It has cost, but I can finally recommend them to anyone. The new folding have nothing to do with what we had a few years ago. And the new Magic V5 honor is the best example. They still have the same format, but Hand experience has finally equated to use a traditional mobile. A point that has not been easy to achievebut that in the middle of 2025 we can already say that it has been achieved.
In my case it was with the OPPO FIND N5 When I had this feeling for the first time. That of a folding that did not seem heavy or uncomfortable. With the Magic V3 We experience it, with the Samsung Galaxy Z fold7 We have proven that it is the new norm and with the Magic V5 honor we ask ourselves directly to what extent the folding can improve even more in their external design.
There is no finer folding
In a presentation event in London, Honor has presumed to launch the thinner folding smartphone in the world, with Only 8.8 millimeters thick. This figure does not include the high part of its generous camera, but it doesn’t matter. The sensation in hand when we fold it is the same as when we use a traditional high range. It is not an ultralight mobile, because it weighs 217 grams, but it is not a figure that differs from many flagships. If we compare it with the iPhone 16 Pro Max (227 grams), we have a lighter mobile.
Using it folded is practice to use a normal mobile. And we do not say it to say, the truth is that we have seen the majority of colleagues Use it for a large part of the folded time. Literally forgetting that we are facing a folding mobile. Only when it is needed is when we consider opening it and taking advantage of its 7.95 -inch interior screen.
When opening it and putting it on the table on the table we realize how really fine it is: 4.1 mm thick in its white model. Fortunately it does not feel at any time fragile. Honor explains that he has also added an anti -raying shield and the inner panel is reinforced with carbon fiber. But If you transmit security despite how thin it is, it is mainly for the hingewhere this year there have been improvements. In the absence of an analysis with more time of use, the feeling that I have to open and close it is excellent, although I would not say that very different from what we have with the Z FOLD7.
The Magic V5 honor has IP58 classification of dust and water resistance, a level of security that exemplifies how well integrated and sealed the hinge is. It is ahead of the IP48 of the Z Fold 7, although at this honor point behind Google with its new Pixel 10 Pro foldthat although it is considerably thicker, it does reach the IP68 certification.
Neither one nor two, until three
If the folding ones have so much potential, it is for all the possibilities that it allows for such a large screen. In addition to improving their design and hardware, these devices are also taking great steps in terms of software. The Magic V5 honor comes with much AI, how could it be otherwise in 2025.
Honor has allied with Google To offer presinstalized Gemini. This allows access to functions such as Gemini Live to ask things that you see through the camera or the creation of videos through images with I see. I liked that honor will create a Quick shortcut to access Gemini, simply touching the back twice. Long life to gestures, both tactile and physicists in different parts of the device.
Artificial intelligence also makes an appearance in photo editing, call translation and conversations translation. As well as in the portrait mode and the zoom, with that triple camera with a 50MP main sensor, ultra wide angle of another 50MP and 64 MP teleobjective.
But the function that we will probably use is improved multi-flex mode. We can Use up to three applications simultaneouslywhich is a more step with respect to the multipant that we usually have in Android and one of the strengths of the folding book type. Honor and its magic layer 9.0 are taking steps in the good direction to take advantage of the format. In the case of the three applications, with a button we can change your address and the screen is divided into three zones. Unfortunately, as is the case with the multipant of two, not all applications or settings menus are compatible.
Samsung has put the batteries, but honor is still at the forefront
Samsung is an undisputed leader in Europe in folding. His Galaxy Fold He was the main pioneer and has earned his own right to be the reference. However, for many years Samsung has gone behind the competition. It was honor with his First Magic v The one who highlighted the importance of thinness in the folding and not leave hole when closing. Since then with its successive models it has been the manufacturer who has held the record of thinness.
He Magic V2 Honor He was the first to get off the 10 mm folded and Magic V3 last year already marked a record with 9.9mm. The difference with Samsung was huge, because the Z fold6 It stayed above 12 mm folded thick. Fortunately Samsung has made a huge leap with its new Z Fold7 and the difference has been reduced to the minimum. In fact, it was Samsung’s goal to boast of having the thinnest folding, but Honor wanted to steal this position. The important thing although it is not the one who has the lowest data, but the fact that both have finally reached a pleasant point for the user. Millimeter to millimeter We have finally reached the state we all asked.
In fact, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is lighter than the Magic V5 honor. But it is not something to show off and this is simply because while Samsung offers 4,400 mAh in its folding, the Magic V5 honor presumes 5,820 mAh. A huge difference. The trick is found in the use of up to 15% silicon content in the cells. It is a material that is increasingly manufacturers in batteries to increase the capacity and the truth is that the autonomy of Magic V5 plays in another league.
At the budget level there is little to comment. Unfortunately for our pockets the folding are still high -price mobilearound all 2,000 euros. In the case of Magic V5 we have 1,999 euros for the model with 16+512GB. Although at the design level they have thinned, they have not done so in price.
China has seen a chance with folding
The folding are still a niche, but expectations are real. According to him Last report of the firm Counterpoint Researchfolding books still represent less than 1% of total smartphones sales. In 2024, only 2% of users who want a premium range mobile ends up betting on a folding. But According to analysts, this figure will grow to 10% in 2028.
The panorama changes rapidly. Last year, the sales of the folding books grew 60% in Europe. It is a very high figure, although it is easy to grow both when the global fee remains low.
It is more interesting to see how the partial fee of each manufacturer has changed. And this is where we appreciate the growth of honor. If in 2022 Samsung had 98% share in Europe, in just two years it has remained at 50%. Honor has grown 377% in a year to reach 34% of the folding quota in Europestepping on Samsung’s feet.
They do not appear in this image or Xiaomi or Huawei, who is the main seller of folding mobiles worldwide behind Samsung, according to Counterpoint data from the beginning of 2025.
Apple knows: everything revolves around the hinge
The step forward that has honored and Samsung is no accident. By 2026 The folding market is expected to accelerate And there is a simple explanation: the arrival of the folding iPhone by Apple. As usual, Apple is neither the fastest nor the first, but its presentations are always highly expected because they mark the pattern. However, As many wonder about artificial intelligence, It remains to be seen if Apple will not be late for the folding sector.
Android manufacturers have already managed to create comfortable folding to use in hand. After several years of experience, the folding format begins to show maturity symptoms. But this maturity that just begins to emerge has not yet moved in sales. And that’s A gold opportunity for Apple.
Will Apple be able to improve the design of mobiles such as Magic V5 honor? According to the first rumors. The Ming-Chi Kuo analyst points at a thickness between 9 and 9.5 mm folded and between 4.5 and 4.8 mm deployed. While, more seeing the jump made by Samsung with its latest model, it is not disposable that the next rumors improve those figures. But when the river sounds … and this means that Apple does not seem to break the deck in the design of its folding.
Where Apple does want to hit the table is in the hinge. Apple is aware and would be Working with the company Lens Technology To lose weight the part of the hinge, in order to offer a more resistant glass sheet and with it Improve the durability and visibility of the interior screen. Honor knows its importance and precisely why it highlights its durability. The Magic V5 honor is a brutal folding that has just put the list very high. We will see what in the manga they teach, but Apple has a lot to do if you want to improve it.
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