Honor Magic V5 foldable to launch in Europe Aug 28

Honor unveiled its latest foldable, the Magic V5, at a London launch on Thursday, confirming European availability from August 28 after an initial rollout in China and select Asian markets. Company representatives and reviewers described the device as a slim, camera‑focused bookstyle foldable powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite and positioned to compete directly with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Google’s forthcoming foldable.

Honor executives and engineers highlighted two of the phone’s headline features: aggressive industrial design and new applications of artificial intelligence in manufacturing and software. Hope Cao, Honor’s senior product expert, said the company trained an AI model on historical assembly data to match individual, 3D‑scanned hinge components in real time, reducing cumulative tolerance error and improving flatness and long‑term durability of the main display. Bond Zhang, CEO of Honor Ireland and the UK, said the Magic V5 will also ship with deep integration of Google’s Gemini AI to provide an always‑available assistant and enhanced multitasking on the foldable screens.

Hardware specifications are substantial. Honor reports a 7.95‑inch inner LTPO OLED...