The mobile phone industry has been capable of great achievements throughout its history. Knowing how to fit very complex mechanisms into such a small device is not at all easy, and it can only be achieved through significant investment in R&D.
There are dozens of examples of great advances applied to mobile telephony: cameras with sensors that obtain better results than professional models, processors that allow you to play video games or open very demanding applications smoothly or, thanks to the arrival of 5G networks , improve the Internet connection and follow any event in real time.
With such a powerful interior and top-notch technical specifications, what was the next step in the evolution of mobile telephony? Make phones with a larger screen to enjoy multimedia content even more, but without affecting its dimensions. Now that we have reached screen ratios of around 90 percent and with almost non-existent frames, the natural evolution was folding devices.
The concept is explained in a very simple way: a normal-sized phone that can be opened to increase the size of the screen. However, in practice, it represents the biggest challenge that the mobile telephony sector has faced. The difficulty lies in being able to fold a screen and offer a resistant opening and closing mechanism., that withstands the demands of any person in their daily use.
The complexity is so great that not all brands have the muscle or the necessary means to develop a folding phone, which they can put up for sale and which, on top of that, has a price within the market. HONOR has been able to achieve this and a few days ago it introduced HONOR Magic V. Let’s see how it works.
A rugged, foldable phone: yes, it’s possible
When it comes to foldable phones, there are two main things that make most people skeptical. However, HONOR has taken it upon themselves to dismantle them.
The first is the degree of resistance and the reliability of a device that has to be opened and closed thousands of times, exposing the screen to enormous pressure. In HONOR Magic V the key is its opening system and the hinge itself. Thanks to its drop-shaped design, the screen takes on a rounded shape in the central part, inside the hinge, thus allowing the two parts of the phone to fold and unfold perfectly.
After carrying out numerous tests, the figures shared by the company is that HONOR Magic V can withstand more than 200,000 openings and closings, an amount that is equivalent to about 50 times a day for ten years.
Another key that affects resistance is that although the phone is made up of two parts, both have a similar weight (with a difference of 10g). With this you get distribute the same force between the two parts of the telephone. If it were exerted more on one of the sides, it would end up damaging the central part of the screen.
On the other hand, the phone’s folding system means that there is hardly any space left between the two screens, which prevents any object from being inserted that could damage the screen, for example, while we carry it in our pocket.
The second aspect is about how the screen is once the phone is open. In other folding devices on the market, when it is open, you can see the fold right in the center, in the form of a curve. This inevitably makes it seem annoying and draws our attention when we are watching a movie, a video or playing a game. Thanks to the HONOR Magic V’s teardrop folding mode, the screen does not force its shape excessively, so when you open it, the crease is hardly noticeable.
What screen mounts a folding phone?
The most logical thing would be to think that a folding phone mounts a screen designed solely to be resistant, and neglecting other aspects such as image quality or resolution. In the case of HONOR Magic V, although it looks like a very thin screen, It is composed of ten functional layers including anode materials, cathode materials, and LEDs..
From HONOR they are clear that more than 50% of the time, users use the folded device, so in the new HONOR Magic V a screen had to be mounted that was up to the task. The result is 6.45 inches, with a resolution of 2560 x 1080 and a refresh rate of 120Hz.
With the phone unfolded, HONOR Magic V has a 7.9-inch main screen compared to 7.6-inches on the Samsung Galaxy Fold 3. The screen resolution is 2272 x 1984 with a refresh rate of 90 Hz. It has a lot of merit because HONOR has been able to make a very very thin folding phone, with a thickness of 6.7 mm with the phone open.
A curiosity that refers to the screen format, despite the fact that the main screen has a 10:9 format, to improve multitasking and get the most out of a phone like this, when we open two applications at the same time, both adapt to a 21:9 format.
Camera, fast charge, processor…
The new HONOR Magic V is a round device. In addition to its innovative folding system, inside we see first-rate specifications. For example, considering its camera, it has three camera modules: one main and two for selfie mode (one with the phone open and the other with the phone closed). The main camera has three 50-megapixel sensors while the two front cameras are 42-megapixel. to this hardware AI developed by HONOR is added to further improve the results, whether in low-light scenes, moving or distant objects.
To move the entire phone and applications with lightness and power, HONOR has relied on Qualcomm and its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model, being the first foldable to mount the company’s most powerful processor.
Finally, we close the section with its fast charging system. In a phone designed to get the most out of it and enjoy multimedia content, it made no sense to give it low autonomy or a poor charging system. HONOR Magic V It has a battery with a capacity of 4,750 mAh with which, giving normal use to the phone, we will reach a duration of one day. What’s more, Its 66-watt fast charging system allows you to recharge half the battery in just 15 minutes..
HONOR Magic V is HONOR’s best declaration of intent in this new stage. In just over a year he has been able to be at the forefront of telephony, with a folding phone that is called to be one of the phones of the year.