Honor Magic V6's Massive Battery Makes iPhone Fold Uneasy

Roll the dice. Honor has just flipped expectations and the Magic V6 lands like a statement, not a curiosity.

This is a foldable that refuses to be defined by compromise. At 8.75 mm when closed and tipping the scales at 219 g, it manages to feel both slim and reassuringly substantial. The inner screen stretches to about 7.95 inches while the external panel sits at 6.52 inches, and both panels run from 1 to 120 Hz for everything from smooth scrolling to battery-friendly idling.

Under the hood sits a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset paired with LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.1 storage. Fast on paper and sharper in practice. The hinge, branded as a Super Steel Hinge, is designed to take real-world use seriously — not just to look good in photos.

The Magic V6 packs a 6,660 mAh cell — the largest we have seen in a foldable so far. It charges at up to 80W wired and 66W wirelessly, so you are looking at endurance that rivals many flat flagship phones, not merely other foldables.

Camera specs read like a mid-size mirrorless kit: a 50 MP main sensor, a 64 MP periscope telephoto for reach, and a 50 MP ultra-wide for landscapes and group shots. Software is MagicOS 10, based on Android 16, loaded with AI-driven features and a Fast Flex dual split-screen mode that finally makes multitasking feel natural on a folding canvas.

And yes, Honor is leaning into cross-platform courtesy. The phone promises seamless connections with iPhones, Macs, and popular Apple accessories such as AirPods and the Apple Watch. It is the kind of interoperability that turns a device from desirable to practical for users who live across ecosystems.

Put those pieces together and the picture gets interesting. A near-8-inch inner display, a giant battery, flagship silicon, and cross-platform smarts. All in a chassis that is lighter than Apple’s 6.9-inch current flagship. So where does that leave the upcoming iPhone Fold, rumored to be called the iPhone Ultra? With a clear rival standing in the ring.

Honor didn’t just build another folding phone. It built a contender with endurance at its core. Now the question is simple: will Apple match it, or will the market start to tilt toward devices that refuse to trade battery life for novelty?