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Honor Unveils Magic V5 as World’s Thinnest and Lightest Foldable

The Magic V5’s China launch marks Honor’s leap into premium AI-integrated foldables powered by ultrathin silicon-carbon batteries.

Honor Magic V5: The white version is the thinnest.
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Honor's Magic V5 foldable is the company's latest venture in China's fiercely-competitive smartphone market.

Overview

  • Measuring just 8.8 mm when folded and weighing 217 g, the Magic V5 claims the world’s thinnest and lightest foldable design.
  • It features a 7.95-inch 2K inner foldable display, a 6.45-inch LTPO OLED cover screen, Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM, up to 1 TB of storage and IP58/IP59 dust and water resistance.
  • The built-in Yoyo AI agent can generate presentation decks from shared content and coordinate ride-hailing orders across multiple apps.
  • Honor devoted over 10 percent of its annual revenue to R&D and invested 1 billion yuan into silicon-carbon battery research to pack up to 6,100 mAh into an ultrathin module.
  • Launching in China on July 2 with a planned international rollout soon, the Magic V5 arrives just before Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 reveal as Honor aims to grow its 11 percent share of the global foldable segment.