Honor is set to roll out two different flagship phones next month. The Chinese company, a former unit of Huawei, is preparing to launch the Honor Magic 5 series on February 27 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Based on an image shared with the media, it looks like a Magic 5 phone will sport a triple camera module on a circle-shaped camera bump. Not much else has been revealed, but rumors point to the Magic 5 series consisting of three phones and featuring 100x zoom thanks to a periscope-style telephoto lens.
Honor sent Save the Dates to the media to announce the launch of two flagship phones.
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Th Magic Vs, the company’s first foldable slated for international release, is set to launch alongside the Magic 5 series. But that’s not exactly new or a surprise. Last year Honor unveiled the Magic V for the first time. It takes the form of a book-style foldable phone similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold 4. In addition to the foldable screen, the Honor Magic Vs has a Snapdragon 8 Gen Plus 1 processor, a 5,000 mAh battery and 66-Watt fast charging. It also has a triple rear camera with 3x optical zoom. However, the newest addition, over its predecessor known as Magic V, is the inclusion of a stylus which Honor calls the Magic Pen. CNET has had some time with Honor’s foldable flagship phone, in which we share information about the hardware and display of the device. In China, the Magic Vs starts for 7,499 Yuan in China, which converts to around $1,050, £880, or AU$1,575. Honor is expected to reveal international pricing at MWC 2023.
Unlike its older parent Huawei, Honor phones have the full power of Google Mobile Services, which includes the Google Play Store, the Google Map app, and other essentials of the Android ecosystem. In 2020, Huawei made the decision to sell Honor to a consortium of buyers in order to ensure the survival of his business despite crippling US sanctions.