[REVIEW] HONOR Magic V - The Best Foldable Flagship Experience

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First of all, I would like to say thank you for this wonderful review of HONOR Magic V by 南搞V who is an Honor China community user and this is a translated version of his review.

On January 10, HONOR finally brought its first foldable phone, the HONOR Magic V. As a flagship folding screen product, it has the current top hardware configuration, innovative interactive logic, and extremely elegant design. All of this is also to provide consumers with a more perfect folding screen experience.

Regarding the folding screen mobile phone, in fact, people's impression is more of a label like early adopters, and they will not really use it as the main phone, but today in 2022, the appearance of the HONOR Magic V will make the folding screen really go into daily life scenarios.

Regarding the hardware configuration, I believe that everyone has some knowledge about it. It is equipped with a new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, and the entire system is 12GB RAM. This configuration is basically a ceiling in the industry, and it also has a new GPU. Turbo X graphics acceleration engine technology, OS Turbo X flagship software and hardware cooperation, and other technologies are also to give full play to its performance potential, so there is no need to worry about performance configuration.

In terms of screen, its external screen uses a 6.45-inch OLED center-hole screen with a screen ratio of 21.3:9, a screen ratio of 21.3:9, a resolution of 2560*1080, and supports DCI-P3 wide color gamut, and a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. Its internal screen unfolded size is 7.9 inches, the aspect ratio of the internal screen is 10.3:9, the resolution is 2272*1984, and the refresh rate up to 90Hz is supported. The size of 7.9 inches is actually similar to the screen size of some tablets. Under such a large screen, the operable space is naturally much larger. The display quality of the two internal and external screens of the Honor Magic V is good, which is similar to the screen display effect of the flagship machine we usually use.

What can a 7.9-inch large screen be used for? In fact, you can use it as a tablet without any problem. It can bring a smoother and more immersive visual experience when watching TV shows or playing games on a daily basis. In addition, thanks to the blessing of HONOR Magic UI 6.0, if you have the need for a lightweight office, it can also be fully satisfied.

The larger the screen, the easier it is to refract light, which in the early days of this folding screen mobile phone product would have a lot of unfriendly user experience, especially in a well-lit environment, the most obvious. The inner screen of the Honor Magic V uses a magnetron nano-optical film, which can reduce the screen reflectivity to less than 1.5%, so that in the unfolded state, there is no fear of screen reflection, which is more suitable for reading, watching videos and playing games. In fact, there will be a prompt when unpacking the phone. The protective film on the phone indicates that the inner screen already has a film. It is strongly not recommended to tear off or replace it without permission. If you need to replace it, you can go to the Honor after-sales service center for replacement but the costs are extremely high.

Of course, the topic of crease folding screen phones cannot be avoided. After all, the most worrying thing is whether this trace will affect the actual look and feel. Looking at the folded part of the Magic V from different angles, the existence of the crease is almost imperceptible. Whether the screen is displayed on a dark background or a light background, there will be no obvious creases.

This is thanks to the suspended water drop hinge used by the HONOR Magic V. The benefits of this hinge, in addition to the aforementioned screen without obvious creases, can also allow the phone to fit together in a folded state, unlike some folding screens that still have a lot of creases in the middle. A large gap will easily cause some small things to get stuck in and scratch the screen.

The Honor Magic V has a curved surface design in many parts of the fuselage. For example, the right side of the outer screen is slightly curved, which is exactly the same as the side of the back, as a symmetrical design. This design not only greatly improves the overall appearance of the mobile phone, but also has the advantage that when the internal screen of the mobile phone is unfolded, there is a curved transition between the place where the phone is held by the hand, making the hand feel better when held with both hands. . Because the external screen has a screen ratio of 21.3:9 when the phone is folded, the whole phone feels like a regular flagship phone. The slim body fits the palm very well and can be held with one hand.

We all know that the Android system ecosystem is not perfect, and the experience of some software on the big screen is extremely bad. HONOR has improved the tablet experience a lot through some ingenious interactive designs on tablet products.

The HONOR Magic V is powered by the latest Magic UI 6.0 operating system, which is based on Android 12. It has made many targeted optimizations for large screens, bringing many new interactive methods. With a large 7.9-inch screen, the smart split-screen function of the HONOR Magic V enables the simultaneous opening of multiple software and multi-threading operations on the same screen, an experience unmatched by ordinary mobile phones.

This time, HONOR also brings a new split-screen interactive entry on the Magic V. Above the App window, you can quickly realize floating window display, full-screen display, smart split-screen display, minimize, close and other operations. This design can make our daily operations faster and more convenient, and almost all Apps have the same operation method.

