Honor launched the Magic V3 foldable smartphone last year, and so we were of course expecting the Magic V4 to come at some point in 2025. Now a new rumor out of China claims that won’t be the case – but it’s not what you think.
It’s not that Honor won’t launch a successor to the Magic V3 this year, it’s that it won’t be called Magic V4. Indeed, tetraphobia strikes again and apparently the range will jump straight from Magic V3 to Magic V5.
Honor Magic V3
We’ve seen this sort of thing countless times with Chinese companies, afraid that tetraphobia will make people skip any device that’s specifically referred to as the fourth generation.
The Magic V5 is rumored to come with a super thin design, though it’s unclear if it will steal the “thinnest book-style foldable” crown from the Oppo Find N5 (yet another device that skipped the 4, by the way). Li Kun, Product Manager of Honor Devices, has confirmed that the Magic V5 is coming in late May or early June.
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