The Honor Magic V6 is the Chinese brand’s new crowning achievement, marking the first foldable that I’d recommend to anyone, not just tech enthusiasts.
Verdict
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While there’s a little bit of room for improvement in terms of elite gaming performance, the Honor Magic V6 is still a wildly impressive all-rounder. It’s the most durable foldable phone to date and offers great cameras, fast charging, and genuinely useful AI tools. While it might still prove to be too expensive for some, if you’ve got the money for a foldable phone, this is the one to get.
- Most durable foldable yet
- Fantastic displays
- Stellar battery
- Improved software
- Some room for enhanced performance
- No charger in box
I won’t lie, I’ve been a bit of a foldable phone cynic for a while now. I can’t deny they’re almost always wildly impressive, but the high price points of the likes of the Google Pixel Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold have always put me off feeling like I truly needed one. At least, that was the case until I started putting together this Honor Magic V6 review. After just over a month putting this phone through its paces, I don’t know if I can go back.
Without ruining too much of the rest of this review, the Honor Magic V6 feels like a culmination of the brand’s work in the foldable arena over the last half a decade or so. It’s still not quite perfect, but it’s closer than ever, improving on the most important issues with the previous model, the V5, and leaving the door open for software patches to fix the few remaining obstacles. So, are we looking at a new top entry for our guide to the best foldable phones? Let’s find out.
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Price and availability
Unfortunately, we haven’t got the full details on the Honor Magic V6’s pricing just yet. What we do know, though, is that the Magic V6 isn’t getting a wide launch in the US. You can look at importing it from Europe or the UK, though. For this review, we received the 16GB+512GB version, which is the only configuration, in the Gold colorway.
Specs
Here are the Honor Magic V6’s specs:
Performance and gaming
Given that the Honor Magic V6 packs the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, it should come as no surprise to learn that it’s a snappy performer. However, there’s a bit of a complication. It’s a capable phone; that’s not up for debate, especially when it comes to everyday performance. Sadly, though, it’s not quite as good for gaming as some other 8 Elite Gen 5-powered devices I’ve used.
I’ll admit, the difference between something like the REDMAGIC 11 Pro and the Honor Magic V6 isn’t massive. It’s more of a dent than a gulf, but the more you play, the more noticeable it is. Let’s take the gameplay experience of Honkai Star Rail, for instance. With the graphics settings turned up as high as they’ll go, in-game animations can suffer slightly. It’s not egregious, but it’s not the sort of seamless performance I know this processor is capable of. That leaves me wondering if it’s more of a software issue than it is a hardware one.
Outside of some occasional blips, though, I still had a pretty great time playing through our list of the best mobile games on the Honor Magic V6, and if you’re coming to this from any phone that’s more than a year or so old or a mid-ranger, it should still feel like an improvement. It’s also worth noting that if it is a software issue holding the V6 back, there’s a chance Honor could release an update to improve performance potential. Essentially, there’s still juice in this fruit; Honor just needs to squeeze it a little harder.
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