Honor’s latest book-style foldable, the Magic V5, has finally landed in the UK and Europe after debuting in China earlier this year.
It arrives just a few weeks after the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and a month ahead of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which is set to begin shipping on October 9.
But how does Honor’s latest foldable flagship compare? We’re currently putting the Magic V5 through its paces – stay tuned for our full review in the coming weeks – but below, we’ve detailed the new phone’s price and on-paper specs versus two of the best foldable phones of 2025.
The Honor Magic V5 with 512GB and 12GB of RAM starts at £1,699.99, undercutting the Pixel 10 Pro Fold by £50 and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by a hefty £100. You’ll also get twice as much storage for that price, though Google’s phone does offer a larger 16GB RAM capacity as standard.
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Design-wise, Honor claims that the Ivory White version of the Magic V5 is the “thinnest foldable phone” on the market, but our own testing proved that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is, in fact, the thinnest book-style foldable in any orientation. Still, at 4.2mm when open and 9.39mm when closed, Honor’s Magic V5 is still improbably slim, and the difference in thickness between it and the Samsung is tough to discern with the naked eye.
The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, meanwhile, is visibly thicker than both the Honor and Samsung, but it does best the competition with a unique IP68 water and dust resistance rating; the Magic V5 and Galaxy Z Fold 7 get IP58 and IP48, respectively.
Here’s how all three phones compare on the specs front:
| Header Cell – Column 0 |
Honor Magic V5 |
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold |
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Main display: |
7.95-inch LTPO AMOLED (2172 x 2352) w/ 120Hz adaptive refresh rate |
8-inch LTPO OLED (2076 x 2152) w/ 120Hz adaptive refresh rate |
8-inch LTPO OLED (1968 x 2184) w/ 120Hz adaptive refresh rate |
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Cover display: |
6.43-inch LTPO OLED (1060 x 2376) w/ 120Hz adaptive refresh rate |
6.4-inch OLED (1080 x 2364) w/ 120Hz adaptive refresh rate |
6.5-inch LTPO OLED (1080 x 2520) w/ 120Hz adaptive refresh rate |
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Chipset: |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
Google Tensor G5 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy |
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RAM: |
12GB / 16GB |
16GB |
12GB / 16GB |
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Storage: |
512GB |
256GB / 512GB / 1TB |
256GB / 512GB / 1TB |
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OS: |
Android 16 / MagicOS 9 |
Android 16 |
Android 16 / One UI 8 |
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Main cameras: |
50MP wide / 50MP ultra-wide / 64MP telephoto (3x zoom) |
48MP wide / 10.5MP ultra-wide / 10.8MP telephoto (5x zoom) |
200MP wide / 12MP ultra-wide / 10MP telephoto (3x zoom) |
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Selfie cameras: |
20MP wide / 20MP wide |
10MP wide / 10MP wide |
10MP wide / 10MP ultra-wide |
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Battery: |
5,820mAh (Si/C) |
5,015mAh |
4,400mAh |
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Charging: |
66W wired / 50W wireless / 5W reverse wired |
30W wired / 15W wireless (magnetic) |
25W wired / 15W wireless / 4.5W reverse wireless |
At a glance, the Honor Magic V5 boasts bigger ultra-wide, telephoto, and front-facing sensors than both the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Pixel 10 Pro Fold, while its hefty 5,820mAh silicon-carbon battery could deliver superior battery life, too.
The phone’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset also promises Galaxy-equaling performance, though we’ll need to run our own in-house tests to confirm whether that’s the case.
Nonetheless, we’ve come a long way from the days of the Royole FlexPai and original Samsung Galaxy Z Fold. The latest Honor, Samsung, and Google foldables are powerful, durable, and versatile devices that rival the very best phones on the market, and you’re unlikely to be left disappointed with any of them.
The Honor Magic V5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 are available to order now, while the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is up for pre-order (as mentioned, the phone begins shipping on October 9). Our full Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 review is live now, and we’ll be posting our full Honor Magic V5 and Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold reviews in the coming weeks.
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