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Honor Magic V3

Honor Magic V3
Honor Magic V3
Honor Magic V3
Honor Magic V3
Honor Magic V3
Honor Magic V3
R37,000
SKU: 4327
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
  • CPU: Qualcomm SM8650-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm)
  • RAM: 12GB/16GB
  • Storage: 256GB/512GB/1TB
  • Display: LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2500 nits
  • Camera: 50MP
  • OS: Android 14, MagicOS 8.0.1

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

7.8
  • Display 8 / 10
  • Camera 7 / 10
  • Performance 8 / 10
  • Battery 8 / 10

PROS

  1. Aluminum frame folded phone.
  2. Dual Foldable LTPO OLED display.
  3. Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with 12/16GB RAM.
  4. Triple rear and Dual selfie camera.
  5. 5000mAh battery with 66W charging.

CONS

  1. FM is not supported.

The Honor Magic V3 stands as an absolute engineering masterpiece and the reigning heavyweight in South Africa’s ultra-luxury smartphone tier. Starting from roughly ZAR 37,000, this book-style foldable is designed for corporate executives, tech purists, and power users who want a pocketable smartphone that seamlessly transforms into a full-scale mobile workstation.

While ZAR 37,000 serves as the national baseline for this pinnacle of mobile design, final retail pricing will vary across provinces based on localized stock availability, specific store launch bundles, or whether you choose to finance it through an executive cellular contract.

Where to Buy It in South Africa

Honor has integrated its premier foldable across major digital platforms, elite electronics departments, and premium cellular provider networks nationwide:

  • Digital Hubs & Tech Specialists: Takealot, Hi Online, Cellucity, and 4U.

  • Major Retail & Department Counters: Makro, Game, HiFi Corp, and Foschini.

  • Everyday Value & Apparel Outlets: Mr Price, PEP, and Ackermans.

  • Mobile Network Providers (Executive Contract Plans): MTN and Chatz Connect.

Why the Honor Magic V3 Justifies Its Ultra-Premium Price Tag

For an investment of R37,000, Honor has achieved engineering breakthroughs that completely rewrite what a folding phone can be, directly solving the “bulky brick” layout of older generation foldables.

  • The World’s Thinnest Folding Design: When folded shut, the Magic V3 measures a jaw-dropping 9.2mm thin and weighs just 226g. This means it sits, feels, and slides into your pocket exactly like a traditional single-screen smartphone, completely eliminating the chunky profile of its competitors.

  • Dual Immersive Workspaces: The exterior features a highly practical, standard-sized 6.43-inch display for quick daily tasks. Unfolding the device reveals a massive, stunning 7.92-inch tablet-sized internal screen, allowing you to run multiple business, banking, or entertainment apps side-by-side with ease.

  • Flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Processing: Powering this giant canvas is Qualcomm’s ultra-powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. Tailored heavily for intensive multitasking, on-device AI operations, and heavy mobile rendering, it ensures absolute fluidity across both displays.

  • Studio-Grade Falcon Camera Matrix: The back plate houses an iconic dome-shaped camera system consisting of a 50MP main camera with an ultra-bright $f/1.6$ aperture and OIS, a 50MP Periscope Telephoto camera (3.5x optical, 100x digital zoom), and a 40MP ultra-wide shooter for high-end content creation.

  • Ultra-Dense 5,150mAh Battery: Despite its razor-thin chassis, Honor utilized third-generation silicon-carbon battery technology to pack a massive 5,150mAh cell inside. It easily navigates extended travel days or long load-shedding blocks, backed by 66W wired SuperCharge and 50W wireless charging.

Shopping Tip: Because a cash layout of R37,000+ is a significant financial layout, the overwhelming majority of South African buyers acquire the Magic V3 through premium network upgrades. Check the high-tier monthly subscription tables at MTN or Chatz Connect—this ultra-flagship is routinely packaged into 24 or 36-month corporate contracts that frequently bundle in valuable premium lifestyle bonuses like wearable smartwatches, tablets, or exclusive VIP warranty protection plans.

Full Specifications

General

Brand Honor
Model Honor Magic V3
Announced 12 July, 2024
Released 19 July, 2024
Status Available
Price ZAR 37,000

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. Bar
Dimensions Unfolded: 156.6 x 145.3 x 4.35 mm or 4.4 mm
Folded: 156.6 x 74.0 x 9.2 mm or 9.3 mm
Weight 226 g or 230 g (7.97 oz)
Protection IPX8 water resistant (up to 2.5m for 30 min)
Colors Velvet Black, Snow, Tundra Green, Red

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. Nano-SIM, eSIM or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) Foldable LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 1800 nits (peak)
Size 7.92 inches, 201.6 cm2 (~88.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 2156 x 2344 pixels (~402 ppi density)
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. King Kong Rhinoceros
Secondary Display Cover display:
LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2500 nits
6.43 inches, 1060 x 2376 pixels, 402 ppi, nanocrystal glass 2.0

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. 50 MP, f/1.6, (wide), 1/1.56", PDAF, OIS
50 MP, f/3.0, (telephoto), 1/2.51", PDAF, 3.5x optical zoom, OIS
40 MP, f/2.2, 112˚, (ultrawide), AF
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera 20 MP, f/2.2, 90˚, (wide)
Cover camera:
20 MP, f/2.2, 90˚, (wide)
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Android 14
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. MagicOS 8.0.1

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. Qualcomm SM8650-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. Octa-core (1x3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 & 3x3.2 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2x3.0 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2x2.3 GHz Cortex-A520)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Adreno 750
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. 12GB/16GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. 256GB/512GB/1TB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, LDAC
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB USB Type-C 3.1, OTG, Display Port 1.2
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a)
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Si/C 5150 mAh, non-removable
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. 66W wired
50W wireless
5W reverse wired

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