In split-screen mode, you can open a different app on the left and right sides. Even with the smart sidebar, you can open two floating window applications again, which will enable 4 applications to be opened at the same time on the large 7.9-inch screen, and various tasks and various windows can be displayed on one large screen, making it more convenient and efficient for users to operate.

Based on the floating window and split-screen mode, HONOR Magic V also brings the function of freely moving the floating window position and customizing the size of the floating window. The experience is quite good. This is more like an operation like zooming in and out of a window on a PC. In addition, in the split-screen or floating window state, you can also directly drag and drop the documents of the gallery to WeChat or memo, which is faster and more convenient than inserting pictures in the software itself.

There are actually many application scenarios for floating windows, and there are many ways to open this function, such as opening through the smart sidebar mentioned above or by clicking the split-screen navigation button above the App window, you can quickly on. Usually, when I browse Weibo, I see a term that I am not familiar with, and I need to open a browser to query it. At this time, the microblog will be turned into a floating window, and the browser can also be displayed in the back, saving the tediousness of switching applications back and forth.

The above ingenious designs alone can allow us to achieve multi-purpose on one screen, and achieve twice the result with half the effort, whether in a mobile office, watching movies and dramas, social sharing, or reading and shopping. The large screen of the HONOR Magic V does not simply list or enlarge the content on the screen, but can also display different levels of content at the same time. This is the function of the HONOR Parallel Vision. For example, when I shop on an e-commerce platform, I can not only see the product list on the left but also see the product details on the right. You can also open two product pages at the same time so that you can easily compare two products, which will make the shopping experience better.

In addition, the same is true when I am watching the news. For example, when I open a link to news on the news list page, the news list page will not disappear, but the normal news content will be displayed on the right side, and there is no need to jump and switch between pages repeatedly, to improve the efficiency of information browsing.

In addition to the interaction optimization brought by the system itself, HONOR and other software have also made a lot of optimizations for large screens, such as the design of the split keyboard, which is more suitable for two-hand operation when the screen is large, which is very practical for office situations. , this design makes typing faster. And you can also adjust the position and size of the keyboard distribution, and you can get the settings that are closest to your habits for different users.

Another example is when I open a Migu video, there is a multi-screen simultaneous viewing, and I can open multiple playback windows in it. It should be noted that there is only one main display window here. This is very similar to the director station. You can * the pictures of multiple windows at the same time, and you can also specify a picture to be displayed on the main window. Switching the main display window is also very simple, just drag it gently. In this way, you can * multiple channels at the same time, or you can see multiple perspectives when watching the same game.

At present, standard-sized mobile phones may not allow you to experience the convenience brought by one-screen multitasking and large-screen interaction logic. I believe that after reading the above introduction, you can clearly feel that you are watching videos, maps, etc. In large-screen scenarios such as watching stock market quotes and reading e-books, the HONOR Magic V can indeed make people truly appreciate the charm it brings.

In addition to the functions mentioned above, the HONOR Magic V also has many useful functions, such as HONOR sharing, multi-screen collaboration, and YOYO assistant. For friends who often need a mobile office, multi-screen collaboration is simply an artifact. Whether it is screen expansion or cross-device transfer of files, it is quite fast and convenient.

In terms of imaging, the HONOR Magic V is equipped with a 50-megapixel wide-angle main camera, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 50-megapixel spectrum-enhanced camera, forming the Magic V's powerful rear camera matrix. In addition, it is also equipped with a 42-megapixel front camera on both internal and external dual screens. Such an image configuration can also be called a flagship, and we will experience the actual level of this group of camera modules through some proofs later.

In addition, it is also equipped with a large-capacity battery of 4750mAh, and its performance is still excellent in terms of battery life. It also supports 66W super-fast charging. It is worth mentioning that it comes standard with a 66W super-fast charging charger and a 66W super-fast charging car charger, and also comes with two 6A USB charging cables. Let's take a look at the folding screen mobile phones that have been released on the market. There are really not many models like the HONOR Magic V that have both large batteries and fast charging.

Not all folding screen mobile phones can be called folding screen flagships. As HONOR's first folding screen mobile phone, the HONOR Magic V can be said to be the pinnacle of its debut. It has the top hardware configuration in the current industry; the self-developed floating water drop hinge allows The folding experience to be better, and the screen will not show obvious folding marks; it has the thinnest body in the current horizontal folding screen; the powerful imaging system combined with the design of the folding screen can bring more novel gameplay; innovative interaction experience and its large-screen operation are also better. Therefore, the HONOR Magic V is indeed a desirable folding screen product. In addition, the price of HONOR Magic V is also very fragrant. The 12 + 256GB version is 9999 yuan, and the 12 + 512GB version is 10999 yuan.

What do you think of this price?