The ultra-sleek Honor Magic Vs2 has officially entered the South African market, giving tech enthusiasts a rare opportunity to own a premium book-style foldable device at a surprisingly accessible starting price of ZAR 15,000.
Renowned for pioneering incredibly thin design engineering, this device makes the foldable format practical for everyday use. However, please remember that the R15,000 baseline price can fluctuate. Depending on your specific location in South Africa, store-specific inventory clear-outs, and whether you purchase it outright cash or opt for a monthly contract bundle, your final cost may vary.
Thanks to Honor’s extensive local partnership network, tracking down the Magic Vs2 is simple. It is widely distributed across major online marketplaces, mobile network operators, and everyday retail counters nationwide.
If you want to purchase the device cash, accumulate store loyalty points, or take advantage of short-term interest-free installment options (like PayFlex or Mobicred), these large-scale retailers are your best destinations:
Takealot: South Africa’s premier online store offers fast door-to-door delivery or convenient collection at local pickup points, frequently running online-exclusive price drops.
Makro & Game: Large-scale warehouse hubs ideal if you want to test the phone’s unique folding screen mechanism in person before buying.
HiFi Corp & Hi Online: Specialized electronics hubs offering dependable in-store credit options and extended electronic hardware warranties.
If you prefer not to shell out the ZAR 15,000 all at once, you can spread the cost over 24 or 36 months by upgrading your current line or signing up for a new mobile plan:
MTN & Chatz: Major network destinations offering the Magic Vs2 on flexible monthly contract tiers, heavily packed with monthly data and airtime allocations.
Cellucity & 4U: Independent cellular specialists known for hands-on, personalized customer service, making it quick and easy to process upgrades.
Honor’s unique local distribution strategy means you don’t even have to visit a dedicated electronics mall to purchase this premium device. You can find it right down the road:
Foschini & Mr Price: Perfect if you prefer the convenience of putting the device directly onto your established retail clothing accounts or lifestyle cards.
PEP & Ackermans: These local neighborhood favorites make over-the-counter prepaid cash deals highly accessible, ensuring excellent device availability across both major cities and smaller towns.
Smart Buyer’s Tip: Getting a book-style foldable starting at ZAR 15,000 is an incredibly aggressive value play in South Africa. Before swiping your card at a physical brick-and-mortar outlet, cross-check online pricing on Takealot and Hi Online—e-commerce platforms often offer sudden flash sales on premium foldables that can save you an extra few thousand Rands.
| Brand | Honor |
| Model | Honor Magic Vs2 |
| Announced | 12 October, 2023 |
| Released | 17 October, 2023 |
| Status | Available |
| Price | ZAR 15,000 |
| 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: 157.5 x 146.2 x 5.1 mm Folded: 157.5 x 74.4 x 10.7 mm |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Purple |
| 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. | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| 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, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, IMAX Enhanced |
| Size | 7.92 inches, 201.6 cm2 (~87.6% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 2156 x 2344 pixels (~402 ppi density) |
| Secondary Display |
LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2500 nits (peak) 6.43 inches, 1060 x 2376 pixels |
| Audio Playback | |
| Video Playback | |
| FM Radio | No |
| Ring Tones | |
| Loudspeaker |
| 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/1.9, 25mm (wide), PDAF 20 MP, f/2.4, 62mm (telephoto), PDAF, 2.5x optical zoom, OIS 12 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), AF |
| Camera Features | HDR |
| Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS |
| Selfie Camera | 16 MP, f/2.2, (wide) |
| Camera Features | HDR |
| Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS |
| 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 13 |
| 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 7.2 |
| 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 SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (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 (1x3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510) |
| 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 730 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. | 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD |
| 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/6, 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), QZSS (L1+L5) |
| 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 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. | Li-Po 5000 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 5W reverse wired |
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