Honor Magic V5 Review

At present, large folding flagships have begun to develop in the direction of lightness and thinness, and their thickness is almost comparable to that of traditional straight-plate mobile phones, but extreme lightness and thinness always have some trade-offs at the hardware level. The latest Honor Magic V5 not only makes the body thinner, but also continues to upgrade its configuration. So how powerful is the Honor Magic V5? This article will take you to explore it one by one.

The appearance is not only extremely light and thin

In terms of appearance design, the overall design of the Honor Magic V5 has not changed much from the previous generation V3, and the arrangement of the lenses is the same as that of the V3, but this also happens to express that Honor insists on its own style, which is unique and has a mature and stable design style.

In terms of color matching, the Honor Magic V5 has four optional colors: "Dawn Gold", "Silk Road Dunhuang", "Warm White" and "Velvet Black". The "Warm White" in our hands is as the name suggests. The warm white color exudes a soft luster, and the matte texture can also bring a comfortable touch, and it is not easy to get fingerprints.

Thickness is one of the most important highlights of Honor Magic V5. It is only 8.8mm thick when folded, and weighs 217g. This data is believed to be thinner than many straight-screen flagships. After unfolding, the thinnest part of Honor Magic V5 is 4.1mm. If you used a flagship straight-screen phone before, it feels like holding a piece of paper after switching to Magic V5. It is very thin.

In addition to the largest folding battery, Honor Magic V5 also has ultra-thin high-silicon battery stacks, ultra-fine woven aerospace fibers, ultra-high assembly adaptation accuracy, the thinnest folding phone, the lightest folding phone, the highest silicon content battery, and the strongest hinge steel. There are 8 world records in total, dedicated to providing consumers with the best user experience.

In terms of screen, both the inner and outer screens of Honor Magic V5 support LTPO dynamic refresh and 5000nit peak brightness. In terms of color, it supports 1.07 billion color display and 100% DCI-P3 wide color gamut. Whether watching movies or creating, it can show delicate and vivid visual effects, and there will be no sense of disconnection when switching between the inner and outer screens.

Eye protection has always been Honor's strong point, so Honor Magic V5 unsurprisingly supports 4320Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, reducing the stimulation of stroboscopic light to the human eye from the hardware level. There are also various eye protection modes such as "out-of-focus display" and "motion sickness relief" to further protect your eyes.

Inventory of those thin and light black technologies

The body is thin and light, and the internal parts must also be upgraded. The hinge of Honor Magic V5 is upgraded to "Luban shock-absorbing hinge", which not only makes the hinge stronger, but also makes the opening and closing damping more natural. In terms of details, the natural adsorption force is just right when closing the folding screen, which feels like closing a book, which is worth praising.

The metal frame of Honor Magic V5 uses the self-developed 7-series aluminum material, which achieves a perfect combination of lightness and high strength. This is one of the reasons why the Honor Magic V5 is so light and thin. There are also aviation-grade materials such as carbon fiber and pure titanium heat dissipation VC, which make the body light and thin without feeling fragile, and more assured for daily use.

Battery life is also one of the black technologies of Honor Magic V5. It is equipped with a 6100mAh Qinghai Lake blade battery. The silicon content of up to 25% also brings the battery density to 901Wh/L, the highest among folding screens. The thickness of a single membrane of this battery is only 0.18mm, which brings greater capacity in a smaller volume.

The actual test adjusted the screen brightness of Honor Magic V5 to 200nit. When using the internal screen, half an hour of Weibo browsing consumed 4% of power, half an hour of 1080P video playback consumed 3% of power, and half an hour of Douyin browsing consumed 3% of power. You should know that this is tested with the internal screen, and this battery life performance is believed to be enough for a day.

Not only that, Honor Magic V5 is more powerful than expected in terms of imaging. The hardware is equipped with a 50-megapixel super-sensitive Eagle Eye main camera, a 64-megapixel super-sensitive periscope telephoto lens, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens. The three lenses each have their own responsibilities. Whether it is shooting scenery or close-ups, Honor Magic V5 can produce clear pictures.

