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The World’s Thinnest Foldable Phone Is Actually Thicker than Its Predecessor
CHINA, JUL 2 – The Magic V5 weighs just 217 grams and features a 6,100mAh silicon-carbon battery with 25% silicon content, setting new standards for thinness and battery innovation in foldables.
- Honor launched the Magic V5, the world's thinnest foldable phone, on July 2, 2025, initially in China.
- This launch follows growing foldable market interest and aims to challenge Samsung, which will release the Galaxy Z Fold 7 on July 9.
- The Magic V5 is 8.8mm thin at its slimmest fold, weighs about 217 grams, features a sizable camera bump, and holds up to 1TB storage and a >6000 mAh battery.
- Francisco Jeronimo called the Magic V5 a 'strong offering from Honor,' yet Neil Shah noted Honor faces challenges in brand and distribution versus Samsung's vertical integration.
- Honor's Magic V5 launch signals its drive to expand internationally and invest $10 billion in AI over five years to grow its product line beyond smartphones.
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‘Massive’ investment in R&D leads China’s Honor to launch world’s thinnest foldable phone
Chinese smartphone brand Honor launched what promises to be the world’s thinnest foldable phone—just 4.1 millimeters thick when unfolded—on Wednesday as it seeks to regain lost ground in China’s competitive phone market. The Magic V5’s thinness is made possible by innovations in its silicon-carbon battery, which stacks cells just 0.2 millimeters thick to create a battery that’s as thin as a bank card. The new phone is also light: At just 217 gr…
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China's Honor launches new challenge to Samsung with thin foldable smartphone and a big battery
Honor launched the Magic V5 on Wednesday, it’s latest foldable smartphone that will initially launch in China and then overseas markets.
·Chicago, United States
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