HONOR Magic V release: SD 8 Gen 1, 66W fast charge, and three 50MP sensors, starts from ~RM6,603

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HONOR has finally launched its first foldable smartphone. The HONOR Magic V debuted today with an inward-folding design and packs the latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. Now, let's read on to find out what it brings to the table to compare with the other foldables on the market.

Besides the powerful chip, it sports a 7.9-inch OLED with a 10:9 aspect ratio, a 90Hz refresh rate, and a 2272 x 1984 pixel resolution. On the outside, it has a 6.45-inch cover screen with a 21:9 aspect ratio, a 2560 x 1080 resolution, and a 120Hz refresh rate. HONOR claims that the folded Magic V is gapless and is just 14.3mm thick and 6.7mm thick when unfolded. Under the hood, the device uses a dual-cell 4750mAh battery that supports a 66W fast charging system.

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For photography, it has a crazy triple-camera setup that uses three 50MP sensors. There's a 50MP primary camera with a 23mm equivalent lens, a 13mm equivalent 50MP ultrawide snapper and a 50MP colour spectrum shooter. It also has two 42MP selfie cameras housed in punch hole cutouts, one on the cover screen and one on the main screen.

The HONOR Magic V has a standard of 12GB RAM for all variants, while the storage option ranges from 256GB at 9,999 Yuan (~RM6,603) to 512GB at 10,999 Yuan (~RM7,263). It will also run Magic UI 6.0 based on Android 12 out of the box. Lastly, there are three colour options with Titanium Silver, Black, and Burnt Orange.

There's still no news about the local availability, but we will update you whenever we get the information. Stay tuned to TechNave.com for more smartphone launches.

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