Honor Magic V6 vs Xiaomi 13 Ultra

Honor Magic V6

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with the best sustained behaviour in the foldable class — it holds frames far longer than rivals before any throttling.

• Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the Magic V6 surpasses the Galaxy Z Fold 7 on performance.
• After 5 minutes of sustained load every competitor throttles 30–40%, but the V6 drained just 41% over 90 minutes of max load — best in class — with an AnTuTu sustained score of ~847,000, 18% ahead of second place.
• Honor of Kings averaged ~119–120fps at max graphics (3.45–3.65W, ~38–42°C); PUBG Mobile held ~119fps for 30 minutes.
• Genshin Impact at ultra/60fps for 30 minutes averaged 59.5fps with minimal fluctuation, the only trade-off being a screen-brightness drop to ~250 nits.
• Frame rates begin to throttle after about 10 minutes maxed out, but dropping graphics one notch locks a steady 59.74fps at just 41.5°C.

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 V6

The headline: the biggest battery ever in a foldable, delivering slab-phone endurance in a 4mm-thin body, with fast wired/wireless charging and a 120W charger in the box.

• A 6,660mAh silicon-carbon cell (256/512GB) — the largest ever in a foldable — rising to a 7,150mAh Qinghai Lake battery in the 1TB China model, the first foldable past 7,000mAh.
• It lasted 7 hours 54 minutes from full charge to shutdown — over 2 hours longer than most standard phones — and beat the OPPO Find N5 (5h43m) and Vivo X Fold 5 (4h33m).
• After a full 5-hour mixed-usage test, 69% remained — securing first place on the foldable 5-hour battery leaderboard — with a Bilibili loop running to 13h23m before death.
• Over heavy Lunar New Year use — video, gaming, documents, social — only about 30% of the battery was used per day.
• 80W wired charging hit ~27% in 15 minutes and a full charge in ~49–55 minutes, plus 66W wireless and an included 120W GaN charger.
• More than 7 hours of screen-on time on the inner display alone, easily surpassing 10 hours mixed indoor/outdoor — eliminating battery anxiety.

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 V6

It out-specs the Galaxy Z Fold 7 on nearly every axis, but it's expensive and hard to buy officially in the West — value depends heavily on import pricing and config.

• Those who value long battery life, ultra-thin design and maximum durability will find the Magic V6 the more appealing option versus the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
• The base version starts at ¥8,999 in China — roughly £973 / ~$1,309 — with top configs far higher; pricing is expected to be expensive like the £1,699 V5.
• The Magic V6 beats Samsung to one of the most-requested foldable features.
• If the pricing works for you, the Magic V6 is absolutely worth considering.
• The Chinese version is typically about 20% cheaper than the global version.

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.