TL;DR
- HONOR’s Magic V3 is preparing for its worldwide debut at IFA 2024.
- The corporate’s newest Magic Portal software program will get optimized for giant foldable screens, supporting straightforward comparisons.
- AI-powered translation and picture enhancing instruments assist spherical out HONOR’s suite.
For followers of foldable smartphones residing within the West, it’s straightforward to go a bit myopic and lose observe of all of the choices on the market. Positive, you’ve received your Samsung, Google, Motorola, and OnePlus folders, however there’s a number of fascinating {hardware} on the market in different markets, just like the extremely skinny HONOR Magic V3, launched in China simply final month. This one, although, isn’t content material to remain put, and HONOR has already shared plans to increase availability globally. As the corporate will get prepared to point out the Magic V3 off to the world at IFA, it’s shining the highlight on a number of the cellphone’s extra fascinating software program options.
The HONOR Magic V3, you could bear in mind, measures simply 9.2mm skinny, making telephones just like the Galaxy Z Fold 6 at 12.1mm really feel enormous compared. It’s received a giant 7.92-inch folding display, 6.43-inch cowl show, and runs a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Pricing in China begins at 8,999 yuan (~$1,240) for the 12GB/256GB configuration, though something may occur with that determine as HONOR will get the cellphone prepared for worldwide gross sales.
Whereas that svelte {hardware} is what customers will probably be gawking at, there’s some enjoyable stuff taking place on the software program facet, too. In a brand new promo video, HONOR kicks issues off by exhibiting a preview of the most recent modifications to its Magic Portal AI-powered “app concierge.” The main factor right here is having the ability to benefit from that huge interior display to work with a number of pop-up home windows without delay (not in contrast to what you are able to do on Samsung telephones), together with dragging and dropping content material between them — with out messing with share menus.
We’ve additionally received translation software program profiting from that dual-sided display to point out either side of the dialog without delay, HONOR’s personal model of Google’s Magic Eraser, and a take a look at text-to-speech (with extra translation) in HONOR Notes. All of it appears tremendous, however like we mentioned — the {hardware} appears just like the star of the present right here.
IFA 2024 will get began in just below two weeks, so it shouldn’t be lengthy now earlier than we get the remainder of the story on HONOR’s international plans for the Magic V3.