When Honor’s Magic V2 first confirmed up some seven months in the past, we have been left impressed with its sub-1cm folded thickness. The corporate has since picked up the place Huawei left off and joined forces with Porsche Design, with the primary end result being a particular version foldable cellphone, the “Magic V2 RSR” (“RSR” stands for “RennSport Rennwagen,” which interprets to “racing sport racing automotive”). Porsche followers might acknowledge a number of attributes right here that pay homage to the automotive model, together with the enduring agate grey together with a flyline working down the center of the physique — supposedly resembling the Porsche 911’s hood. The rear digicam island has additionally been upgraded with a darkish titanium body to go together with its bolder trapezoidal redesign.
The Magic V2 RSR retains the identical dimensions, measuring 9.9mm thick when folded and 4.7mm when opened, guaranteeing it stays the world’s thinnest foldable cellphone. The additional ornament provides 3 grams over the bottom mannequin, reaching 234 grams (about 8.25 oz) which nonetheless beats the likes of the OnePlus Open, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Google’s Pixel Fold, largely because of Honor’s mixture of titanium alloy and proprietary metal in its hinge design — that is apparently licensed to final for no less than 400,000 folds. As a bonus, the Magic V2 line’s 5,000mAh battery capability is bigger than the competitors, because of its extra energy-dense silicon-carbon cells. The trade-off right here is the lacking wi-fi charging, however you do get 66W of wired quick charging, which takes round 50 minutes to go from zero to 100%.
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The Magic V2 RSR continues to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, however with storage possibility restricted to simply 1TB to go together with the 16GB of RAM. The remainder of the spec sheet is an identical for each Magic V2 variants. For shows, you get a 7.92-inch 2,344 x 2,156 foldable OLED display screen (with a barely-noticeable crease) and a 6.43-inch 2,376 x 1,060 exterior OLED show, with their brightness going as much as 1,600 nits and a pair of,500 nits, respectively. For audio, this Android cellphone comes outfitted with “IMAX Enhanced” stereo audio system, whereas cellphone calls leverage the gadget’s three-mic system for higher voice reception. As is the case with most foldables, the fingerprint reader is built-in into the side-mounted energy button.
The rear “Falcon Digicam System” consists of a 50-megapixel important sensor, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide shooter and a 20-megapixel telephoto digicam (2.5x zoom), whereas a 16-megapixel punch-hole selfie digicam sits on the prime of each screens. Each the rear and entrance cameras assist as much as 4K decision for video recording.
It ought to come as no shock that the Magic V2 RSR boxset packs some further goodies, specifically an energetic stylus, its personal carrying case and a spare 66W charger. The particular safety case is wrapped in a stitched darkish grey vegan leather-based, although in comparison with the conventional model, it is lacking out on a kickstand — a characteristic I wrestle to reside with out in relation to foldable telephones.
Like the bottom mannequin, the Magic V2 RSR may also be headed to world markets, although the costs are below wraps till MWC later this month. For reference, the Magic V2 RSR retails for 15,999 yuan or about $2,220 in China, however anticipate an enormous bump for worldwide pricing. The common Magic V2 — solely accessible in 512GB taste for worldwide markets — is priced at £1,700 ($2,140) within the UK and €1,999 ($2,150) in Europe, however the China model and Hong Kong model (additionally worldwide firmware) value round $1,400 solely. It is no surprise that some savvy shoppers would fairly import smartphones from abroad, regardless of the shortage of native guarantee companies.
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