Hey! first time viewer here. I came looking for a no nonsense review of the global software without all the hype and sponsored clickbait videos everyone else is putting out. It's refreshing to find someone who has purchased and used the device for a considerable amount of time. Thanks for the excellent review, you've just gained another subscriber.
@@rrsharizamand the Samsung Knight comes out to play. I know 5 people who have owned either the Flip or Fold and all their devices failed within a year. Can you back your statement up? The Honor Magic V3 has passed every stress test that it has been put through. There's plenty of vids on RUclips...
and the Samsung Knight comes out to play. Can you back up your comment? I know 5 users of either a Flip or Fold device and their devices failed within a year. The Honor Magic V3 has passed every stress test that its been subjected to. Plenty of RUclips videos out there...
2:28 The bezel are symmetrical and there's no visible hinges. The absence of a thick hinge make the Honor Magic foldable a gorgeous phone (cosmetically). 2:36 The hinge on the Pixel 9 Pro foldable truly sticks out. 6:00 The ability to resize to an unconventional shape is a must-have feature. 6:24 Enabling Apps to expand to additional actions which is also direct short-cuts to useful features of the specific app is indispensable to own. 6:39 Magic Portal feature is triple super awesome and it is indispensable to have on your phone. A must have feature. 8:16 The Honor Magic Ring look like it is fun to used. Not in any gimmicky way, but it actually can be useful in a exciting way. 8:16 You can work hard with the Honor Magic Ring and still enjoy it at the same time.
Solid follow up review for this masterpiece from Honor. Thanks Ben. Samsung Zfold 4 sadly only lasted me 10mths and the inner screen just kaput on me. I am also very disappointing with Samsung service. Cos they cannot advise me a single reason why it totally kaput despite no signs of abuse or physical damage from me the user. I took extreme care of my Zfold 4 and the inner screen still broke after just 10mths. I don’t believe in their hinge design and inner screen durability anymore. Samsunng is just taking its Zfold customers for a ride even after 6 generations.
I have the same problem with you. I bought the fold 4 during the pre-order period 2 years ago.. after 1year of use, the screen when blank ( i didnt drop my phone). Then, a year after that ( last month, aug) same thing happened ( still i didnt drop my phone).. both problem resolved FOC from samsung because im under warranty. Now, my warranty already finished and im afraid it will fail on me again probably next year. Yesterday, i just pre-ordered honor magic v3. Hope theres no problem with it. 1st time user for this brand.
Finally, a video showing MagicOS on the V3. UI was my biggest concern for the V3 and an advantage I figured the Pixel 9 Pro Fold had over it - oh well😂
Magic portal, looks quite useful. That camera hump, bruh! Keep up the good work, Ben. I really appreciate your efforts in churning out these videos for us tech nerds.
Chinese ROMs have battery restrictions because Chinese apps tend to wake up more often to check for updates or show ads & other stuff like that. It was an arms race between OEMs & app devs a few years ago & this is where it ended up with no app being allowed to wake up because lots of apps were abusing it.
@@vickie_g you can change it in the battery setting. That's what I did and I don't miss any notification... More manipulation to do than a global version but much much cheaper and with white color 😉
It all depends on the ROM. Especially for foldables, there are built-in battery optimizations at the OS level, regardless of setting you change. Also, we can't talk about Chinese ROMs without mentioning the lack of key features like Android Auto and regional support.
@@milpatel83 I got android auto on my white X Fold 3 Pro under Origin OS. Vivo got it on their X series and I heard... Not sure if it's true, but I heard that the chinese V3 has it from the start. Be double check about that last info 😉
Yes, when it comes to innovation, these Chinese players are way ahead. I think, the only thing they lag behind is the software department but it's good to see that they're trying to make it feel better.
thats when the price for magic v3 will drop. looking forward to this day! I guess will happen less than 4 mths,i.will just wait until magic v3 become more affordable like magic v2
@@ShaiqShahMusic You've made the right choice, it's time to move away from the Apple eco system, they've taken plenty of my money. Plus I'm getting B&O headphones and the pen (all inclusive of the price). Apple don't give anything the scum bags
This is the most innovative phone so far in terms of hardware. I'm no sure about the software though. Imagine this phone with samsung one ui. It's going to be my dream phone
Thank you - just made my mind up to stick with Honor and go from the V2 to V3 - and yes I got very frustrated by the slow notification issues - my bank credentials would time out before they came through so rendering payment confirmation useless!
