Honor Magic V3 review: The thinnest book-style foldable — barely thicker than a slab when shut.
The fold for people who hate how thick folds are.
The Magic V3 is the thinnest, most pocketable book-style foldable, and unusually keeps a real periscope camera. The price and IPX8-only rating are the trade-offs.
01Display
93/10093/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2024.
02Camera
86/10086/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2024.
03Performance
92/10092/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2024.
04Battery
84/10084/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2024.
05Build
92/10092/100 puts it above the 89-point average for foldable phones of 2024.
06Value
78/10078/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2024.
- Remarkably thin — 9.2 mm folded, 4.35 mm open.
- Bright 5,000-nit displays inside and out.
- Proper periscope camera, rare on a foldable.
- Big 5,150 mAh battery for a fold.
- Very expensive at $1,699.
- IPX8 — water but not dust rated.
- 4-year OS policy.
- MagicOS learning curve.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 8-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .