“Honor Magic V2” phone: a technical innovation for foldable phones
If you think that innovation in foldable phones has reached its limits, you will be surprised by the Honor Magic V2 phone, which offers advanced technical features at all levels, and significantly reduces its thickness at the same time. Asharq Al-Awsat tested the phone before its launch in the Arab region on February 8, and we mention a summary of the experience.
Advanced imaging capabilities and a large screen for extended immersion
Innovative design
The design of the phone is very elegant; It represents a revolution in the industry standards of the foldable phone category with regard to thickness and weight. The weight of the phone is only 231 grams, and its thickness is 4.7 mm when opened and 9.9 mm when folded, i.e. less than one centimeter. In addition to this, the high quality of manufacturing increases its durability, especially since it is made of a joint containing titanium used in the aircraft industry, with the use of steel to provide a balance between light weight and durability.
The weight of the joint is up to 42 percent lighter than stainless steel, while impact-resistant steel is a key factor in the manufacture of the main body of the joint, aiming to balance thickness and durability for a low-thickness, yet strong design. The hinge was manufactured using a mechanism and tools that significantly reduce its internal area and total thickness, with its ability to withstand more than 400,000 folding operations, meaning the screen can be folded 100 times a day for 10 years, without the hinge being affected as a result, and without any gaps appearing between the two ends. the screen.
The phone also offers an ultra-thin cooling system, using a multi-layer approach with different materials and materials that include an ultra-thin vapor chamber, high thermal conductivity graphite, thermal conductivity gel and copper foil, with the aim of maintaining optimal performance levels and ensuring long-term durability. This cooling system makes the most of the internal space to achieve efficient cooling, despite the phone’s low thickness and the lack of a large volume of air to pass through to cool it. The entire cooling system has an area of 29,000 square meters, an increase of 12.5 percent compared to the previous generation of the series.
The phone’s screen uses multi-curved Nano Crystal glass technology, which adds a deeper sense of safety and endurance, and provides 10 times greater resistance to falling compared to regular glass.
Elegant designs with high performance
Superior imaging capabilities
The phone offers 5 cameras, 3 on the back and 2 on the front. The first 50-megapixel wide-angle rear camera is equipped with a large f/1.9 aperture and a dedicated sensor to provide more light for images with greater clarity, better light exposure, and a richer dynamic color range. In addition, the new sensor is equipped with a fully optimized focus to improve subject detection and improve the focusing mechanism when taking photos. This results in the ability to capture high-resolution images with fine details without any effort or fatigue, even in challenging lighting conditions, such as low light and backlight conditions.
We move to the second ultra-wide rear camera, which also works with a resolution of 50 megapixels, which supports an exceptionally wide field of view, as this feature enables the user to capture more than one scene within a single frame to obtain stunning images of large-scale landscapes. This feature is also coupled with a focal length of 13 mm and a large f/2.0 aperture for a dazzling wide-angle shooting experience for wide (panoramic) shots with crystal-clear details.
The third rear camera specializes in zoom and has a resolution of 20 megapixels. Its focal length is 2.4, which allows for high-quality imaging results. The camera also supports digital zoom up to 40 times to bring the target closer to the user.
As for the two front cameras, the resolution of each is 16 megapixels, the first is present when the screen is opened and the second is present when it is closed. Each camera uses a f/2.2 aperture for precise, enhanced image quality. Each front camera is distinguished by the ability to clearly display the facial features of the target through its ability to recognize its details.
Support for artificial intelligence
The phone supports AI Motion Sensing Capture technology, enhanced by an artificial intelligence network trained on more than 270,000 images. This feature enables the camera to accurately identify different scenarios, intelligently identify key moments, and help users capture the perfect shots automatically. This feature is suitable for capturing live performances and sporting events because of its ability to intelligently detect facial expressions, such as smiling, and body positions such as jumping, ensuring that the best shots are captured while the subject is moving.
This technology improves startup speed, focus speed, shutter response, and shooting speed, compared to the previous generation, to capture any scene in fractions of a second. The phone offers the feature of shooting from motion mode to take stunning individual or group photos or the environment without any effort.
Useful features
Asharq Al-Awsat visited Honor phone research centers in China and learned about how to develop the phone’s electronic circuits, including the battery. Work was done on developing an exclusive dual battery (on each side of the phone behind the screen) using silicon and carbon, which allows it to provide a superior charge but at half the size, which allowed the thickness of the phone to be significantly reduced, in addition to the use of a hinge and the advanced cooling mentioned above. In order to reduce the thickness as well.
