If you, like me, often pay attention to the foldable screen market segment, you will find a very interesting trend in vertically folding mobile phones.
At the beginning, manufacturers only installed a very small screen on the outside of the phone. This screen could only be used to check the time and notifications and had little use. But with each generation of updates, this external screen became larger and larger. With the arrival of Honor Magic V Flip, we finally ushered in the full-screen moment of vertically folding mobile phones.
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Such a product also brings me many questions. Can such a large external screen be used properly? Can the traditional shortcoming of vertical folding mobile phones such as battery life be solved? The following is my experience sharing.
Appearance: Exquisite and compact high-scoring answer sheet
As one of the products that pays the most attention to appearance design, vertical folding mobile phones naturally have high requirements for appearance. Honor Magic V Flip has naturally put a lot of effort into its appearance.
In terms of appearance design, the side frame of Honor Magic V Flip adopts a soft diamond-cut straight-edge middle frame design, which not only makes the phone look more neat and casual visually, but also provides a comfortable curved screen feel.
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The lens design of Honor Magic V Flip is inspired by the ripples of raindrops of varying sizes in nature and the romantic flowers in the south of France.The double-circle Deco design not only adds a visual sense of layering, but also gives the phone a smart beauty.
In order to make the hand feel better, a thin and light body is also essential in addition to the design. Honor engineers have used sophisticated craftsmanship to make the Magic V Flip only 7.15 mm thick when unfolded and only 14.89 mm thick when folded, and weigh only about 193 grams. With such a volume, it is naturally stress-free in daily use.
In terms of color matching, Honor Magic V Flip offers three options: iris black, champagne pink, and camellia white, with exclusive special craftsmanship, each of which tells a romantic story.
The iris black color scheme achieves a flowing light and shadow texture through a single-layer membrane, and the gradient black design of the periphery creates a deep and mysterious light and shadow effect; the three-dimensional micro-grain craftsmanship of the champagne pink color scheme makes the surface of the phone present a woven feel similar to that of high-end fabrics, and the glittering details add a sense of luxury.
The artistic texture craftsmanship of the Camellia White color gives the phone a mother-of-pearl texture, and the abstract artistic texture reminds people of blooming petals or flowing silk, making it irresistible.
For those who pursue fashionable designs, Honor has also cooperated with Jimmy Choo, the founder of top fashion brand Jimmy Choo, to launch the Honor Magic V Flip high-end model. This high-end model is inspired by crystal shoes. The use of crystal and emerald elements makes the phone shine in any light, just like high-end jewelry.
Overall, Honor Magic V Flip has definitely scored high on the design test, with its 7.15mm thickness, soft body curves and a variety of elegant colors.
Screen: Fun on one side, healthy on the other
Careful friends may have noticed that we didn’t mention the external screen just now. That’s because the external screen of Honor Magic V Flip is worth talking about.
When I saw the external screen of Honor Magic V Flip, my first impression was that it was huge. This 4-inch ultra-large external screen has set a new record for external screens of vertically folding mobile phones, with a screen-to-body ratio of up to 85% and a distance from the axis frame of only 4.31mm. Its four-curved equal-depth design not only improves the appearance of the phone, but also makes it more comfortable to hold.
Honor Magic V Flip has also innovated the design of the camera, placing it in the lower left corner of the axis and adopting a Deco design without black borders. This design not only optimizes the visible area of the external screen, but also improves the convenience of operation and interaction, especially the right-hand operation is smoother. Combined with the personalized theme of the extra-large external screen, users can experience the perfect combination of fashion and function.
In order to give full play to the advantages of the extra-large external screen, Honor Magic V Flip has designed a variety of external screen themes. These themes not only increase the fashion sense and personalized experience of the phone, but also automatically adjust the displayed content according to the user's holding direction. For example, the high-end watch and magic cube themes support gravity sensing, and users can interact with the external screen through simple operations, which increases the fun and convenience of use.
After unlocking, the Honor Magic V Flip can also use apps directly on the external screen. According to Honor officials, this external screen currently supports more than 40 apps, and will support more than 100 apps in the future. For high-frequency scenarios such as taking a taxi and listening to music, Honor Magic V Flip also directly provides external screen cards for more convenient use.
