It’s official: Honor is making a flip-style folding telephone.
CEO George Zhao confirmed the information in an interview with CNBC on the MWC tech present in Barcelona.
Honor has already launched three book-style foldables, the newest of which being the Magic V2. Nevertheless, this new system will look and hopefully be priced very in another way.
However what precisely can we anticipate? Right here is every little thing we all know at this level.
What’s going to Honor’s flip telephone be referred to as?
Nothing has been revealed thus far, but it surely’s nearly sure to hold the ‘Magic’ title. That’s one thing we’ve seen on each cellular system that Honor has launched.
The corporate’s book-style units use ‘V’ branding, hinting on the form it makes whereas unfolding. If Honor continues down that path, its flip telephones might be often known as ‘F’ units.
Alternatively, it could merely be often known as the ‘Honor Magic Flip’. We’ll have to attend and see.
When will the Honor flip telephone be launched?
Honor has not revealed a particular launch date for its newest telephone, although CEO George Zhao mentioned in an interview with CNBC in February 2024 that the corporate was making ready for a launch “this yr”.
He went on to say that it was “internally within the closing stage”, so it appears extremely probably that we’ll see an official launch earlier than the top of 2024.
As for a extra particular date, it’s nearly not possible to foretell. One thing that’s probably, given Honor’s monitor report, is an preliminary Chinese language launch adopted by a worldwide launch months later.
With that in thoughts, it won’t arrive in Europe till early 2025, although that’s pure hypothesis at this stage.
Nevertheless, Honor stresses that the model’s focus is starting to shift to the worldwide market, so this yr’s launch could be the one the place the system is launched on the identical time in China, and Europe.
However has by no means launched any of its merchandise within the US, so don’t anticipate that to vary.
How a lot will the Honor flip telephone price?
At this level, we’ve no official data on the value of the system. This would be the first system of its form from the producer, so we additionally haven’t any method of basing its potential worth on earlier generations.
Nevertheless, Honor’s newest book-style foldable, the Magic V2, prices lower than its opponents from Samsung or Google.
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We subsequently anticipate the upcoming flip telephone from Honor to price under or at the least the identical because the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 (from $999.99/£1,049) and Motorola Razr 40 Extremely ($999/£1,049).
Nevertheless, it’ll do effectively to be cheaper than the £799 common Razr 40 within the UK.
What specs and options will the Honor flip have?
Honor has not confirmed any details about its upcoming flip telephone.
Nevertheless, Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station (through GSMArena) means that the primary flip foldable from Honor will arrive with a 4,500mAh battery, which might be the very best capability of any of those units.
On the MWC 2024 tech present in Barcelona, Honor was focusing closely on AI. A number of options are coming to the flagship Magic 6 Professional, an everyday slab telephone, but it surely’d be an enormous shock in the event that they didn’t come to its flip telephone too.
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In truth, Honor’s AI is simply prone to get extra subtle over time, so there could also be new AI options by the point the flip telephone launches.
Assuming the system is high-end, it’ll in all probability run both Qualcomm’s present Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 or upcoming 8 Gen 4. Count on the principle show to be bigger than the Magic V2‘s 6.43-inch cowl display screen and even perhaps greater than the Magic 6 Professional‘s 6.8-inch panel.
In the identical interview with CNBC, Honor CEO George Zhao revealed that the corporate is engaged on a wise ring that’ll probably go head-to-head with Samsung’s Galaxy Ring.
A launch date for that’s extra unsure than the flip telephone, however they’re prone to work effectively collectively as a part of Honor’s ecosystem.