Honor Magic V6 Fold review: the most complete foldable

Harriet L. Whitmore • August 27, 2026 20:46

Fold-style smartphones have now carved out a firm place in the market, with a loyal audience. The trade-off, however, is often clear: to make the folding form factor work, manufacturers frequently trim ambitions around the camera system or battery life. Honor’s Magic V6 takes the opposite stance and sets out to avoid compromises.

With this model, the Chinese brand is aiming to deliver the most fully rounded Fold on sale. You still get the familiar ingredients of the category-two displays, a polished design and a high-end chipset-but Honor insists on keeping a strong camera setup (partly inspired by the excellent Magic8 Pro) and pairing it with a 6,660 mAh battery. Those are bold claims-here’s whether the Magic V6 lives up to them.

Price and availability

The Honor Magic V6 is available from today starting at €2,299. That is expensive, even by foldable standards. The reality is that the V6 is being hit hard by the current RAM crunch: prices are rising, and buyers are the ones who feel it.

Honor Magic V6
Dimensions	156.7 x 145.6 x 4.1 mm
Weight	219 grams
Displays	Outer: OLED LTPO 6.71 inches 2420 x 1080 pixels 1-120 Hz 6000 nits (HDR peak) Inner: OLED LTPO, 7.95 inches 2352 x 2172 pixels 1-120 Hz 5000 nits
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
RAM	12/16 GB
Storage	256/512 GB 1 TB
OS	Android 16/MagicOS 10
Camera sensors	50-megapixel wide sensor (f/1.6) 50-megapixel ultra-wide sensor (f/2.2) 64-megapixel telephoto sensor (f/2.5) x3 optical zoom
Selfie camera	2x 20 megapixels
Biometrics	Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
Battery	6660 mAh, 80 W fast charging
IP certification	IP 68, 69
Colours	Black, white, pink, red

The chicest smartphone on the market

Design is the first area where the Honor Magic V6 makes a strong impression. Honor clearly understands that an ultra-premium phone cannot rely on a generic look, so it has gone all-in. The handset is sold in four colours: white, black, gold and red. Each version gets its own finish treatment on the rear-such as a subtly textured coating on the gold model.

The red version we tested is easily the standout: a rich, deep shade leaning towards purple, paired with a faux-leather effect that feels as good as it looks. Better still, the included case follows the same design language, so you are not forced to hide the phone’s best feature the moment you protect it. It may be a small touch, but it matters.

Honor has also nailed the build quality, and above all the thinness: 4.1 mm when open and 8.7 mm when closed. The trade-off is the camera module, borrowed from the Magic8 Pro, which is a sizeable bump protruding a few millimetres from the chassis. It is not a flaw in itself, but it does affect balance in the hand. On several occasions, the phone nearly slipped-much of the 219 grams is concentrated in that camera island. Handle with care, even if the overall feel remains pleasant.

As for the format itself, Honor has not tried to reinvent it. There is still a 6.9-inch outer display that feels like a conventional smartphone screen. Its party trick is the extremely slim bezels, measuring just 1.18 mm. It looks striking at first, then quickly becomes simply comfortable day to day.

Inside, you get a 7.9-inch panel with the usual squarer aspect ratio. It is genuinely useful for work and multitasking, but less ideal for video (you will see chunky black bars) or gaming, since not every title adapts cleanly to this shape. The crease is still there, although it is impressively subtle and only really shows under certain reflections.

Overall, the chassis feels thoroughly premium. The hinge inspires confidence, the flat aluminium sides are particularly pleasant, and the integrated fingerprint sensor remains fast and reliable. The V6 is also certified IP68 and IP69, meaning it can withstand dust, water and high-pressure jets. Beyond specs, there is real pleasure in opening the phone to take advantage of the larger display for getting things done. And that thinness is not just a gimmick: it helps the V6 feel like a “normal” phone in the pocket, without awkward bulges. Honor delivers a top-tier result here.

A technical package that’s spot on

If the design sets the tone, the hardware backs it up-starting with the displays. The Magic V6 uses two excellent OLED panels that are also very well calibrated. Colours are accurate, and you can select your preferred profile in settings (natural, normal, pro). Brightness is another strong point, with a 6,000-nit HDR peak on the outer screen and 5,000 nits on the inner screen.