In order to achieve such application adaptation effect, the outer screen of Honor Magic V Flip supports the magic window partition interaction function. The separation design of the application area and the notification area makes the application display closer to the 16:9 ratio of the inner screen, solving the problem of fewer applications adapted to the outer screen of vertical folding mobile phones. The seamless connection design of the inner and outer screens makes the user's switching between the outer and inner screens smoother and more natural, greatly improving the user experience.
The very practical smart capsule function on MagicOS 8 has also been added to the Honor Magic V Flip. The outer screen can display dynamic notifications of applications and YOYO service suggestions in real time, allowing users to grasp important information in a timely manner. The seamless connection design of the inner and outer screens makes the user's switching between the outer and inner screens smoother and more natural, greatly improving the user experience.
The global peak brightness can reach 1500nit, and the local peak brightness can reach 3000nit, which can be clearly seen even in the sun. It supports 120Hz high refresh rate and 5000000:1 screen contrast, and the display effect is smooth and clear.
The inner screen covers more than 90% of the BT.2020 color gamut, supports 1.07 billion color display and 100% DCI-P3 wide color gamut, and the color performance reaches the flagship level.
Honor Magic V Flip is also the first in the vertical folding category to implement comprehensive HDR display enhancement technology, including Ultra Dynamic Color Display and HDR picture quality enhancement. Ultra Dynamic Color Display uses full-link HDR processing technology to achieve true restoration and vivid presentation of pictures and videos.
HDR image quality enhancement uses AI super-resolution and AI sharpening technology to intelligently improve low-resolution videos, making the pictures clearer and sharper. At the same time, through SDR2HDR algorithm technology, standard dynamic range video sources can also present HDR effects, significantly improving the color and clarity of the video.
The Honor Magic V Flip is equipped with the industry-leading Honor Oasis Eye Protection Screen, which provides users with a 24/7 zero-risk eye protection experience. This internal screen uses 3840Hz ultra-high frequency PWM dimming technology, and has passed the German Rhine TUV flicker-free certification, reaching the zero-risk dimming level, providing users with a flicker-free eye protection experience.
At the same time, compared with traditional DC dimming, ultra-high frequency PWM dimming has better display effects at low brightness, effectively reducing visual fatigue, and taking into account color saturation and eye protection effects.
The Honor Oasis Eye Protection Screen also combines natural light eye protection and AI sleep-aiding display technology. Natural light eye protection simulates the dynamic changes of natural light, and by adjusting the screen brightness changes, it promotes the natural adjustment of the pupil and ciliary muscle of the human eye, promotes blood circulation in the eyes, and relieves eye fatigue. The AI sleep-aiding display simulates the light changes of sunrise and sunset based on the human body's biological clock, intelligently adjusts the screen color temperature curve, reduces blue light at night, and improves sleep quality.
Experience: MagicOS 8.0, smarter and more practical
Honor Magic V Flip is equipped with the latest MagicOS 8.0 operating system, which comprehensively improves the user's life service and entertainment experience. Through a series of innovative functional applications, MagicOS 8.0 unlocks more screen quick interaction applications, making users' daily operations more efficient and convenient.
The Honor Anywhere function allows users to quickly complete a series of complex tasks through simple drag and drop operations. For example, when browsing information such as Xiaohongshu, you can directly drag and drop pictures to apps such as JD.com or Taobao in the sidebar to compare prices and place orders, making shopping decisions in one step. In addition, you can also perform operations such as searching and collecting by dragging and dropping.
The global collection function of MagicOS 8.0 allows users to easily collect web pages, pictures, videos, files, texts, etc. Just swipe down with three fingers to quickly collect, and the Honor Trust Ring technology can automatically transfer between different devices for faster access and management.
Thanks to the optimization of OS Turbo X technology, Honor Magic V Flip does not lag even when multiple applications are running in parallel, ensuring the smoothness and long-lasting user experience of the phone. Whether it is sliding within the application or switching tasks, the fluency is significantly improved.
