Honor Magic V5 review: fantastic foldable phone that needs better Android software

Super-svelte body, fast chip, high capacity battery and big camera make it some of the best phone-tablet hardware

Honor's latest foldable phone-tablet attempts to usurp Samsung as the leader of the pack with a super-thin body, massive battery and a ginormous camera lump on the back.

The Magic V5 is an impressively thin piece of engineering, slimmed down to about 8.9mm thick when shut, with each half about the same thickness as a USB-C port. It feels very similar to a standard slab phone in the hand, but one you can open up like a book for a mini-tablet on the go.

Main screen: 7.95in (403ppi) 120Hz OLED flexible display

Cover screen: 6.43in (405ppi) 120Hz OLED

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 512GB

Operating system: MagicOS 9.0.1 (Android 15)

Camera: 50MP + 50MP ultrawide + 64MP 3x tele; 2x 20MP selfie

Connectivity: 5G, dual sim + esim, USB-C, wifi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 6, GNSS

Water resistance: IP58 and IP59 (immersion and high pressure jets)

Dimensions folded: 156.8 x 74.3 x 8.88-9mm

Dimensions unfolded: 156.8 x 145.9 x 4.1-4.2mm

Weight: 217-222g