Honor Magic V2 proves the best folding phone ever is not made by Samsung or Google. Sorry, Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Pixel Fold!
Of course, competition always means two things – a win for the consumer, and better products. So, it’s not a surprise that Chinese folding phones like the Oppo Find N2, Xiaomi Mix Fold 2, and Huawei Mate X3 have set a new standard for hardware that the likes of Samsung and Google either can’t, or simply have no motivation to reach. And that makes sense – why compete with folding phones that are pretty much exclusive to China (and a few other regions of the world)?
And that’s thanks to two Chinese folding phones that promise to launch globally and (finally) push the foldable phone market forward quicker than ever before. The first one, of course, is the heavily leaked OnePlus Open, expected to debut in the US, UK, and Europe at the end of August. But the second, and possibly most impressive folding phone , is called the Honor Magic V2, which was recently unveiled in China.
The for folding phone enthusiasts around the world is that the Honor Magic V2’s global variant is now expected to arrive in September (at IFA Berlin). The for North American folding phone enthusiasts is that the Honor Magic V2 isn’t likely to make it to the US and Canada. But the for Samsung is, well… that the new Galaxy Z Fold 5 (coming July 26) will see its toughest competition ever – whether that’s because of the Honor Magic V2 in the UK and Europe, or the OnePlus Open in the US, UK, and Europe.
