With the global launch of the Magic V2, Honor has pushed what we can expect from a foldable smartphone. It’s flagship thin, it’s expensive, and it’s a technological flex by the manufacturer.
Honor’s partnership with Porsche Design not only inspired the launch centre (the Porsche Experience Centre) but also felt fitting. The exclusive sports car market is one of performance, high costs, and creating desirable objects that many lusts after but can be somewhat unwieldy in day-to-day life.
Which sounds remarkably like the foldable smartphone market.
Honor is very much offering a raft of performance features in the Magic V2 —although, as the Chinese model was launched last year, it comes with last year’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. It’s one of the thinnest folding smartphones on the market, just 9.9mm thick when closed. Compared to last year’s model, the outside cover screen has a slightly wider aspect ratio, pushing the closed form factor near to a regular flagship smartphone.
The hinge is delicately designed and manufactured through 3D printing; a 5000 mAh batter is squeezed into the chassis, and the camera setup would not be amiss in a flagship candybar smartphone. Make no mistake, this is Honor flexing its capabilities.
This does come with a cost…. which is the cost. The Honor Magic V2 is an expensive phone. At €1,999 for the 16 GB / 512 GB model (and no confirmed price on the luxurious Porsche Design Honor Magic V2 RSR edition of the phone) this is a significant outlay for anyone.
For those who want that level of luxury, the option is there. Honor will be counting on the prowess shown in the Magic V2 to help the entire Honor profile by association, generating goodwill for the regular Magic Pro flagship handsets.
The Honor Magic V2 is on sale now for UK and European customers…