Honor Magic Vs 3 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, Periscope camera debuts
The Honor Magic Vs 3 was unveiled in China on Friday as Honor’s latest book-style foldable smartphone. It is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and comes in three color variants. The Honor Magic Vs 3 has a slim profile; depending on the color variant, the phone measures 9.7mm thick when folded and drops to 4.65mm when opened. The Honor Magic Vs 3 has triple cameras on the back, including a periscope sensor, and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 66W charging and 50W wireless charging.
Honor Magic Vs 3 price
The Honor Magic Vs 3 price starts for CNY 6,999 (approximately Rs. 80,000) for the 12GB + 256GB variant. The 12GB + 512GB and 16GB + 1TB configurations are priced at CNY 7,699 (approximately Rs. 88,000) and CNY 8,699 (approximately Rs. 1,00,000) respectively. It is currently available for sale in China in Qilian Snow, Tundra Green, and Velvet Black (translated from Chinese).
Honor Magic Vs 3 specifications
The dual-SIM (Nano + Nano) Honor Magic Vs 3 runs Android 14 with MagicOS 8.0. 1 on top. It features a 7.92-inch primary (2,344×2,156 pixels) OLED display and a 6.43-inch (1,060×2,376 pixels) OLED cover display with a peak brightness of 2,500 nits. Both LTPO displays support stylus input and offer 3840Hz PWM dimming and up to 120Hz refresh rate. The main display and the cover display have 9.78:9 percent and 20:9 percent aspect ratios respectively. It is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC alongside up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. It has a Titanium hinge and is powered by Honor’s self-developed RF chip.
For optics, the Honor Magic Vs 3 sports a triple camera setup at the back, consisting of a 50-megapixel main camera, a 40-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and an 8-megapixel periscope telephoto sensor with 5x optical zoom. The cover screen and the main display house 16-megapixel sensors for selfies.
Connectivity options on the Honor Magic Vs 3 include 5G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, A-GPS, OTG, and a USB Type-C port. It has an ambient light sensor, a compass, a gyroscope, an infrared blaster, and a proximity sensor. The handset has a fingerprint sensor for authentication.
The Honor Magic Vs 3 houses a 5,000mAh battery with 66W wired and 50W wireless charging support. The handset has a slim profile at 9.8mm thick when folded in the Velvet Black colourway and 4.65mm when unfolded. Other colour options measure 10.1mm when folded and 4.8mm when unfolded. The Velvet Black version weighs around 229 grams while other colour versions weigh around 231 grams.
