Honor takes a dig at Samsung Galaxy Fold6 with a hand-engraved Magic V3

30 August 2024
An artist etches a 166-word apology into the side of a Magic V3.

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Anonymous, 03 Sep 2024I would still prefer to buy the samsung. Better quality and... moreWhile your statement may have been true in the past, I wouldn't say it's true anymore. Honor is using a really high quality carbon fibre hinge, and have a larger battery capacity than Samsung despite being over 2mm thinner because of high quality silicon-carbon battery tech.

I do personally think that the foldable's frame might actually be a bit too thin, and would love to instead see the gap between the two halves reduced instead of having a thinner frame, which Tecno has shown is possible through their prototype phone with what they call Borderless Foldable Main Screen.

    jiyen235, 01 Sep 2024the punch hole being used for the capsule thing is a softwa... moreDinamic Island is nothing without software

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      • Anonymous
      • nxR
      • 03 Sep 2024

      I would still prefer to buy the samsung. Better quality and would last longer

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        • Anonymous
        • IWQ
        • 02 Sep 2024

        Looks like honor's hardware is pretty damn good. If only their software looked just as good and feature rich and ColourOS, HyperOS or stock android or OneUI.

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          • IWQ
          • 02 Sep 2024

          YUKI93, 31 Aug 2024I can agree with the last sentence. If not for DeX, I would... moreAnd the s pen.

            L.O.R.D, 30 Aug 2024I admire their latest foldable but bashing another big bran... moreUnderstand the marketing you snob, this was brilliant idea and deserved to be praised.

              George399, 01 Sep 2024It's the same phone with global name. The point is tha... morethe punch hole being used for the capsule thing is a software thing. I'm talking about hardware bezels/dual front cameras arranged in a way that looks like a complete rip-off of Apple.

              Only Samsung did a unique pill shaped notch back with the S10+. Everyone else copied Apple.

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                • nBh
                • 01 Sep 2024

                Says the company who sold horrible phones through time hahaha.
                I dont remember any remarkable, memorable, quality honor phone but i do well S3, whixh was beyond its time.
                Before attacking to a company who created a new phone segment while honor and huawei were stealing data from

                  jiyen235, 31 Aug 2024i looked it up and i cant find this V20 phone you're t... moreIt's the same phone with global name. The point is that the punch hole can be a capsule for multitasking.

                    Batteri Voltas, 31 Aug 2024But there could be multiple types of flips and multiple typ... moreI'm not saying they can't be available, but the fact of the matter is that foldables have super low demand in the first place. Having 2 different types of foldables is already risky and adding a different tier to that is going to be either extremely daring or quite foolish.

                    If there is little to no demand, who'd buy? And if people don't buy, who'd make em? Supply and demand my friend.

                    Smaller tech is tougher to make, look at the Zenfone 9 and stuff, they're small but pack flagship grade stuff but no one buys them, then look at the iPhone 15 Pro, small and top tier stuff but too expensive so most people go to the Pro Max unless they absolutely need the smaller size. Most people I know love smaller sizes but battery and the fact that you get a larger screen are far greater pulls than comfort so they go for the Pro Max or Plus phones. Besides, bigger phones tend to be perceived as being of higher value as they usually have had better features. So there's that psychology tactic working against smaller foldables as well.

                    I mean ask yourself this, why did Oppo stop the compact folds like the Fold N2? I think it's because not only is the foldable market quite competitive now and everyone wants the best one, but there's also not much demand for a smaller foldable. So they went where the market is.

                    I don't mean to be harsh but manufacturers pushing for larger phones isn't their fault, it's you and i, the consumers' fault. We dictated the market, they gave us what we want and people complain. Nothing we can do. I respect compact phones but usually they aren't worth it.

                      jiyen235, 31 Aug 2024it's not wrong to prefer anything, it's wrong to ... moreBut there could be multiple types of flips and multiple types of folds.

                      Folds could perfectly be available, from the same manufacturer, in a Oneplus-esque format with a shorter ratio or a Samsung-esque format with a tall ratio. Heck I'd absolutely love to see Sony have a go at a tall foldable

                        Anonymous, 30 Aug 2024I really can't see any reason to get the Z Fold6, espe... moreI can agree with the last sentence. If not for DeX, I wouldn't even look at Samsung phones today.

