Teardown video of the Honor Magic V3 shows the inner workings of the 4.4 mm thin foldable flagship
The Honor Magic V3 was officially unveiled last week and will soon be available in Europe. On paper, the device is superior to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 in almost every respect, ranging from the much larger 5,150 mAh battery, the significantly lower price of around EUR 1,140 ($1,242), to the overall height - the Magic V3 is 4.4 millimeters thin when unfolded. When folded, the device is 9.2 millimeters and so barely thicker than many non-foldable smartphones.
WekiHome has now been able to disassemble the smartphone, and the teardown video embedded below reveals the inner workings of what is currently the world's thinnest foldable smartphone. To open the device, the back and the second display on the front must be removed from the housing, both of which are held in place by adhesive, while two screws and two cables must also be removed from the display.
The structure inside is relatively typical for foldable smartphones: most of the space in both halves is reserved for the battery, while the entire mainboard and the triple camera are located in the upper third of the right half. Even the charging coil, which can charge the smartphone wirelessly with up to 50 watts, is 0.25 millimeters thinner than most competitors. A newly developed autofocus motor allowed Honor to make the main camera 38% smaller than the previous model.
While the main and telephoto cameras can only be replaced together, Honor allows both selfie cameras, the ultra-wide-angle camera, the USB-C port and the batteries to be replaced separately. A 0.17 millimetre thin carbon layer and a 0.22 millimetre thin vapour chamber distribute the heat of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The batteries are 2.4 to 2.8 millimetres thin. The hinge and the foldable display can theoretically be replaced, but the smartphone has to be almost completely disassembled in order to do so.
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