The thickness of the battery is only 2.72 mm, and it offers an innovative electrochemical system that increases its lifespan by 40 percent compared to the previous version, in addition to using low-voltage assembly technology that produces more energy at the same voltage level compared to other graphite battery systems.
The phone features an external screen with a diameter of 6.43 inches, which displays the image in a ratio of 21 to 9, and with a screen-to-body ratio of 91.2 percent, superior to competing phones that offer long and narrow screens when folded. As for the internal screen, its diameter is 7.92 inches when opened, which turns the phone into a tablet. This screen can be enjoyed for watching content, playing electronic games, and reading and writing content. The screen is equipped with OLED LTPO technology that supports 100 percent DCI – P3 color gamut. The screen displays the image clearly even under bright sunlight thanks to brightness levels of up to 2500 nits.
The screen’s electrical pulse width modulation dimming technology works at a rate of up to 3840 Hz to reduce eye fatigue and ensure a comfortable viewing experience even during prolonged use sessions. This feature reduces screen brightness fluctuations and flickering, resulting in reduced eye strain and a comfortable viewing experience even in low-light conditions. The automatic night display feature adjusts the screen according to the time of use of the day; It displays warmer colors during the day and softer at night. This feature also reduces colors that affect the body’s circadian rhythm to help increase melatonin levels in the body by reducing the effect of screen light on hormone production, in order to enhance the quality of sleep for longer and better periods.
Another impressive feature is that the phone offers privacy calls technology supported by artificial intelligence (AI Privacy Call), which prevents sound leakage from the speaker when speaking and those around the user hearing the call. Thanks to AI Directional Sound technology, the incoming volume adjusts to suit different environments and prevents sound leakage during the most private phone calls. In addition, there is support for Sound Energy Spatial Control technology, which generates opposing sound waves to prevent sound leakage, even if the call is in a quiet environment.
We mention the Parallel Space feature, which allows for safe isolation and separate storage of work and personal data, which maintains privacy and organization. The user can run applications effortlessly and independently, as if he had a second built-in phone, with the aim of enhancing integration between productivity, flexibility, and management of work and personal applications.
We conclude the advantages of the phone with what is known as Magic Text, which intelligently recognizes the text content in an image and converts it into editable text, which greatly enhances productivity. This feature allows direct use of important information, such as calling, writing texts, and saving a number on an image, for example.
Technical specifications
The diameter of the phone’s internal screen is 7.92 inches and displays the image with a resolution of 2156 x 2344 pixels and a density of 402 pixels per inch and a frequency of 120 Hz, while the diameter of the external screen is 6.42 inches and it displays the image with a resolution of 1060 x 2376 pixels and a density of 402 pixels per inch and a frequency of 120 Hz, which means that the screens will display More frames per second for smoother moving elements. The screen supports High Dynamic Range HDR 10 Plus technology and displays up to 1.07 billion colors.
The phone offers 3 rear cameras with a resolution of 50, 50, and 20 megapixels (at wide, ultra-wide and telephoto angles), in addition to providing two front cameras, each of which operates at a resolution of 16 megapixels. The phone works with an eight-core “Snapdragon 8 Generation 2” processor (one core at 3.36 GHz, 4 cores at 2.8 GHz, and 3 cores at 2 GHz) with a manufacturing accuracy of 4 nm, while using 16 GB of memory and providing 256 GB of built-in storage capacity. There is a side fingerprint sensor, and the phone runs the “Android 13” operating system and the “Magic OS 7.2” user interface.
The phone supports 66-watt fast charging via the USB Type-C port, and its battery charge is 5000 mAh, which allows it to work for about 14 hours of playing videos online or about 24 hours of reading content, in addition to supporting 5W reverse wired charging to charge various devices and accessories. The phone also supports “Wi-Fi” networks a, b, g, n, ac, ax, be, 6e and 7, and “Bluetooth 5.3” wireless networks at frequencies of 2.4 and 5 GHz, in addition to supporting Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, the use of two SIM cards and the electronic chip eSIM, and providing headphones in Both sides of the phone for added audio immersion.
The thickness of the phone when opened is 4.7 mm, and 9.9 mm when folded, and its weight is 231 grams. It is available in the Arab region in the colors black, purple, and gold, starting from February 8, at a price of 6,899 Saudi riyals (about 1,839 US dollars).
