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Honor has confirmed the rollout of its super-slim Magic V3 foldable to international markets following a China-only launch in July.
The Magic V3 still holds on to the title of the world’s thinnest foldable phone, taking over from last year’s Magic V2. It was displayed alongside Honor’s other headline hardware, the MagicBook Art 14, the MagicPad 2, and the Watch 5.
With the V3’s book-style body measuring just 9.2mm (0.36in) when closed, it’s comfortably thinner than both the 12.1mm of the Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 and 10.5mm of Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
Honor appears to have Samsung in its sights with hopes of taking a bigger slice of the foldable market dominated by its Korean rival outside of China.
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How Does the Honor Magic V3 Compare to Rival Foldables?
As we saw in our hands-on, Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold performs much better than its Pixel Fold predecessor. It’s thinner and lighter while still offering larger cover and internal displays — the 8-inch foldable screen is one of the largest available. Its 48-megapixel main camera should be enough for most people, but the 10.8MP telephoto sensor and 10.5MP ultrawide can be limiting.
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 takes things up a notch on its camera array with the 50MP main camera supplemented by 12MP ultrawide and 10MP zoom. The Z Fold 6 is also slimmer, wider, and faster than the Fold 5.
Honor’s Magic V3 runs on the mostly similar Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 from the Galaxy, so it should outperform the Tensor G4 in the Pixel 9 Pro Fold while remaining competitive with Samsung. Its camera system has higher resolutions overall, though, including a 50MP wide camera, a 40MP ultra wide, and a 40MP periscope telephoto lens.
The Huawei spin-off brand is targeting key European markets such as the United Kingdom,
France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, as well as other territories in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa. There’s no known North American release, although it might be available through importers.
In 2020, Honor was officially divested and sold off by its former parent company after US sanctions bit hard into Huawei’s smartphone division. Huawei has rebuilt some of its share in China, but Honor has had more of an international reach as it isn’t forced to use non-US components.
After the Magic V3 was unveiled with a price tag of 9,999RMB (around $1,379 US) for the Chinese market, a wider global launch was expected relatively quickly.
The V3 is available in the UK for £,1699 ($2,238), but eager customers can land “early bird” discounts.