YOYO Assistant is awakened by breath and responds to user commands at any time. Whether it is the outer screen in the folded state or the inner screen after unfolding, YOYO Assistant can intelligently complete various tasks, such as creating Xiaohongshu copywriting or completing propositional essays. The support of the cloud magic big model makes YOYO Assistant more intelligent and efficient.
Image: Meet daily shooting needs
In terms of imaging, the Honor Magic V Flip uses a dual-camera combination of a 50-megapixel OIS anti-shake main camera and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle macro lens. The main camera uses a 50-megapixel Sony IMX906 sensor, and the equivalent pixel size after four-in-one is 2.0um, which can provide better low-light shooting effects.
First of all, in an environment with plenty of light during the day, the 50-megapixel main camera of Honor Magic V Flip performs very well, with excellent picture resolution, true and natural colors, and a fresh style. It is very suitable for users who want photos that are close to the perception of the human eye.
In terms of night scenes, thanks to the support of OIS optical image stabilization, Honor Magic V Flip can take photos with good overall effects even in low-light environments. The overall picture does not blindly increase the brightness, but takes into account the overall look and feel of the picture. The details of highlights and dark areas are preserved, and the number of noise points is also well controlled, which looks relatively pure, with obvious advantages compared to similar products.
Honor Magic V Flip supports multi-angle hovering shooting, and can adjust the shooting angle at will by hovering at 45°-110°. We can unfold the phone and hover it at any angle, and take selfies easily without manually pressing the shutter.
When you turn on the preview mode, Honor Magic V Flip can take selfies with the rear camera. Using the main camera can not only retain the rich details of the photo, but also observe how you look in front of the camera in real time, and the picture effect is greatly improved. If you want to take pictures with multiple people in the same frame, you can also use the rear ultra-wide-angle lens of the phone to take selfies.
In general, the image quality of Honor Magic V Flip can fully meet the needs of users for daily photography. The samples are natural in color during the day and pure at night. The overall imaging effect is more competitive among similar products.
Battery life: Large battery life is longer
In addition to performance, battery life is equally important. After all, no one wants their phone to always rely on a charger. The Honor Magic V Flip is equipped with the same Qinghai Lake battery as the flagship. The advanced carbon-silicon negative electrode technology achieves a super-large battery of 4800mAh, which refreshes the battery capacity record of vertical folding models. In order to test the battery life of the Honor Magic V Flip, I used the ZOL five-hour battery life model to test it. The experimental results are as follows:
From the results, we can see that after 5 hours of testing, the remaining power of Honor Magic V Flip is 57%, and the overall performance has reached the mainstream level, which can basically meet the user's daily use. At the same time, Honor Magic V Flip also supports super power saving mode to meet the user's emergency use needs when the power is low. At the same time, turning on super power saving in the external screen state can get a more extreme battery life experience.
In addition to battery life, the fast charging performance of mobile phones has also received more and more attention from users in recent years. Honor Magic V Flip uses 66W fast charging. In a 30-minute fast charging test, it can charge the phone's battery from 1% to 73%, which can meet users' needs for quick power replenishment.
From the overall experience point of view, the overall performance of Honor Magic V Flip in terms of battery life and fast charging is at an acceptable level. In daily use, it can basically be guaranteed to be charged once a day, breaking the traditional public perception that vertical folding models have poor battery life.
Conclusion
The above is the full content of the Honor Magic V Flip review. I believe you have already got the answer to the question at the beginning of the article. With the help of hardware such as the first-generation Snapdragon 8+ mobile platform, the Honor Magic V Flip does have flagship-level performance.
With the help of a 4-inch large external screen, a 50-megapixel dual-camera combination, a 4800mAh battery + 66W fast charge and other configurations, the Honor Magic V Flip's performance in terms of imaging and battery life can also reach the level of a mainstream phone.
With the support of many excellent hardware, Honor Magic V Flip has the confidence to tear off the label of “toy” and become the main phone in the hands of users. I also hope that more manufacturers can work together to make foldable screen mobile phones a product form that can keep pace with straight-screen mobile phones and truly enter the mass market.