The drag and paste is iOS level, coming from an iPhone user here. Plus the expansion of an app with their features (the grab app for eg) is such a great idea. Magic os is really catching up.
I love Samsung because at one time they are the pioneer in the foldable scene but now that they have pretty much comfy, I want to see people choose the competitor instead so that wakes up Samsung if not a lot just a bit will do
*Few Questions if we switch from One UI:* 1) Any App like GoodLock on it 2) Can we just Lock the Front Screen to Potrait, like we can with GoodLock & keep Inside Screen to Auto (Bixby Routines) 3) Can we choose any App to open up, when we connect to Bluetooth Headphones - Routines in GoodLock 4) Will Excel Sheets work just like on Samsung, Read Edit for FREE 5) Any issues opening Apps in Full Screen 6) Will we able to do a FREE Full Cloud Back like in Samsung ☆(have to pay monthly for iPhone) 7) Can we download Themes & just Icons of Themes ? 8) Will we be able to change Back, Home, Multiple Icons like in - NavStar in GoodLock 9) Will we able change Task Changer in SlimList, like we can with - HomeUp in GoodLock 10) OneHand Operation & Routines features anything similar on it - GoodLock 11) Do we have option of continue App on Front Screen 12) Can we Stack Widgets like in Samsung ☆ ▪︎ Need to see Battery Drain Test vs other Folds
5:20 but keep in mind that if you use the China software in China, the battery drop is still very quick because mobile networks are in China are general poorly optimized (location updates, adjacent handovers...) That's why battery usage is high and that's why phones need to prioritize on battery saving.
Ben is enjoying life in Bangkok. I still perfer the centralwOrld area over EmQuartier area. I hope Vivo will put an Ultra-level camera into the next fold. The only reason I am not getting a fold is the camera is not the best of the best
woo, another video after watching the tablet one! yay! the weight of this foldable being lighter than some flagships now? that's a long way from the beginning.
Same here. I can’t leave Apple (for now), especially since my email is @me, and all my passwords and contacts are stored in iCloud, so migrating would be a massive hassle. That said, I have a few complaints-like poor copy-paste implementation, unreliable keyboard autocorrect, no split-screen, messy notifications, and Siri still being useless (I’m on iOS 17 as this is my main device). However, since everything works so seamlessly between my iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and soon to be iPad or Mac, I can live with it. Android devices are great too, but they often require tweaking to keep them running smoothly. Plus, selling an iPhone to upgrade to the next “magical” thing is much easier financially compared to Android devices, especially with Chinese brands that lose value the moment they’re unboxed.
for me it covers all the aspects i'd want in a folding phone. the fact it looks like a normal flagship phone and it opens into a fold is just of the scale for me. then when you add the hard ware the large battery you just can't beat it. samsung are so soooo far behind now it's just embarrassing
Hey Ben 👋... Thanks for another great video. I've had a Vivo X Fold fold for a while now. And one of the reasons I bought it is because it was very new technology, premium build and I loved the cameras if I'm going to spend the amount of money foldables cost I wanted as close to flagship cameras as I could get the size never bothered me. I'm a big guy 6'6" 320 so I loved the screen size and real estate it provided. I say all that to say this. Do you worry about these phones become to thin? To delicate? To easily broken?Especially with them becoming thinner and lighter
Great video Ben. Really love your videos. Can you do a detailed comparison of Z Fold 6 vs Honor Magic V3 softwares ? Samsung is going to pay for their complacency.
The form factor (especially the phone thickness and the width of the external screen) is the same as that of a standard smartphone and currently, clearly the best on the Fold market, better than the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, but especially than the Galaxy Fold 6. On the other hand, I find that the selfie 🕳 camera of the internal screen is very badly positioned, but above all the photo-video quality really should/could have been better. Also, the biggest problem of Honor is the regular and punctual software monitoring, Honor smartphones, even ultra high-end very often receive the new versions of Android almost 1 year after everyone else, and that's very very bad when you put almost $2000 in a smartphone.
