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Honor Magic Vs3

R24,000
SKU: 3458
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
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CPU: Octa-core (1x3.2 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510)
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

7.3

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

PROS

5G network, Foldable smartphone.
Foldable LTPO OLED screen, 120Hz refresh.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with 12/16GB RAM.
Triple rear camera and Dual selfie camera.
5000mAh battery with 66W charging.

CONS

FM is not supported.

The Honor Magic Vs3 occupies a highly unique slot in South Africa’s upper-premium smartphone landscape. Starting at roughly ZAR 24,000, it acts as a strategic gateway for tech enthusiasts who want a massive, book-style folding workspace without crossing the intimidating R35,000+ threshold of ultra-luxury folding flagships.

While ZAR 24,000 serves as the baseline for this specialized piece of engineering, your final checkout price will inevitably fluctuate based on store-specific promotional bundles, regional distribution variances, or contract tier pricing.

Where to Buy It in South Africa

Honor has secured an expansive retail and network footprint for its premium devices, making high-end hardware accessible across digital platforms, traditional shopping mall electronics counters, and contract upgrade lines:

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 (High-Tier Plans): MTN and Chatz Connect.

Why the Honor Magic Vs3 Shakes Up the Foldable Market

For around R24,000, the Magic Vs3 manages to bridge the gap between high-end conventional slab phones and full-scale tablet foldables, delivering elite build quality at a much fairer market price.

Ultra-Slim 9.8mm Profile: One of the biggest hurdles for book-style foldables has always been their thick, heavy design. The Magic Vs3 shatters this by folding down to just 9.8mm thin and weighing 229g, meaning it feels and handles exactly like a standard smartphone when closed.
Dual 120Hz LTPO Screens: The exterior features a highly practical, drop-resistant 6.43-inch cover screen for quick daily tasks. Unfolding the device treats you to a massive 7.92-inch flexible OLED interior display, turning your phone into a pocketable tablet optimized for split-screen multitasking.
High-Tier Snapdragon Performance: Powering the dual-screen system is Qualcomm’s proven Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. It breezes through multi-window mobile productivity, intensive 3D mobile gaming, and heavy video rendering without stutters or high thermal spikes.
Periscope Telephoto Camera System: Unlike many clamshell foldables that compromise on zoom, the Magic Vs3 features a premium camera array. It houses a 50MP main camera with OIS, a 40MP ultra-wide sensor, and a dedicated 8MP Periscope Telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom for crisp long-distance photography.
5,000mAh Battery + 66W SuperCharge: To keep you fully connected through long commutes or extended power outages, it splits a robust 5,000mAh battery across its thin chassis, supporting 66W wired fast charging and 50W wireless charging.

Shopping & Software Tip: Because the Magic Vs3 occupies a highly specialized tier in the foldable market, always double-check with your retailer regarding the regional software build out of the box. Ensure the unit fully integrates Google Mobile Services (GMS) and the Google Play Store seamlessly so that all local South African banking and corporate applications function instantly with no manual workarounds required.

Full Specifications

General

Brand	Honor
Model	Honor Magic Vs3
Announced	12 July, 2024
Released	19 July, 2024
Status	Available
Price	ZAR 24,000

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: 156.8 x 145.2 x 4.65 mm or 4.8 mm Folded: 156.8 x 74.0 x 9.8 mm or 10.1 mm
Weight	229 g or 231 g (8.08 oz)
Colors	Velvet Black, Snow, Tundra Green

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
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/1.9, (wide), 1/1.56", PDAF, OIS 8 MP, f/3.4, (telephoto), PDAF, 5x optical zoom, OIS 40 MP, f/2.2, 112˚, (ultrawide), AF
Camera Features	HDR
Video	4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera	16 MP, f/2.2, 90˚, (wide) Cover camera: 16 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 SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (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 (1x3.2 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 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 740
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.	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 50W wireless 5W reverse wired

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