparison with the Z Fold 4 as I have been using this as my primary phone for nearly 8 months outwith times when I have been using a review device. I have grown quite accustomed to the way I want my folding phone to work for me and things that can be improved in this area.<\/p>\n

So I would normally go into a full tour of the device and a specs list for you at this point in the review but I am going to skip that here and suggest that you pursue the Unboxing Article that I posted back when I first received the phone earlier this month.<\/p>\n

I will however include the specs list here again for those of you who don’t want to click over to that post above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dimensions<\/th>\nHeight 160.3mm,
\nWidth Unfolded:14.55, Folded 72.6mm,
\nDepth Unfolded 6.1mm Folded, 12.9mm<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Weight<\/td>\n267g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Back Material<\/td>\nGlass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colors<\/td>\nCyan, Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Operating System<\/td>\nMagicOS 7.1 (based on Android 13)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SoC<\/td>\nQualcomm\u00ae Snapdragon\u00ae 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform
\nCPU: 1 x Cortex -X2 @3.0Ghz
\n3 x Cortex-A710 @2.5ghz
\n4 x Cortex- A510@1.8GHz
\nGPU Adreno 730<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n12GB LPDDR5X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n512GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Connectivty<\/td>\nBluetooth 5.2,BLE, SBC, AAC, LDAC, APTX, APTX HD
\nUSB Type-C USB 3.1 GEN 1
\nWi-Fi Frequency 2.4GHz and 5 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battery<\/td>\n5,000 mAh (Dual-cell non-removable)
\n66X Wired Honor Supercharge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio<\/td>\nSymmetrical Stereo Dual Speakers, certified by IMAX Enhanced,
\n3-MIC Stereo Voice reception
\nDTS: X Ultra Algorithm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unlock Options<\/td>\nSide mounted Fingerprint,
\nFace Unlock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Network<\/td>\nSIM 1 and SIM 2
\n5G NR NSA\/SA, 4G TD-LTE \/ LTE FDD, 3G WCDMA, 2G CDMA \/ GSM
\ne-SIM Support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NFC<\/td>\nNFC enabled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DisplayParameters<\/td>\nInterior Screen<\/span>
\nSize: 7.9″
\nType: Foldable OLED, HDR10+
\nRefresh rate: up to 90Hz
\nBrightness: up to 800 nits
\nResolution:2272 x 1984 pixels
\nPixel density: 381 PPI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExterior screen<\/span>
\nSize: 6.45″
\nType: OLED,
\nHDR10+ Screen-to-body ratio: 90%
\nRefresh rate: up to 120Hz
\nBrightness: up to 1200 nits
\nResolution: 2560 x 1080 pixels
\nPixel density: 431 PPI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display Features<\/td>\nColour <\/span>1.07 billion colours, DCI-P3 wide colour gamut
\nEasy on the eye <\/span>Dynamic Dimming Circadian Night Display 1920Hz PWM Dimming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Main Camera<\/td>\nTriple<\/span> 54MP IMX800 Main Camera (f\/1.9),
\n50MP Ultra Wide & Macro Main Camera (f\/2.0),
\n8MP 3X Optical Zoom Camera (f\/2.4)Video: Up to 2160\u00d73840 pixels
\nPhoto: Up to 6144\u00d78768 pixels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Front Camera<\/td>\n16MP Camera (f\/2.45),
\nVideo: Up to 1080 \u00d7 2520 pixels,
\nPhoto: Up to 3456 \u00d7 4608 pixels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flash<\/td>\nDual LED Flash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smart features<\/td>\nMagic Text,
\nSmart Multi-window,
\nAPP Extender,
\nOne-swipe Split,
\nHorizontal Split,
\nVertical Split,
\nAdaptive Screen Rotate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In the Box<\/td>\nHonor Magic Vs 5G
\n66W Honor Wired Supercharge Power AdaptorType-A to C Cable
\nQuick Start Guide
\nWelcome Letter
\nSafety Information and WarrantyCard
\nProtective CaseScreen Protector (pre-applied)
\nSIM Tray Ejector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Design<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Honor<\/p>\n

Now that we have ticked that off it is time for a few of my thought now that I have used the phone and lived with it for a bit longer.<\/p>\n

First thing first and this won’t be a surprise for those of you who have used foldable already is that this phone has got a fair bit of heft about it. You will notice this in your pocket when you are stowing it, not just in the weight though as the phone is thicker than a candy bar design. This is hardly surprising as the phone essentially consists of two phones held together by a hinge assembly in the middle. Whilst I have mentioned the hinge this is an area where Honor has invested a lot of time and energy in the development of the phone and as such they have managed to achieve something that Samsung has not in that this hinge is a no-gap hinge and the actual size of it is considerably smaller than that of the Z Fold 4<\/p>\n

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The hinge is also slightly less complicated and whilst this does mean that the size is smaller it doe cause an issue when you are trying to find the correct screen angle when using it partially folded. The Z Fold 4 will be happy at most over approx 25 degrees to the full 180 degrees. This is down to the much more complex hinge design which Samsung has refined over 4 generations of development. Sadly the same cannot be said about the Magic Vs hinge as I found that it was only really happy at an opening angle between 35 degrees to about 150 degrees as the hinge does not have the same friction capabilities built into the device.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n