Honor Magic V foldable leak reveals specs and design

(Pocket-lint) - Honor is about to launch its archetypal high-end user foldable phone, called the Magic V, and has been gathering up to the motorboat by showing america glimpses of the phone's design. 

It's not precisely keeping it a secret, but astatine the aforesaid time, the institution hasn't revealed overmuch successful the mode of detail. Especially regarding specs.

However, acknowledgment to a precocious leak, we present person a bully thought of what to expect from the flexible flagship. If the leaked specifications are accurate, we'll spot a instrumentality with a large, flexible interior show measuring 7.9-inches erstwhile open. 

That makes it larger - diagonally - than the Galaxy Z Fold 3, and akin to the Huawei Mate X2. With a 2272×1984 resolution, it'll beryllium a akin signifier and ratio too, though not rather arsenic sharp. 

As for the screen display, it's claimed that - again - is akin to the Mate X2, measuring 6.45-inches and featuring a 2560×1080 solution panel. 

Internally, the telephone is powered by the latest Snapdragon flagship processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, supported by a hefty 12GB RAM and with either 256GB oregon 512GB of retention alongside it. 

There's besides a ample 4,750mAh artillery with enactment for 66W accelerated wired charging, according to the rumour. 

It wouldn't beryllium a flagship telephone without immoderate beefy cameras, and truthful Honor is claimed to beryllium kitting it retired with a trio of 50-megapixel cameras. There's a superior sensor, joined by an ultrawide and a "spectrum enhanced camera", positive a 42-megapixel selfie camera. 

These leaks and specifications were published by MySmartPrice originally, and bespeak the telephone volition beryllium comparatively akin to Huawei's Mate X foldable models. 

The decorativeness of the telephone is antithetic to Huawei's, however, and is shown successful 3 colours: white, achromatic and orange. While the archetypal 2 of those look to beryllium glass, the orangish exemplary looks to beryllium finished with a vegan leather. 

As for size, it's claimed to measurement 160.4 × 72.7 × 14.3mm erstwhile folded, and 160.4 × 141.1 × 6.7mm erstwhile unfolded,  making it taller, wider and thicker than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3. 

We don't person overmuch clip to hold to find retired however galore of these specifications are accurate, but thing jumps retired astatine america arsenic improbable yet. Stay tuned. 

Writing by Cam Bunton. Originally published connected 7 January 2022.