That extra punch is especially welcome when you are working or watching a series with the phone unfolded-whether you are in a park, on a bench, or sitting at a café terrace. Honor has also done a good job with the inner screen’s reflectance, limiting distracting reflections. The one downside: the surface texture attracts fingerprints. If you are fussy about smudges, it can be mildly annoying, though you do get used to it. One last detail worth noting: the inner display supports styluses, even though Honor does not include one in the box. It is a plus for note-takers and sketchers.

Performance is also present-though not without a compromise. The Magic V6 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, currently the most powerful chip on the market. That said, the device’s thin design has led Honor to rein in performance: in our benchmark testing, the V6 is less powerful than “classic” phones running the same SoC.

In everyday use, that drop is almost impossible to spot. The V6 remains quick, launches demanding apps without fuss, and handles multiple tasks at once-an essential quality for a foldable. Games run smoothly at maximum settings at 60 frames per second. Heat is inevitable, but the faux-leather texture on our unit stops it from feeling unpleasant under your fingers. Overall, it is a very convincing showing.

Battery life has long been the Fold category’s weak point. Honor tackles it head-on with a 6,660 mAh cell. It is genuinely refreshing to use a foldable with battery life that feels properly dependable. With a typical routine (around 80% of the time on the outer screen, switching to the inner screen mainly for content), we were ending the day with roughly 65 to 70% remaining. Naturally, results vary with usage. If you spend 50% of the time on the inner screen, it drops to around 55 to 65%-still excellent. In practice, the V6 comfortably lasts two full days, which is not something we can say for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 we normally use.

Now for photography-the other common weakness among foldables that Honor is trying to address. To do that, it has largely adopted the Magic8 Pro’s camera module, only skipping the 200-megapixel telephoto. The Magic V6 includes:

50 MP wide sensor (f/1.6)
50 MP ultra-wide sensor (f/2.2)
64 MP telephoto sensor (f/2.4)

Wide-angle shots are excellent, with strong control of colour and contrast. Close or far, indoors or outdoors, we were very happy with what Honor’s phone produces. The only area that falls a little short is Night mode.

The ultra-wide tells a similar story. In this respect, the V6 behaves much like the Magic8 Pro.

The 64 MP telephoto is the only sensor not carried over from Honor’s previous flagship, and it performs very well. The x3 optical zoom is high quality, and x10 images are also possible without any obvious loss of detail. Digital zoom goes up to x100. While AI does its best to patch things up, that level of magnification remains more of a party trick than a practical tool. Once again, our main reservation is Night mode.

From a technical standpoint, the Magic V6 is therefore the most complete device in the Fold segment-even with the performance limits imposed to maintain thinness. Honor has done an excellent job.

Why invest in a Magic V6?

The Magic V6 does not try to rewrite the rules of the category. Instead, Honor refines a format it has already used before, while fixing the key pain points-battery life and camera quality-then adds a layer of polish through standout design and build. The result is the most accomplished Fold phone currently available.

That sense of completeness extends to software. The phone runs Android 16 with MagicOS 10, further tuned for foldable use. You can open three apps at the same time and pin them, as on rival devices-ideal for drafting an email from your notes while a football match plays alongside. Floating windows are also available if you want them. The experience is straightforward and practical, with Honor clearly aiming to remove friction wherever possible. Another nice touch: the taskbar adapts to show your open apps. Honor also promises six years of software and security updates.

In short, the Magic V6 is the most accomplished foldable we have tested. Yes, the price is eye-watering, but unfortunately the entire industry is pushing costs upwards, which puts the V6 on similar footing to what is coming next. It is primarily aimed at foldable enthusiasts tired of sacrificing camera quality, or anyone who wants to work all day without worrying about the battery. It is a benchmark for the segment-one that may soon be shaken up by the expected Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide and the iPhone Fold, both set to champion the “passport” format.

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Honor Magic V6

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Overall score: 8.6

Design

9.5/10

Screens

9.0/10

Photo

8.5/10

Battery life

8.0/10

Performance