Honor Magic V5 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Honor Magic V5 - as technologically advanced as it gets

Folding smartphones from the Chinese company Honor have always been among the best on the market. And even the appearance of analogues from a huge number of well-known brands like Samsung, Vivo did not affect the situation. The hero of today's review will awaken genuine delight in the most sophisticated electronics enthusiasts. True, the price tag of the device is not at all democratic.

The appearance of the new product is stunning. An incredibly thin case for the clamshell form factor (less than 9 mm), a futuristic round block of photo modules, beautiful colors of phones made of metal and tempered glass, close to full moisture protection according to the IP59 standard, narrow frames of both displays make a great impression. The 7.95-inch (2352x2172 pixels) and 6.43-inch (2376x1060 pixels) AMOLED screens are not lacking in clarity, but will also please with a crazy peak brightness of 5000 nits, an actual refresh rate of 120 Hz, and minimal errors in color rendering. There is also an oleophobic coating, but the fingerprint scanner has been moved to the side edge. The solution is viable and ergonomic.

The technical characteristics include the most powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite CPU, 12/16 GB of RAM and an Adreno 830 video adapter, providing the highest performance among Android chipsets today. Almost 3,000,000 points in AnTuTu indicate that Android 15 works lightning fast, and all resource-intensive games are available at maximum graphics settings. At the same time, the frame rate even in Genshin Impact is over 60 frames per second. The ultra-low thickness did not affect the battery capacity. 5820 or 6100 mAh (there are two versions of the device) guarantees about 8-9 hours of active screen time. Wireless charging at 50W is supplemented by a wired alternative at 66W. There is a lot of permanent memory (256/512/1024 GB), while it is an advanced UFS 4.1 format.

Photo capabilities are represented by high-quality 20-megapixel selfie cameras, as well as the main 50-megapixel sensor and 64-megapixel telephoto lens (three-fold optical zoom) with hybrid stabilization, a wide-angle lens of the same 50 MP. In fact, we have a high-ranking camera phone, ready to easily create very detailed daytime and evening photos without noise, blur, and other artifacts. There was also room for loud stereo speakers with a balanced frequency response, as well as NFC contactless payments, 5G support. As a result, we have an almost ideal mobile assistant, the only obstacle to buying which will be the impressive price.