Honor teases its first foldable, the Magic V

Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has teased the launch of its first foldable smartphone, the Honor V. An picture shared on its Weibo and Twitter accounts teases the design of the system, displaying a telltale hinge between the 2 halves of the system. The Weibo publish says the “folding flagship is about to be released,” although no actual launch date has been introduced and Honor declined to remark.

Honor has been open about its need to launch a foldable for a while. As early as 2019, the corporate’s CEO George Zhao told CNET that he was taken with producing a foldable below the Honor model, however expressed issues that the system could be too costly for Honor’s youthful goal market. In June this yr, reports emerged that improvement of such a tool was underway on the firm, and that its folding show panels have been being offered by BOE and Visionox.

There aren’t many particulars on the precise type the Magic V may take, however a report from The Elec suggests it may have an 8.03-inch folding inside show paired with a 6.45-inch outer display screen. That suggests a tool that resembles Samsung’s Z Fold gadgets (which unfold from a cellphone type issue right into a pill) relatively than its Z Flip (a cellphone that folds to turn into extra compact). That’s additionally the shape issue utilized by Honor’s former mother or father firm Huawei with its Mate X2, although now that Honor has been unbiased for a yr it’s unclear how comparable its upcoming system may be.

Honor joins an increasing checklist of firms which have both launched, or are planning to launch their very own foldables. Samsung and Huawei have been two early entrants, however extra lately we’ve seen foldables from Xiaomi, Motorola, and Oppo, which formally introduced its Find N cellphone earlier this month. As effectively as Honor, Google can be rumored to be planning to announce as many as two foldables of its personal within the close to future.