                          unpopular opinion, 31 Aug 2024Is it really that unpopular opinion to prefer the fold? I c... moreit's not wrong to prefer anything, it's wrong to shove your opinion down others' throats, especially when one thing is objectively better in terms of providing space for usage or by providing enough width to be comfortable but not so much so that it's detrimental.

                          The Honor has a 20:9 aspect ratio for its 6.5" display. While not tiny it is usable and imo 20:9 is the perfect aspect ratio for bezel less phones in terms of comfort-display real estate. It feels just like a normal bar phone whereas Samsung's one looks ugly, doesn't feel comfortable and isn't really usable. I've tried Samsung's one (Fold5) and it ain't good at all.
                          I've tried a Pixel 7, S20 FE and a Oneplus 8 so I have an idea of what the Magic V3 should feel like. All of them are 20:9 Mathematically speaking the Honor is SLIGHTLY taller than 20:9 (dividing 20:9 results in 2.22 whereas dividing Honor's cover screen res results in 2.24).

                          In an ideal world we get 2 foldables, one that is 5.5-6 inch for people who want compactness and another that is 6.5-7 inch for people who want maximum screen real estate. Unfortunately that's not possible as the foldable market isn't huge so they're divided into flips and folds.

                            Anonymous, 31 Aug 2024We can actually draw comparison between Cadillac vs BMW and... moreNot really, BMW isn't pushing the boundaries but they aren't making inferior cars to everyone else. Only Cadillac is pushing it but also letting go of luxury. Also, Honor is more globally available than most chinese competitors, only Oneplus has better availability but otherwise they're great.

                            I don't think your comparison works because you're downplaying BMW, making Cadillac look better (because you have to understand they push for everything else AT THE EXPENSE of luxury) and finally you're painting Honor out to be a hero when it's anything but. Their phones are better treated as novelties and "cool to have"s but they aren't making the best phones. Imo Vivo and Oppo are, balancing everything (cameras, screens, designs and battery) along with the software. Honor's software isn't the greatest and it also doesn't have the greatest track record of fast updates.

                            The ideal comparison is not available outside of the phone world (at least in my head) because what Samsung is doing is too greedy and they're taking advantage of their customers worse than everyone else and in nearly every other sector, the competitors are usually worse in terms of features or value or sometimes worse in both. Nearly every other competitor to Samsung is better and usually costs less.

                            For example, NVIDIA still makes the fastest/best GPUs, BMWs still make great cars that do their job well and competitors can't touch it in terms of either luxury or performance or they can't touch the balance that BMW strikes as Genesis, Audi and others provide a different feel/feature-set that attracts different customers and finally in terms of the TV marketplace, Sony makes the undisputed best TVs in the form of OLEDs with TVs such as the A95K and A95L.

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                              • 31 Aug 2024

                              Is it really that unpopular opinion to prefer the fold? I considered both but Samsungs design just looks much better, Honor looks like a toy to me and i much prefer the dimensions of the samsung, small cover screen for one hand operations etc.

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                                • 31 Aug 2024

                                do they write another apology on the other side for the huge camera bump?

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                                  • 31 Aug 2024

                                  jiyen235, 31 Aug 2024can't compare american to german/european manufacturer... moreWe can actually draw comparison between Cadillac vs BMW and Honor vs Samsung. BMW nowadays just selling based on brand image and not engineering excellence like they used to, same like Samsung. Cadillac make great looking performance cars that are mostly sold in USA, just like most Honor's better phones are only sold in China.

                                    Anonymous, 30 Aug 2024Its more like Cadillac bashing BMW. Yeah, BMW still the mar... morecan't compare american to german/european manufacturers. Availability ain't all that great for american cars at least from what I've seen. BMW is a low hanging fruit in terms of design. I like Cadillac, think they're cool and make some of the best sedans out there but idk man, bashing BMW ain't the way to go I think, BMW blends luxury and performance whereas Cadillac goes for more performance/badassery over luxury.

                                      George399, 30 Aug 2024Wrong. Honow used that for the first time in the Honor V20 ... morei looked it up and i cant find this V20 phone you're talking about. All I see is View 20 and it has a normal punch hole

                                        Game over, 30 Aug 2024Sammy must be getting worried as ZF6 is a chunky Dinosaur a... moreOh sales are going global?

                                        Maybe they will finally give software support for more than 6 minutes after the phone's launch then!

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