Honor has launched a brand new flip cellphone as we speak, the Magic V Flip 2, and it arrives with a glittery particular version in partnership with designer Jimmy Choo.
The previous Huawei subsidiary has partnered with Choo earlier than, for last year’s V Flip, and has saved to an identical components this 12 months, swapping glittery inexperienced for a superb blue. It additionally comes with customized wallpapers which can be one way or the other even much less refined than the cellphone itself, an engraved hinge that’s oddly insistent on utilizing Choo’s full title and titles, and a pair of glowing instances so you possibly can maintain the cellphone each protected and shiny.
The cellphone itself seems to be fairly spectacular, and in addition is available in non-Choo variations in purple, white, or grey. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip inside isn’t fairly high tier, however the full-size OLED cowl display screen is. It’s additionally acquired a 5,500mAh battery — fairly huge for a flip cellphone, due to compact silicon-carbon tech — and helps 80W wired charging and 50W wi-fi. Water- and dust-resistance caps out at IP58/59 although, so the Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s IP68 exclusivity holds for now.
The V Flip 2 is on the market to preorder now, however solely in China. In case you’re hankering for a glittery flip cellphone however don’t stay in China, there’s at all times Motorola’s Swarovski gem-encrusted Razr, set to launch quickly. In the meantime Honor itself has a London launch occasion on August twenty eighth deliberate for its bigger Magic V5, at the moment the world’s thinnest book-style foldable.