(The main camera has a large aperture of F1.6, which allows for more light and highlights the light and dark details)

(The periscope telephoto has a 1/2-inch bottom and a large aperture of F2.5, and the distant buildings can also clearly restore the texture details)

(The water droplets on the window shot with the telephoto also have a good picture presentation)

(The ultra-wide-angle lens maintains the same color consistency as the main camera and telephoto, unlocking more shooting scenes)

In terms of portrait performance, Honor Magic V5 can bring better blurring effect in telephoto portrait shooting, especially in 6X portrait shooting, where more obvious blurring can highlight the main body of the character.

(3X portrait mode)

(6X portrait mode)

If you are not satisfied with the clarity, you can also turn on the AI ​​ultra-clear portrait, relying on the large model of end-side portrait enhancement to make the skin color more natural and the eyes more lively and energetic.

(Left: original image, right: AI ultra-clear portrait)

Powerful performance, greatly improved efficiency

In terms of performance, Honor Magic V5 is equipped with Qualcomm's most powerful full-blooded Snapdragon 8 Extreme Edition mobile platform, using 3nm process technology, and for the first time introducing PC-level processor architecture, coupled with the flagship combination of LPDDR5X and UFS4.1, it can also be used stably in multi-tasking scenarios.

In order to further highlight the performance of the large screen and flagship, Honor has brought 7 major AI ecological functions to this flagship folding screen, namely: smart office, smart life, smart travel, smart companionship, smart car connection, smart home, and smart service.

Like "smart office", Honor Magic V5 supports directly opening Apple-exclusive format files such as Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Files that originally needed to be browsed on a computer can now be done by Honor Magic V5.

What really improves efficiency is the interconnection ability. Now Honor Magic V5 supports the interconnection of Apple devices. You only need to install "Honor Interconnect" on your iPhone to directly transfer files between devices. For friends who use Apple, Android, and Hongmeng across devices, this function becomes very practical.

In addition to providing an excellent office experience, Honor Magic V5 also has many outstanding performances in AI. This time, YOYO intelligence is developed in five directions: "help you to see, help you to remember, help you to find, help you to do, and help you to transfer". Here are a few more practical functions.

When browsing the web or reading documents, long press the bottom navigation bar or long press the power button to call out YOYO, it will quickly generate a summary based on the current screen content. For some long copywriting or news, reports, etc., YOYO also supports summarizing the main content in one sentence to help you improve the efficiency of information acquisition.

Previously, the Honor Magic 7 series brought the "one sentence" direct operation, just like saying directly to YOYO: "Order me a cup of coffee." The phone will automatically take over the system and open the takeaway software. After selecting the store and food, the final payment operation is left to the owner to confirm and pay. This function can really be very useful in some cases, and this function can also be realized on the Honor Magic V5.

In addition to the "order me coffee" operation, you can also use advanced image recognition technology to identify the scene, and directly call out YOYO on the photo interface and say: What kind of flower is this? Then some professional popular science knowledge will appear. In addition, the Honor Magic V5 has 8 "one words", namely: one word PPT, one word programming, one word search, one word transmission, one word taxi, one word recognition, one word screen question, one word memory, more natural interaction can also make it more convenient to use, killing two birds with one stone.

It is not difficult to see from these examples that Honor Magic V5 can not only bring an excellent office experience, but also provide us with a set of executive AI that can be integrated into the use process, so that some high-frequency operations can be realized with one sentence, and its practicality is much higher than that of traditional voice assistants.

Summary

With the support of various black technologies, Honor Magic V5 brings 8 full-blood experiences: full-blood folding performance, full-blood satellite communication, full-blood exit experience, full-blood dust and water resistance, full-blood fast charging ecology, full-blood dual-screen experience, full-blood solid external screen, and full-blood periscope telephoto.

In summary, Honor Magic V5 uses the four-dimensional strategy of "hardware stacking + process breakthrough + AI interaction + ecological integration" to promote folding screen mobile phones from "form innovation" to "experience revolution". With 8 full-blooded experiences, 8 world records, 8 one-language AIs, and 7 AI ecosystems, it has achieved a comprehensive breakthrough in hardware and folding technology, and brought PC-level productivity with AI intelligence, anchoring the core goal of "letting high-end technology serve practical needs" and reshaping the industry benchmark for folding screen flagships.

It can be seen that Honor Magic V5 has chosen "all" between powerful performance and extremely light and thin body. This wave of Honor is indeed V587 (domineering). For friends who want to experience folding screens, or need a folding flagship without any compromise, then Honor Magic V5 will definitely give you a lot of surprises.