Honor Magic V5

The headline: the world's thinnest book foldable that feels like a normal flagship when closed — though the camera bump it excludes from the measurement is hefty.

• It's the thinnest inward-folding phone on the market — 8.8mm folded and 4.1mm open (ivory white), taking the crown from the Oppo Find N5.— The Verge
• It's the thinnest only if you ignore the rather hefty camera bump, which isn't included in the measurements.— Trusted Reviews
• The frame uses Honor's Resource 7-series aluminium and aerospace fibres for strength without bulk, with a signature rectangular camera module.— Mrwhosetheboss
• It feels like a normal flagship when closed, then delivers a genuinely useful big-screen upgrade when opened.— ubergizmo
• Including each device's camera bump, the Magic V5 is considerably thicker than the Pixel 9 Pro Fold and slightly thicker than the Z Fold 7 in non-white colourways.— 9to5Google hands-on
• Honor still includes extra goodies in the box, a nice touch at this price.— The Tech Chap

Dual OLED LTPO 120Hz panels with a class-leading 5,000-nit peak — a huge brightness jump over the Magic V3 and well ahead of the Z Fold 7.

• Both the external and internal screens hit a 5,000-nit HDR peak with 120Hz and high-PWM dimming for less eye strain.— Android Authority
• 5,000 nits on both screens is a massive jump over the Magic V3's ~1,800-nit inner display.— _TV281U9si8 review
• Against the Galaxy Z Fold 7, it's 5,000 nits peak versus 2,600 — a decisive display-brightness win.— Phone Arena
• Both displays are OLED LTPO panels at 120Hz with dynamic refresh, smooth visuals and no eye strain during long sessions.— Linus Tech Tips

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.— Dave2D
• 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.— MKBHD
• The main camera is the same as last year and the telephoto now has a shorter ~70mm reach.— SuperSaf
• 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.— The Tech Chap
• Video tops out at solid 4K60 (no 8K) with consistent colours and smooth lens switching while recording.— _TV281U9si8 video test
• The large camera dish buys optical versatility rather than crop zoom — a deliberate trade for the thin body.— Unbox Therapy

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.— SuperSaf
• The high-performance mode is disabled by default to conserve battery and minimise heat; enabling it significantly raises performance.— GSMArena
• Gaming with the full-HD inner display fully stretched out changes everything — though the battery does start to drain a little under sustained play.— Austin Evans
• Everything from form factor to software, support, battery, optics and AI feels very polished and mature.— Linus Tech Tips
• Same-chip foldables behave differently on power output — efficiency gains from the 8 Elite plus the foldable software show in real endurance.— dFmlXvN9FD8 drain test

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).— dFmlXvN9FD8 drain test
• It's the first foldable that consistently delivered over 10 hours of screen-on time — all-day heavy usage mixing inner and outer screens.— _TV281U9si8 battery test
• It beat the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by almost 1h35m of battery and even defeated the Oppo Find N5 in a super-extreme test.— _TV281U9si8 battery test
• The ~5,820mAh silicon-carbon cell charges at 66W wired (full in roughly an hour, >90% in ~40 minutes) plus 50W wireless.— g85gi3aOJgY charge test
• One content reviewer never got it close to dropping below 5% in a heavy day's usage — exceptional for a foldable.— The Tech Chap
• Wireless and wired charging both require Honor's proprietary chargers to hit peak speeds.— Android Authority

MagicOS with a class-leading 7-year support promise and strong sync/sharing — but AI is pushed everywhere and customization is bare-minimum.

• Honor promises a total of seven years of OS and security updates — an amazing support policy for a foldable.— GSMArena
• The OS includes easy device sync and content-sharing capabilities baked in.— GSMArena
• Customization is bare minimum — no lock-screen widgets, and you can't even remove the step counter without disabling the whole health suite.— Reddit r/Android
• A year of MagicOS updates has been focused on pushing AI into every corner of the device.— Reddit r/Android
• Just about every aspect of the device is superior to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, with software the main subjective exception.— Reddit r/Android

Honor leans into the big screen as a mobile-office tool, with resizable, persistent app pairs — though it dropped S Pen support to stay thin.

• You can resize and pin app windows, and a saved app pair persists even after jumping to the home screen so you pick up where you left off.— Linus Tech Tips
• What makes the V5 stand out is its evolution into a genuine mobile-office tool, with productivity a major selling point of the larger display.— Mrwhosetheboss
• It stunned long-time fans by removing S Pen support — you can't have a digitizer and this thinness in the same sentence.— Phone Arena
• The big-screen experience plus animations on the outer screen (to capture a kid or pet's attention) add genuinely useful everyday utility.— Linus Tech Tips

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.— MKBHD
• It's literally the best folding phone on the market.— Dave2D
• It continues to be one of the best foldables on the market with a much more appealing specification than the Galaxy Z Fold 7.— mightygadget vs Magic V3
• Import pricing currently ranges between $1,600 and $1,700, placing it against the Z Fold 7 and Vivo X Fold 5.— ubergizmo
• Its one clear loss to competitors is availability — initially limited to China before a wider rollout.— Android Authority
• It's cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold while arguably being the better phone.— TechRadar