Honor Magic V5 vs Xiaomi 13 Ultra

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.

Xiaomi 13 Ultra

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 + 16GB RAM delivers flagship-class performance with strong thermal headroom — Xiaomi's tune is among the best of 2023 SD 8 Gen 2 phones for sustained tasks.

• Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 + 16GB RAM + 512GB UFS 4.0 storage — top-tier 2023 silicon and the most RAM of any flagship phone.
• Wired: 'a smooth operator' with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 + 12GB RAM (global variant) — no real-world performance complaints.

Honor Magic V5

The Magic V5's defining strength: a thin-but-dense ~5,820mAh silicon-carbon cell that wins extreme drain tests against the Z Fold 7 and Oppo Find N5, with fast 66W wired and 50W wireless.

• In an extreme multi-task drain test it finished first at 7h31m, beating the Oppo Find N5 (7h27m) and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 (5h57m).
• It's the first foldable that consistently delivered over 10 hours of screen-on time — all-day heavy usage mixing inner and outer screens.
• It beat the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by almost 1h35m of battery and even defeated the Oppo Find N5 in a super-extreme test.
• The ~5,820mAh silicon-carbon cell charges at 66W wired (full in roughly an hour, >90% in ~40 minutes) plus 50W wireless.
• One content reviewer never got it close to dropping below 5% in a heavy day's usage — exceptional for a foldable.
• Wireless and wired charging both require Honor's proprietary chargers to hit peak speeds.

Xiaomi 13 Ultra

5,000mAh battery + class-leading 90W wired and 50W wireless charging — Reddit's drain shootout placed it ahead of S22 Ultra, OnePlus 11, and Pixel 7 Pro at 10h 26min total SOT.

• 5,000mAh battery + 90W wired (full in ~35 min per Xiaomi) + 50W wireless (full in ~49 min) + 10W reverse wireless.
• Wired charge test: 34% to 63% in just 10 minutes — fantastic real-world charging speed.
• GSMArena endurance: 15h 29min web browsing, 19h 13min video looping — par with Find X6 Pro, ahead of Vivo X90 Pro.
• Reddit drain shootout: 10h 26min total SOT — beat S22 Ultra (9h 43m) and OnePlus 11 (10h 16m); narrowly beaten by S23 Ultra (11h 15m) and iPhone 14 Pro Max (11h 25m).
• Camera-heavy use drains battery noticeably faster per r/Android — the photography workflow is the biggest endurance hit.

Honor Magic V5

Repeatedly named the best foldable of 2025 and a more appealing spec than the Z Fold 7 — but a high import price and China-first availability temper the value.

• It's the best foldable in the world right now — as close to perfect as a folding device currently exists.
• It's literally the best folding phone on the market.
• It continues to be one of the best foldables on the market with a much more appealing specification than the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
• Import pricing currently ranges between $1,600 and $1,700, placing it against the Z Fold 7 and Vivo X Fold 5.
• Its one clear loss to competitors is availability — initially limited to China before a wider rollout.
• It's cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold while arguably being the better phone.

Xiaomi 13 Ultra

The 13 Ultra's value proposition depends entirely on region — at 5,999 yuan ($870) in China it's a steal; at €1,500 European import or US grey-market it's premium-priced and a niche purchase. Galaxy S23 Ultra at $1,199 wins the official-availability + 4+5-year update fight.

• China launch: 5,999 yuan (~$870) for 12GB/256GB; €1,499 (~$1,613) European import via Trading Shenzhen.
• Notebookcheck: at €1,100 (~$1,216) import, the price difference of €400+ vs Galaxy S23 Ultra is 'a good incentive' for camera enthusiasts.
• Reddit r/OnePlus user verdict: 'Xiaomi has the best hardware, BBK (OnePlus/Oppo) wins in software' — the import trade-off summary.
• Official global version still not available in 2026 — Xiaomi's distribution gap remains the biggest barrier to mainstream Western buyers.