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Magic Vs review: Book-style foldable with no gap and a big battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2022·$1300
Overall
85/100
Class rank
#3 of 3
Tier
Foldable
Buy?
Yes
The verdict, up front

Gapless folding.

Magic Vs used a simplified gear-less hinge to fold completely flat with no gap, while fitting a large 5000 mAh battery rare in foldables. With a 54 MP IMX800 camera and 8+ Gen 1, it was Honor's most refined fold of 2022.

01Display

89/100

89/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2022.

Main7.9" OLED, 90Hz, 2272 x 1984
Cover6.45" OLED, 120Hz, 1080 x 2560
FoldGapless inward book fold, gear-less hinge

02Camera

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for foldable phones of 2022.

Main54 MP Sony IMX800, f/1.9
Ultrawide50 MP, 122 deg
Telephoto8 MP 3x, OIS
Selfie16 MP on both screens

03Performance

88/100

88/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (4nm)
GPUAdreno 730

04Battery

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2022.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging66W SuperCharge

05Build

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2022.

What works
  • Gear-less hinge folds flat with no gap
  • 5000 mAh — big for a foldable
  • 54 MP IMX800 + 3x OIS tele
What doesn't
  • Heavy 267 g
  • No wireless charging
  • Magic UI niche outside China
Cross-shop it against
Samsung W2024 (China Z Fold 5 variant)
$2300 · score 90/100

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 3-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .