Honor has confirmed the specs for the Magic V5 foldable forward of its world launch, and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 may very well be in a spot of hassle.
These issues begin with the size of Honor’s new foldable. At simply 4.1mm when open and eight.8mm thick when closed, the Magic V5 seems set to undercut Samsung’s redesign, which is rumoured to be 0.1mm thicker in each orientations.
One other stand-out spec right here is the Honor Magic V5’s 5820mAh battery. That’s greater than the Honor Magic V3’s 5150mAh, and considerably greater than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7’s rumoured 4400mAh capability.
It has the very best design of any book-style foldable proper now, providing loads of upgrades in comparison with the Magic V3.
Honor Magic V5 digital camera specs
We discovered the Honor Magic V3 to have a robust digital camera set-up for a foldable, notably in the principle and telephoto departments, although the ultra-wide was slightly weak.
Honor could also be addressing that within the Magic V5, with a brand new set-up that features a 50MP f/1.6 foremost digital camera (as earlier than), a brand new 50MP ultra-wide, and a brand new 64MP telephoto digital camera.

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There’s one other pair of 20MP selfie cameras – one on the inner display, and one on the exterior show.
Speaking of which, the Honor Magic V5 will pack a 7.95-inch inside LTPO OLED with a 120Hz peak refresh charge, a 2352 x 2172 decision, and a 5000 nits peak brightness. That’s slightly greater and far brighter than earlier than, and shall be an actual problem for Samsung’s new foldable to prime.
Honor will solely affirm that its foldable has a ‘Tremendous Armoured Internal Display’ at this level, so we’ll have to attend and see on that entrance.
Honor Magic V5 design and efficiency
The identify of that inside show signifies a specific amount of toughening up on the Magic V5’s half, and that carries by means of to an IP58 & IP59 certification.
We’ve heard combined issues concerning the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7’s degree of mud and water resistance, however the newest hearsay is that it’s going to nonetheless solely function IP48 certification.
Honor revealed photographs of the Magic V5 in three colors, as featured right here. These embrace a white and gold mannequin, a beigey mannequin, and a black mannequin.
Snapdragon 8 Elite energy ought to see the Magic V5 performing in addition to any flagship telephone of 2025. It stays to be seen if the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will run on Samsung’s Exynos 2500 chip, as rumoured, and in that case whether or not that chip shall be aggressive with Qualcomm’s. Historical past suggests in any other case.

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Lastly, you possibly can anticipate 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage as commonplace within the UK mannequin of the Honor Magic V5.
We’ll have to attend and see how all this ties collectively, and to verify the entire finer particulars. Now we have lingering considerations following the Honor Magic V3’s cluttered software program and premium pricing, particularly.
However the Magic V5 is already shaping as much as be a premium slice of foldable. Samsung has a job on its arms if it’s to place the Galaxy Z Fold 7 because the ‘Extremely’ foldable choice of 2025.