Like you said, Vivo x fold3 pro is the best . It is interesting to see the new software on this honor. Chinese Rom will do the same soon. We need all this phones in Europe. So, stay or come back in europe and sell them to us :)
I agree with the notif issues with china rom. Ive been using a find x7 ultra but when I got the chance of using xiaomi 14 ultra global, i jumped at the chance.
Battery life isn't great then? I'm on s22 ultra and wanted to get a foldable but was unsure on software, but that seem to be ok as per your review just I'm in UK and heavy phone user.
Oh man, if only there was a Wacom EMR stylus to go with this wonderful device, I'd finally have a perfect phone for me. I'm really hoping future generations will offer a stylus support. EDIT: Apparently there is a stylus support after all! And it comes with the phone!
@@rogerwang3301 Holy cow!!! Thank you!!! I had no idea. A little bit strange that I haven't seen any reviewers mention that, had to really look for it. Awesome, awesome stuff :)
I want to really like this phone. However, returned the V2 after a week due to their software implementation. Why can't I swipe down the quick settings in the lock screen? That is dumb. Also, I didn't like the camera after processing of images. Video recording stabilization is rubbish and jittery sometimes skipping frames. IMO, the best overall experience is the Samsung Fold 6.
I agree, honor's software before had a lot of annoyances. It got better this time but still not all the way. The v3 camera did improve alot from v2 though
Please compare the Honor Magic V3 to Vivo XF3 and XF3 Pro. The XF3 may actually be the best foldable. 10.2mm slim with 90% of all the benefits of the Pro model.
It's the Global version. That means every country. Especially T-Mobile. I believe the only worries for Non- global version is Verizon. But global no worries m
I pre-ordered on 8 Sep from Honor official store. Today 12 Sep, asked them and they say they are still processing my order. Very disappointing. People buying from reseller shops have already gotten the phone and preorder gifts. Really contemplating to cancel my order and order iphone 16 pro max instead. At least Apple never upset me unlike Samsung, Huawei, Sharp and now Honor.
Maybe it is just me,but,i believe that,honor's new software is nothing new,it is just the standard that other android phones sold worldwide had for years.Even that Magic Portal,you could do the same thing on Samsung since One UI 5.1.1 from last year. Please,correct me if i am wrong
Hey Ben,Do you have a Samsung watch you can test,to see if the reverse wireless charging works to charge it?Also,have you seen a case for the Honor,that allows the back of the phone to sit flush on a wireless charger?
Honor is the only hope. Since Huawei has been blackballed and Google are too scared to allow use of gms. Samsung has rested on its laurels for faar too long! Also please Ben less not forget the honor v20 had the magic island feature after the original LG handset that had it. If anything they had each done some sort of improvement on each of thier iterations and use of "magic island"
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Was going to upgrade from my fold 5 to a fold 6, but now im honoured to get a honor magic 😊
Same. When I saw F6 was like pfffff and got the V2. Super happy with it. Bye greedy sammy
Hey! first time viewer here. I came looking for a no nonsense review of the global software without all the hype and sponsored clickbait videos everyone else is putting out. It's refreshing to find someone who has purchased and used the device for a considerable amount of time.
Thanks for the excellent review, you've just gained another subscriber.
Ben still riding a bike....best tech RUclipsr out there. Straight goods here ..no selling out.
Samsung is getting comfortable, really comfortable. For too long.
@@rrsharizamHonor never had problems with durability.
@@rrsharizamand the Samsung Knight comes out to play. I know 5 people who have owned either the Flip or Fold and all their devices failed within a year. Can you back your statement up? The Honor Magic V3 has passed every stress test that it has been put through. There's plenty of vids on RUclips...
and the Samsung Knight comes out to play. Can you back up your comment? I know 5 users of either a Flip or Fold device and their devices failed within a year. The Honor Magic V3 has passed every stress test that its been subjected to. Plenty of RUclips videos out there...
