Honor ingest toMobile World Congress 2023to launch its latest folding smartphone , theHonor Magic Vs . But , how does it compare to Samsung ’s famousGalaxy Z Fold 4 ?
fluid editor Lewis Painter had the chance to try the folding first - bridge player at Honor ’s event ahead of MWC and shared his initial thinking on the gimmick in the first impression recap linked above .
However , the real question here is how the Honor Magic Vs compare to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 .
The Honor Magic Vs has a slimmer design
Both the Honor Magic Vs and the Galaxy Z Fold 4 feature large folding filmdom and more traditional - sized covering displays . Both are also book - stylus foldables that airless with a vertical flexible joint , though the Honor machine is slimmer both folded and unfolded .
The Magic Vs evaluate 12.9 mm fold and 6.1 millimeter spread out , while the Z Fold 4 measures 15.8 mm folded and 6.3 millimeter unfolded . That ’s a pretty detectable dispute when the earphone is closed shut .
The flexible joint can also put flat than that on the Galaxy Z Fold 4 with no seeable crack and can withstand twice as many fold as the Samsung smartphone – although there ’s an statement to be made that ten yr of folding 100 times per day might be overkill as very few the great unwashed hold onto their phone for an intact decade .
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 supports the S Pen
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 carries support for the S Pen Fold Edition . This means you’re able to use the pen and its 4096 pressure point to take note , write messages , annotate your calendar and doodle . Unlike theGalaxy S23 Ultra , there ’s no slot for the style and it does n’t come included with the gadget .
Honor does n’t seem to have corroborate whether the Magic Vs will support its own Magic - mark stylus .
Both phones have triple cameras
Both the Honor Magic Vs and the Galaxy Z Fold 4 have three-fold cameras .
The Magic Vs ’ television camera consists of a 54 - megapixel main sensor , a 50 - megapixel ultra - wide sensor with a 122 - arcdegree FOV and an 8 - megapixel telephoto sensing element with 3x optical rapid climb .
We find persona fool with the Honor Magic Vs to be bright and detailed , though we ’re redeem our final judgement for the full reappraisal when we ’ve had more time to flirt around with the camera and its preferences .
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 , meanwhile , has a 50 - megapixel primary detector , a 12 - megapixel radical - wide sensor with a 123 - degree FOV and a 10 - megapixel telephoto sensor with 3x opthalmic zoom .
We found the Z Fold 4 ’s camera to be very subject and as good as that on theGalaxy S22and theS22 Plus . Photos taken with the phone are sharp and the colours pop , while low - light carrying into action has seen detectable melioration over the earpiece ’s predecessors .
The Honor Magic Vs has a larger battery
The Honor Magic Vs is power by a large 5000mAh battery , which Honor claims will last you 1.04 hr longer than the Galaxy Z Fold 4 ’s 4400mAh assault and battery .
We have n’t gotten the fortune to test these claims yet , but will definitely be interested in seeing how the two compare after spending more sentence with the Honor Magic Vs .
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 has Samsung’s One UI
The Honor Magic Vs runs on Honor ’s own MagicOS 7.1 skin found on the Android 13 operating system .
When we tested the Galaxy Z Fold 4 , it fare with Samsung ’s One UI software based onAndroid 12L , a version of the Google operating system design for foldables and pill . The interface is packed with useful features like a background - style taskbar to jump between apps and the power to have up to three apps open and visible at once with floating , resizable window .
