Even though Honor promised to go faster, the Honor Magic V2 still took a while to arrive in Europe: the phone was originally launched in late July 2023 and only arrived in Europe in late January 2024. Its successor will make the journey much faster.
Honor will be present at IFA and will bring three key devices: the Honor Magic V3, the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, and the new Honor MagicBook Art 14 2024. The big launch event is scheduled for September 5, just before the official start of IFA 2024.
The Honor Magic V3 is surprisingly thin for a foldable, at 9.2mm, and very light too, at 226g. It's closer to a regular phone like the Galaxy S24 Ultra (8.6mm, 232g) or iPhone 15 Pro Max (8.3mm, 221g) than foldables like the Galaxy Z Fold6 (12.1mm, 239g) or Pixel 9 Pro Fold (10.5mm, 257g).
Still, it packs a powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, a large 5,150mAh battery (more than any of the phones we mentioned above), and best of all, it has a capable camera system – 50MP main, 50MP 3.5x periscope, and 40MP ultrawide.
What’s not to like? The price, we guess. The Magic V2 launched at £1,700/€2,000, so the V3 probably won’t be cheap. But it could be the best foldable on the European market, we’ll see. Plus, it’s unclear whether the cheaper Magic Vs3 will join the V3 on its global journey.
Let's quickly introduce the other two important devices. The Honor MagicPad 2 has a 12.3-inch 144Hz OLED display (IMAX Enhanced, 1,600 nits), a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, eight speakers, and a 10,050mAh battery with 66W charging.
Like the Magic V3, the Honor MagicBook Art 14 2024 is very thin and light – 12.95mm and 1.03kg (0.51″ and 2.27lbs). It has a 14.6-inch OLED display (3:2) with no visible webcam, but it does have one – the webcam is a detachable module that stores on the left side of the laptop and uses magnets and pogo pins to attach to the top of the display when needed. Say hello to Honor. Either way, the laptop can be configured with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H or Ultra 7 155H with Intel Arc graphics, 16GB or 32GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage.
You can fill out a questionnaire on Honor's teaser page and you will have a chance to win an Honor Magic V3.
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