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There’s a fierce competition among phone companies to create the thinnest foldable device. Honor seems to be leading the pack with its 8.8 mm thick Magic V5 foldable, although there’s a slight catch with the camera bump. Holding the phone can be a bit uncomfortable at first, but the adjustment period is worth it.
The device boasts a solid hardware, featuring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor and impressive display resolutions. The screen brightness is top-notch, making reading and browsing a delight. The LTPO technology allows for smooth navigation and scrolling on both screens.
The camera setup on the Honor Magic V5 is impressive, with high-quality sensors for stunning photos. The phone performs well in various conditions, although some color accuracy issues were noticed in certain situations. The super macro mode is a standout feature for capturing intricate details up close.
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Since all companies have access to AI image models, many are introducing super-zoom modes to capture a base photo and using generative AI to enhance the details. Honor’s 100x zoom tech is good enough to capture text at a distance and use AI to clear it up. However, when I tried to capture different objects, the AI-processed version looked very much AI generated. This wasn’t the case with the Pixel 10 Pro’s 100x Zoom.
Like most China-made phones, this device also has a ton of AI-powered “beauty” features that let you smooth your skin, adjust your nose size and face size, brighten the picture, and more. You can easily turn these features off with a toggle.
Honor has included a bunch of AI editing tools with the phone. There is an AI eraser that lets you draw on objects to remove them. The tool also has additional options, including removing passersby and removing reflections. The first option doesn’t always work well. Check out this photo I took at Wimbledon. While it removed some people in the background, it also removed the torso of one of the tennis players.
The phone has an AI cutout tool, which allows you to select an object from a photo and move it within the frame. When you move the object, the device uses generative AI to fill in the gap. This feature is also not perfect and at times leaves artifacts like shadows around the original position of the object, clearly indicating that you moved something in the photo. There are other tools like AI upscaling and AI outpainting as well.
The phone also includes an image-to-video function in the device’s photo app, which allows for three generations per 30 days. It creates videos using Google’s Veo 2 model, but the output is not great and often feels uncanny compared to the original image.
Honor has introduced the Magic V5 in Europe, APAC, and the Middle East. The device runs on MagicOS 9, which is based on Android 15. While the interface is clean and easy to navigate, I found the pre-installed Honor apps for smart home devices and the myHonor community app to be unnecessary additions.
MagicOS seamlessly handles media exchange with both Android and Apple devices. Honor also offers a Workstation app for macOS, making it convenient to transfer photos, videos, and documents to your Mac.
A standout feature of the Magic V5 is the on-device call translation capability, supporting six languages including Chinese, English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. I tested this feature with a French-speaking friend and was impressed by the accurate translations. Unlike other devices, the Magic V5 allows users to choose between a male and female voice for translations.
