Honor’s latest foldable is almost as thin and light as a regular smartphone
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CXEA)
The Honor Magic V2, folded. If there's one thing Honor wants you to know about its new Magic V2, it's how thin and light it is. The thinnest vegan leather version of the new foldable, which is launching in China today, is just 9.9mm thick when folded and weighs 231 grams. That's thinner and lighter than Honor's major competitors like Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 4 (14.2mm and 263g), Google's Pixel Fold (12.1mm and 283g), and Huawei's Mate X3 (11.8mm and 239g) when folded.
In fact, hold the folded Honor Magic V2 in your hand, and it almost feels like a non-folding smartphone. The Magic V2's weight (like its 6.43-inch exterior screen size) sits somewhere between an iPhone 14 Pro (206g) and iPhone 14 Pro Max (240g). It's not as thin in its smartphone-style folded form...