Honor’s ridiculously thin foldable is another cool phone the US won’t get

Honor is releasing its Magic V3 foldable in Europe following its debut in China earlier this summer. It’s not hard to spot the V3’s headline feature, which is its incredibly slim profile. It’s all the more striking in a category stacked with thick, bulky devices, but like so many other interesting foldable phones, it won’t be sold in the US.

When folded, the Magic V3 measures 9.2mm thick. That’s not a whole lot more than a traditional slab phone like the Galaxy S24 Ultra (8.6mm) or an iPhone 15 Pro (8.3mm). It’s a lot thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6, which is 12.1mm when it’s folded, and it just beats the 10.5mm Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Impressive.

The Magic V3 offers a sizable 6.43-inch outer screen and 7.92-inch inner screen, a massive…

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