@@mr_stoosh ignore the sinophobia
Samsung is completely destroyed by Honor
I'm very happy to hear that MagicOS is good now, that was their biggest issue with their previous phones but now it makes samsung look pretty bad
Two videos in one hour. Now that's determination 👏🏻
We are witnessing Galaxy Fold 9 at 2024. Thanks Honor.
LOL, Facts. Watch Samsung do exactly that. They'll wait another 2 years before their fold is as thin and sleek as this honor V3
2:28 The bezel are symmetrical and there's no visible hinges. The absence of a thick hinge make the Honor Magic foldable a gorgeous phone (cosmetically). 2:36 The hinge on the Pixel 9 Pro foldable truly sticks out. 6:00 The ability to resize to an unconventional shape is a must-have feature. 6:24 Enabling Apps to expand to additional actions which is also direct short-cuts to useful features of the specific app is indispensable to own. 6:39 Magic Portal feature is triple super awesome and it is indispensable to have on your phone. A must have feature. 8:16 The Honor Magic Ring look like it is fun to used. Not in any gimmicky way, but it actually can be useful in a exciting way. 8:16 You can work hard with the Honor Magic Ring and still enjoy it at the same time.
Those options are so huge! This is the best fold ever right now!
Magic OS looks really good right now. OneUi is my favourite foldable software rn, but it seems like Honor is cooking up something really nice.
Wow, Ben good review.
Honor has learned a lot from Huawei
They're siblings..
Yes cause everything is Huawei
Honor is literally Huawei..
@matrixman9640 yes the only difference is the software
Solid follow up review for this masterpiece from Honor. Thanks Ben.
Samsung Zfold 4 sadly only lasted me 10mths and the inner screen just kaput on me.
I am also very disappointing with Samsung service. Cos they cannot advise me a single reason why it totally kaput despite no signs of abuse or physical damage from me the user. I took extreme care of my Zfold 4 and the inner screen still broke after just 10mths.
I don’t believe in their hinge design and inner screen durability anymore. Samsunng is just taking its Zfold customers for a ride even after 6 generations.
I have the same problem with you. I bought the fold 4 during the pre-order period 2 years ago.. after 1year of use, the screen when blank ( i didnt drop my phone). Then, a year after that ( last month, aug) same thing happened ( still i didnt drop my phone).. both problem resolved FOC from samsung because im under warranty. Now, my warranty already finished and im afraid it will fail on me again probably next year. Yesterday, i just pre-ordered honor magic v3. Hope theres no problem with it. 1st time user for this brand.
First time viewer of this channel and im glad i found it. What a great review, subscribed 👌🏻
As always Ben, good objective review. 👏
Alawys, honest, and objective!
Two videos in an hour, hats off To you Ben
"...it's no contest man." 💯 AGREE! Like the Z Fold is out of my radar now that I watched your review! Subscribed 😊
Software experience looks really neat man, hardware so damn beautiful too.
Best Honor Magic v3 Video so far. Great work
Finally, a video showing MagicOS on the V3. UI was my biggest concern for the V3 and an advantage I figured the Pixel 9 Pro Fold had over it - oh well😂
Such a good review, subscribed!
Magic portal, looks quite useful. That camera hump, bruh!
Keep up the good work, Ben. I really appreciate your efforts in churning out these videos for us tech nerds.
The ability to move text out of any app would be so useful
Great video. I'm waiting (eagerly) for the OnePlus Open 2.
I believe it will be the best foldable in the US for years to come. already has a year with that crown, the Open 2 leaks sound amazing
Same
Honor v20 on 2018 already has the dynamic island but not called dynamic osland, it was before Apple has the tablet camera arrangement.
After 7 hrs drops to %30 of the battery? That is really a good phone way better than the z fold
Chinese ROMs have battery restrictions because Chinese apps tend to wake up more often to check for updates or show ads & other stuff like that. It was an arms race between OEMs & app devs a few years ago & this is where it ended up with no app being allowed to wake up because lots of apps were abusing it.
@@vickie_g you can change it in the battery setting. That's what I did and I don't miss any notification... More manipulation to do than a global version but much much cheaper and with white color 😉
It all depends on the ROM. Especially for foldables, there are built-in battery optimizations at the OS level, regardless of setting you change. Also, we can't talk about Chinese ROMs without mentioning the lack of key features like Android Auto and regional support.
