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A new video has popped up on YouTube, showing you the assembly of the world’s thinnest foldable smartphone, the HONOR Magic V2. This video popped up on JerryRigEverything YouTube channel.
HONOR Magic V2 gets assembled, the world’s thinnest foldable
Needless to say, that YouTube channel is well-known for testing the durability of smartphones, and giving us a peek on the inside of them. Well, HONOR partnered up with Zack from that channel, in order to show us the inside of its latest foldable.
The HONOR Magic V2 got announced in China already, and it will launch globally on September 1, as part of IFA 2023. Having said that, the aforementioned video is embedded below the article, and in it, you’ll not only see the insides of the HONOR Magic V2, but Zack also compared this phone to the Galaxy Z Fold 5.
HONOR made a new titanium hinge here, and also used two silicon-carbon batteries
In order to achieve such a thin profile, HONOR actually made a new hinge, and it used a titanium alloy in order to make it happen. In addition to that, the company used two separate silicon-carbon batteries which are crazy thin.
The company also says the HONOR Magic V2 has been tested for 400,000 folding cycles. That means that you can fold it 100 times a day for 10 years. You won’t be using it for that long, nor will you achieve that many folds in a day, so… this phone should last.
This 8-minute video is actually quite interesting. You’ll be able to see the phone fully disassembled first, and then Zack puts it together, giving us insight into how that’s being done, while showing us all the internal components.
The HONOR Magic V2 is a lot thinner & noticeably lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 5
Once it’s assembled, you can see how thin and light it is. It’s a lot thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 5, and also quite a bit lighter. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 clocked in at 14.91mm by Zack, while the HONOR Magic V2 is 9.94mm thick. Do note that this thickness is without the camera bumps.
Officially, Samsung measured the Galaxy Z Fold 5 to be 13.4mm thick when folded, while HONOR measured the Magic V2 to be 9.9mm. So, Samsung somehow managed to measure it to be less thick than Zack did. Even with that counted in, it’s a lot thicker, despite the fact it also folds flat.
The Galaxy Z Fold 5 weighs 253 grams, while the HONOR Magic V2 weighs in at 231 or 237 grams, depending on the model.
