Older flagship · 2022

Honor Magic V

Nobody owns this yet

Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro

Best for

Strength 66W fast charging, AMOLED screen

Extras Foldable display

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

7.9″ AMOLED · 90Hz

8 Gen 1 12 / 256 GB

4750 mAh 66W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 42 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

7.9″ · OLED · 1984 × 2272 · 90 Hz · HDR

OLED display

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

7.9"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1984 × 2272 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

HDR

HDR10+

HDR

Performance

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.0 GHz · Adreno 730

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

Flagship

AnTuTu

1,060,600

v10

CPU

8-core, 3.0 GHz

GPU

Adreno 730

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x3.0GHz Cortex X2 + 3x2.5GHz Cortex A710 + 4x1.80GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

Android 12, Magic UI 6 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 12, Magic UI 6

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · 42 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

Camera

50 MP f/2.0

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.2

Front camera

42 MP f/2.4

Main sensor

1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW, laser AF

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4750 mAh · 66 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4750 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 12/512GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C 3.1

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n8, n28a, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79

Build & Design

288 g · 6.7 mm

Height

160.4 mm

Width

141.1 mm

Thickness

6.7 mm

Weight

288 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 14

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

90 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1984 × 2272 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 7.9″ vs 6.1″ screen

45% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 18 W charging · 4,750 mAh vs 3,279 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

1.1M vs 1.4M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 50 MP · f/1.9 vs 12 MP · f/1.5 main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 288 g vs 172 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

28% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 4,750 mAh vs 3,700 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Less smooth display

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 90 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 1984 × 2272 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · — vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 288 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

Where to buy

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Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

Apple iPhone 14

Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

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