@@milpatel83 I got android auto on my white X Fold 3 Pro under Origin OS. Vivo got it on their X series and I heard... Not sure if it's true, but I heard that the chinese V3 has it from the start. Be double check about that last info 😉
in the international version some app are hard coded to allow instant notification: Whatsapp and 2 more (forgot).
Ben!!!! I'm watching your video on my V3 ... All because of you!! You have "poisoned" me!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, when it comes to innovation, these Chinese players are way ahead. I think, the only thing they lag behind is the software department but it's good to see that they're trying to make it feel better.
Forget about the rest of the foldable phones...I'm getting this honor v3. I love the features and the OS and not as 😮. Good video 👍
Absokutely amazin. This company will do a tri-fold soon enough.
thats when the price for magic v3 will drop. looking forward to this day! I guess will happen less than 4 mths,i.will just wait until magic v3 become more affordable like magic v2
I have been using it for a week now. Really a great foldable device. Sleek and Honor Magic os is nice to use
I don't think anyone can compete with China's tech in phones or even cars these days. But hey, as always, this review is awesome!
The Pixel 9Pro Fold has the ugliest cover bezels in history since the Z Fold 1
you're the best on youtube Ben, keep it up! Thinking of getting a V3 instead of my OP Open!
Ordered it.. I hope the iphone 16 isn't anywhere as good as this, that way I won't feel bad :)
I have done exactly this. Ordered today but the original intention was to get the iPhone 16. 🤞
@@ShaiqShahMusic You've made the right choice, it's time to move away from the Apple eco system, they've taken plenty of my money. Plus I'm getting B&O headphones and the pen (all inclusive of the price). Apple don't give anything the scum bags
Dnt worry...we all know the 16 will be the same ol same ol
@@johnaart true
bro's pumping videos. thanks ben!
Best honor v3 video. Thank you. I ordered mine
Great review. Thanks for sharing. Samsung has fallen behind the competitors like Honor, Vivo, OnePlus etc.
got me an Open and its going to take a LOT for samsung to get me back. I miss nothing, I never used dex and can get a full day charge in 15 min
Never going back to Samsung's rediculous tiny boxes for multitasking.
I appreciate the China ROM , better battery life, less distractions
This is the most innovative phone so far in terms of hardware. I'm no sure about the software though. Imagine this phone with samsung one ui. It's going to be my dream phone
Thank you - just made my mind up to stick with Honor and go from the V2 to V3 - and yes I got very frustrated by the slow notification issues - my bank credentials would time out before they came through so rendering payment confirmation useless!
The drag and paste is iOS level, coming from an iPhone user here. Plus the expansion of an app with their features (the grab app for eg) is such a great idea. Magic os is really catching up.
Catching up? They are already ahead from Apple in every way!
Very good review. Thank you.
Amazing review keep it up as always Ben's brother
Great to see another country using WhatsApp, I think it’s our main messaging app here in the UK.
Great video as always ben! Keep up the great work 👌🏼
Great review Ben, keeping them coming man!
Thanks for these videos man. A comparison between this and the Vivo Fold Pro 3 would be much appreciated bro
I love Samsung because at one time they are the pioneer in the foldable scene but now that they have pretty much comfy, I want to see people choose the competitor instead so that wakes up Samsung if not a lot just a bit will do
*Few Questions if we switch from One UI:*
1) Any App like GoodLock on it
2) Can we just Lock the Front Screen to Potrait, like we can with GoodLock & keep Inside Screen to Auto (Bixby Routines)
3) Can we choose any App to open up, when we connect to Bluetooth Headphones - Routines in GoodLock
4) Will Excel Sheets work just like on Samsung, Read Edit for FREE
5) Any issues opening Apps in Full Screen
6) Will we able to do a FREE Full Cloud Back like in Samsung ☆(have to pay monthly for iPhone)
7) Can we download Themes & just Icons of Themes ?
