Honor has announced the Magic V5, which it says is the thinnest foldable phone in the world right now \u2014 though only if you ignore the raised camera module, and only for its white version. The phone launches today in China, but Honor says an international release is coming \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 8.8mm thick when folded shut, the V5 is indeed impressively thin, and beats the 8.9mm Oppo Find N5. That 0.1mm difference is imperceptible in practice, though a very slight curvature does help Honor\u2019s phone feel a hair thinner than the Oppo. That\u2019s only true for the phone\u2019s \u201cIvory White\u201d version though, with the other colors very slightly thicker at 9mm, which suggests they\u2019ll use different materials for the final finish.<\/p>\n
Perhaps more tellingly, you\u2019ve also got to completely ignore the camera. The Magic V5\u2019s triple rear camera module rises almost twice as high as Oppo\u2019s, making the phone feel thicker overall as a result. Superior specs, with higher resolution sensors and faster apertures almost across the board, may justify the extra heft, but it does diminish that \u201cworld\u2019s thinnest\u201d claim.<\/p>\n
When open, the V5\u2019s frame measures 4.1mm, again just beating Oppo\u2019s 4.2mm. It\u2019s worth remembering that neither of these phones are quite as thin as Huawei\u2019s trifold Mate XT<\/a> when it\u2019s open, dropping to 3.6mm at its thinnest point, a segment that doesn\u2019t have the USB-C port.<\/p>\n This battle of the millimeters isn\u2019t new territory for Honor. Before Oppo launched the Find N5 earlier this year, Honor\u2019s Magic V3<\/a> was the thinnest foldable on the market. Next week Samsung is expected to reveal a drastically thinner Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/a>, though it\u2019s likely to be just a little thicker than Honor\u2019s effort. Honor isn\u2019t highlighting it, but the Magic V5 might be the world\u2019s lightest foldable too, or at least seems to share that title with Vivo\u2019s X Fold 5<\/a>, announced last week \u2014 both weigh 217g.<\/p>\n