Honor Magic V5 review: specs, battery & used prices

Summary

The Honor Magic V5 is the thin-and-light book-foldable of 2025: a 7.95-inch inner display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4 (everyday 100/100, gaming 79/100), a 5,820 mAh battery — class-leading for a foldable at launch — and a 217 g IP58 body, from $1,999 new with used units now near $1,367 (n=7). It folds like a prestige object and specs like a flagship slab; seven years of updates apply. The V6 has since taken the crown, which makes the V5's used pricing the interesting foldable value play.

Display and design

The 7.95-inch inner OLED at 120 Hz with 1,400 nits peak scores 69/100 — large, bright, and fluid, the tablet-class canvas that defines the form. At 217 g it was the lightest book-foldable of its generation, and IP58 adds real water resistance; compactness scores 70/100. The hinge is shallow-crease and confident.

Performance

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4 delivers everyday 100/100 and gaming 79/100 — flagship responsiveness across split-screen multitasking, with the big-cell endurance to sustain it. The V6's newer platform outruns it on paper gaming; in daily use the difference is marginal. Seven years of support keep the used entry rational.

Camera

The triple kit — 50 MP OIS main, 64 MP ultrawide, 50 MP telephoto — scores 57/100: complete, versatile, with honest 4K60 video and the foldable selfie advantage of main-sensor cover-screen shots. Honor's processing is vivid and consistent; night performance trails Samsung's tuning at the very top.

Battery and charging

The 5,820 mAh cell scores 56/100 — still the endurance benchmark territory for the class — with 66 W charging (47/100) refilling in about an hour. Big-canvas days are survivable without outlet anxiety, which the V5 pioneered for thin foldables.

Verdict

Around $1,367 used, the Magic V5 is the value entry into premium book-folding: light, enduring, and complete, one generation behind the Magic V6 in silicon and battery. Against the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Honor wins on battery and price; Samsung wins on polish and resale. The foldable class now has honest used-market economics, and this is the beneficiary.