8) Will we be able to change Back, Home, Multiple Icons like in - NavStar in GoodLock
9) Will we able change Task Changer in SlimList, like we can with - HomeUp in GoodLock
10) OneHand Operation & Routines features anything similar on it - GoodLock
11) Do we have option of continue App on Front Screen
12) Can we Stack Widgets like in Samsung ☆
▪︎ Need to see Battery Drain Test vs other Folds
5:20 but keep in mind that if you use the China software in China, the battery drop is still very quick because mobile networks are in China are general poorly optimized (location updates, adjacent handovers...) That's why battery usage is high and that's why phones need to prioritize on battery saving.
Ben is enjoying life in Bangkok. I still perfer the centralwOrld area over EmQuartier area.
I hope Vivo will put an Ultra-level camera into the next fold. The only reason I am not getting a fold is the camera is not the best of the best
oh my goodness, i just ordered it...
Me too but wife is threatening she would swap her new OnePlus12 with my Magic v3 when it arrives.
woo, another video after watching the tablet one! yay! the weight of this foldable being lighter than some flagships now? that's a long way from the beginning.
This was super helpful! Thanks for posting!!
between this and zfold 6 , I choosing this baby🎉
Look forward to seeing a Techno tri-fold device review from Ben very soon 😜
If one day i'll decide to step away from Apple, Honor ( Huawei... 😉) is the only option i'll consider on the Android's side. Great review Ben!
Same here. I can’t leave Apple (for now), especially since my email is @me, and all my passwords and contacts are stored in iCloud, so migrating would be a massive hassle.
That said, I have a few complaints-like poor copy-paste implementation, unreliable keyboard autocorrect, no split-screen, messy notifications, and Siri still being useless (I’m on iOS 17 as this is my main device). However, since everything works so seamlessly between my iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and soon to be iPad or Mac, I can live with it.
Android devices are great too, but they often require tweaking to keep them running smoothly. Plus, selling an iPhone to upgrade to the next “magical” thing is much easier financially compared to Android devices, especially with Chinese brands that lose value the moment they’re unboxed.
for me it covers all the aspects i'd want in a folding phone. the fact it looks like a normal flagship phone and it opens into a fold is just of the scale for me. then when you add the hard ware the large battery you just can't beat it. samsung are so soooo far behind now it's just embarrassing
Dynamic Island is Honor's invention not Apple's FYI
global version works fine in USA btw.
5G on AT&T?
@@sdwdification yeah
This is a dope phone. I'll get it a year from now for a thousand bucks. Thanks for the reviews !
Thank you your fantastic videos! This one is great.
Great review! You got a new subscriber 🎉
Really good detailed video. Appreciate it
Ben, Honor/Huawei implemented what Apple popularized as the dynamic island. So Apple copied them, not the other way around.
Damn what am absolutely fantastic device!
great review as always
Ben, i wish Huawei can send you their trifold for you to test out. That thing looks sweet!
Great review keep up the good work 🙌
that's why my Lenovo Y700 tablet doesn't show notifications on time! Now I get it.
Well, you can easily change the battery management setting for said apps or any apps in the setting.
Check out the rumours of the OnePlus Open 2 in January. Looks even better.
I LOVE HONOR GADGETS A LOT BOTH SOFTWARE WISE & HARDWARE WISE
Hey Ben 👋... Thanks for another great video. I've had a Vivo X Fold fold for a while now. And one of the reasons I bought it is because it was very new technology, premium build and I loved the cameras if I'm going to spend the amount of money foldables cost I wanted as close to flagship cameras as I could get the size never bothered me. I'm a big guy 6'6" 320 so I loved the screen size and real estate it provided. I say all that to say this. Do you worry about these phones become to thin? To delicate? To easily broken?Especially with them becoming thinner and lighter
Great video Ben. Really love your videos.
Can you do a detailed comparison of Z Fold 6 vs Honor Magic V3 softwares ?
Samsung is going to pay for their complacency.
The form factor (especially the phone thickness and the width of the external screen) is the same as that of a standard smartphone and currently, clearly the best on the Fold market, better than the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, but especially than the Galaxy Fold 6.
On the other hand, I find that the selfie 🕳 camera of the internal screen is very badly positioned, but above all the photo-video quality really should/could have been better.
