Honor Magic V5 vs iPhone 15 Pro

Honor Magic V5

Honor

8.6

The best book foldable of 2025

iPhone 15 Pro

Apple

8.6

Smaller, lighter Pro — same A17 + USB-C 3.0, no 5x periscope

Honor Magic V5

What Reviewers Agree On

The best book-style foldable of 2025 — top creators independently call it the best folding phone on the market.
World's thinnest book foldable (8.8mm folded / 4.1mm open) that feels like a normal flagship when closed.
Class-leading foldable battery — the ~5,820mAh silicon-carbon cell out-endures the Z Fold 7 and Oppo Find N5.
Dual 5,000-nit OLED LTPO 120Hz displays — a huge brightness jump over the Magic V3.
An industry-leading 7-year OS and security update commitment.

Deal Breakers

Pros & Cons

Honor Magic V5

Pros

The best book-style foldable of 2025 — top creators independently call it the best folding phone on the market.
World's thinnest book foldable (8.8mm folded / 4.1mm open) that feels like a normal flagship when closed.
Class-leading foldable battery — the ~5,820mAh silicon-carbon cell out-endures the Z Fold 7 and Oppo Find N5.
Dual 5,000-nit OLED LTPO 120Hz displays — a huge brightness jump over the Magic V3.
An industry-leading 7-year OS and security update commitment.

Detailed Comparison

Cameras

Honor Magic V5

A genuinely improved system over the Magic V3 — strong main and excellent subject separation — but the shortened telephoto reach and a high price keep it short of true flagship-camera status.

It's a triple 50MP main + 50MP ultrawide + 64MP periscope telephoto, with dual 20MP selfie cameras.
Cameras were a Magic V3 weakness, but on the V5 the camera is brilliant in 90% of situations with subject separation better than even Samsung and iPhone.
The main camera is the same as last year and the telephoto now has a shorter ~70mm reach.
At $1,500–$2,000 for a folding phone it should have the best camera sensors — there's a real sacrifice in the other two cameras here.

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iPhone 15 Pro

What Reviewers Agree On

Grade-5 titanium frame drops weight to 187g (~19g lighter than 14 Pro) — most-praised in-hand feel of any small flagship
Same A17 Pro 3nm chip with hardware ray tracing, 8GB RAM, NVMe — same performance as the $200-more Pro Max
Same USB-C 3.0 (10Gbps), Action Button, ProMotion 120Hz, 2000-nit peak as the Pro Max — Pro features in a compact body
Same Apple Intelligence support on iOS 18+ — future-proofs through iOS 23+ in 2030s
Genuinely pocketable 6.1-inch flagship — increasingly rare in a 6.7"+ Pro-Max-dominant market
WIRED 8/10 — 'iPhone 15 Pro is the small Pro that finally tempts large-Pro owners'

Deal Breakers

No 5x Tetraprism periscope — Apple gated it to Pro Max only, leaving the Pro stuck at 3x optical telephoto
$999 base is 128GB (vs Pro Max's $1,199 / 256GB) — feels stingy at the Pro price
Launch overheating: A17 Pro ran hot in early units, iOS 17.0.3 mitigated but didn't fully eliminate
Battery regressed slightly vs the 14 Pro in several real-world tests — owners coming from older iPhones may notice
Titanium frame discolors from hand oils, matte finish picks up fingerprints visibly — same complaint as Pro Max

iPhone 15 Pro

Pros

Grade-5 titanium frame drops weight to 187g (~19g lighter than 14 Pro) — most-praised in-hand feel of any small flagship
Same A17 Pro 3nm chip with hardware ray tracing, 8GB RAM, NVMe — same performance as the $200-more Pro Max
Same USB-C 3.0 (10Gbps), Action Button, ProMotion 120Hz, 2000-nit peak as the Pro Max — Pro features in a compact body
Same Apple Intelligence support on iOS 18+ — future-proofs through iOS 23+ in 2030s
Genuinely pocketable 6.1-inch flagship — increasingly rare in a 6.7"+ Pro-Max-dominant market
WIRED 8/10 — 'iPhone 15 Pro is the small Pro that finally tempts large-Pro owners'

Cons

No 5x Tetraprism periscope — Apple gated it to Pro Max only, leaving the Pro stuck at 3x optical telephoto
$999 base is 128GB (vs Pro Max's $1,199 / 256GB) — feels stingy at the Pro price
Launch overheating: A17 Pro ran hot in early units, iOS 17.0.3 mitigated but didn't fully eliminate
Battery regressed slightly vs the 14 Pro in several real-world tests — owners coming from older iPhones may notice
Titanium frame discolors from hand oils, matte finish picks up fingerprints visibly — same complaint as Pro Max

iPhone 15 Pro

48MP main + 12MP ultrawide + 12MP 3x telephoto + 12MP TrueDepth front. The notable miss vs the Pro Max is no 5x Tetraprism periscope — the Pro is stuck at 3x optical, the first time Apple meaningfully gated zoom by phone size.

Cameras: 48MP main (f/1.78, sensor-shift OIS), 12MP ultrawide (f/2.2), 12MP 3x telephoto (77mm, f/2.8), 12MP TrueDepth selfie.
NO 5x Tetraprism periscope — Apple kept it Pro Max exclusive. The 15 Pro caps at 3x optical telephoto with computational zoom to 15x.
48MP main + ProRAW + ProRes via USB-C 3.0 enable creator-grade workflows the smaller phone can now handle.
Daylight photo quality matches the Pro Max — sensor, processing and software are identical except the periscope.
vs Pixel 8 Pro at $999: Google's Tensor G3 wins on computational tricks (Magic Eraser, Magic Editor, Best Take); iPhone wins on natural color and video stabilization.

Performance

Honor Magic V5

Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers flagship-grade performance, with a default-off performance mode that conserves battery and heat at the cost of peak speed.

It runs the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite, so you can count on flagship-grade performance.
The high-performance mode is disabled by default to conserve battery and minimise heat; enabling it significantly raises performance.
Gaming with the full-HD inner display fully stretched out changes everything — though the battery does start to drain a little under sustained play.
Everything from form factor to software, support, battery, optics and AI feels very polished and mature.
Same-chip foldables behave differently on power output — efficiency gains from the 8 Elite plus the foldable software show in real endurance.

iPhone 15 Pro

Same A17 Pro 3nm chip with hardware ray tracing, 8GB RAM and NVMe storage as the Pro Max. Apple Intelligence on iOS 18+ requires this chip. Launch overheating issues real but largely fixed via iOS 17.0.3.

A17 Pro 3nm with 8GB RAM and NVMe storage — fastest mobile silicon at launch, identical to the Pro Max.
Apple Intelligence support on iOS 18.1+ — A17 Pro is the minimum chip required, future-proofs the phone.
Hardware ray tracing enables console-grade ports: Resident Evil 4, Death Stranding, Assassin's Creed Mirage run natively.
Launch overheating: A17 Pro ran hot in gaming and 4K shoots; iOS 17.0.3 mitigated but didn't fully eliminate — affects the smaller Pro slightly more due to thermal headroom.
In 2025, A17 Pro remains an absolute performer for everyday + intensive use — aged extremely well.