Also, the biggest problem of Honor is the regular and punctual software monitoring, Honor smartphones, even ultra high-end very often receive the new versions of Android almost 1 year after everyone else, and that's very very bad when you put almost $2000 in a smartphone.
Love your reviews. ❤❤❤
please for god sake the magic capsule was first introduced in a honor device apple just made it better
going to buy the honor magic v3
Like you said, Vivo x fold3 pro is the best . It is interesting to see the new software on this honor. Chinese Rom will do the same soon. We need all this phones in Europe. So, stay or come back in europe and sell them to us :)
Not really the best. vivo notably the best cameras. I haven't seen the UI better yet, and it's thicker, and without stylus support.
I agree with the notif issues with china rom. Ive been using a find x7 ultra but when I got the chance of using xiaomi 14 ultra global, i jumped at the chance.
It would be an Honor to grab one for myself! :)
Over 1500 for a smartphone is crazy
Battery life isn't great then? I'm on s22 ultra and wanted to get a foldable but was unsure on software, but that seem to be ok as per your review just I'm in UK and heavy phone user.
Oh man, if only there was a Wacom EMR stylus to go with this wonderful device, I'd finally have a perfect phone for me. I'm really hoping future generations will offer a stylus support.
EDIT: Apparently there is a stylus support after all! And it comes with the phone!
This phone do have a stylus support on both screens. The honor magic pen comes with the phone as a gift.
@@rogerwang3301 Holy cow!!! Thank you!!! I had no idea. A little bit strange that I haven't seen any reviewers mention that, had to really look for it. Awesome, awesome stuff :)
Would love to see some shots of a thickness comparison with the V2.
After watching so many of your videos I really want to try out a Xiaomi or Honor phone haha
I want to really like this phone. However, returned the V2 after a week due to their software implementation. Why can't I swipe down the quick settings in the lock screen? That is dumb. Also, I didn't like the camera after processing of images. Video recording stabilization is rubbish and jittery sometimes skipping frames. IMO, the best overall experience is the Samsung Fold 6.
I agree, honor's software before had a lot of annoyances. It got better this time but still not all the way. The v3 camera did improve alot from v2 though
Please compare the Honor Magic V3 to Vivo XF3 and XF3 Pro.
The XF3 may actually be the best foldable. 10.2mm slim with 90% of all the benefits of the Pro model.
Have been using Magic 5 pro before. The battery drops significantly when using GPS. Just upgrade to V3 and see how it goes.
The Chinese version was packed with so much ad and terrible optimization I found people to help me reset the phone with international rom
Biggest thing holding me back from buying is if this phone works in the U.S. with T-Mobile's 5G. If it does, will be buying it.
It works on T-Mobile based on another video that I've seen.
It's the Global version. That means every country. Especially T-Mobile. I believe the only worries for Non- global version is Verizon. But global no worries m
global version works on all the usa carriers
I pre-ordered on 8 Sep from Honor official store. Today 12 Sep, asked them and they say they are still processing my order. Very disappointing. People buying from reseller shops have already gotten the phone and preorder gifts.
Really contemplating to cancel my order and order iphone 16 pro max instead. At least Apple never upset me unlike Samsung, Huawei, Sharp and now Honor.
How is the Honor OS update release? Is it within 2months or more? E.g. Samsung flagship usually get the next OS update within 3 months.
Maybe it is just me,but,i believe that,honor's new software is nothing new,it is just the standard that other android phones sold worldwide had for years.Even that Magic Portal,you could do the same thing on Samsung since One UI 5.1.1 from last year. Please,correct me if i am wrong
12gb vs 16gb ram do you notice the difference ?
Hey Ben,Do you have a Samsung watch you can test,to see if the reverse wireless charging works to charge it?Also,have you seen a case for the Honor,that allows the back of the phone to sit flush on a wireless charger?
Honor is the only hope. Since Huawei has been blackballed and Google are too scared to allow use of gms. Samsung has rested on its laurels for faar too long! Also please Ben less not forget the honor v20 had the magic island feature after the original LG handset that had it. If anything they had each done some sort of improvement on each of thier iterations and use of "magic island"
Great review! Can you install the global edition on Honor purchased in China? Thanks!