After launching its first foldable in early 2022, theHonor Magic V, then followed by the Magic Vs towards the end of last year, the former Huawei sub-brand seems intent on releasing another foldable, but this time with vertical folding.
Honor working on its first vertical foldable: it will be called Honor Magic Flip
In fact, according to the well-known blogger Digital Chat Station, Honor would be working on its new foldable which should come with the name of Honor Magic Flip.
Also according to Digital Chat Station, the Magic Flip should arrive with an extremely thin and light design. Unfortunately this is all we know at the moment.
However, we note that several brands, including OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi and Honor are interested in the production of smartphones with vertical folding screens. In fact, the OPPO and Vivo models have already been released, while the Xiaomi project has just been approved, and we will have to wait at least until next year for the presentation.
At present, the price of vertical folding screen devices is about 3999 yuan in China, about 520 euros. While the specs aren't among the best, this can be considered a good step up from the past. In fact, these cheaper devices can satisfy the curiosity of some users who want a smartphone with a folding screen but don't want to spend more than a thousand euros.
In any case, even if the new devices with a vertical folding screen will be released later than those with horizontal folding, the former have an advantage that cannot be ignored compared to their older brothers, that is, they will be released with the very powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen2 processor on board by Qualcomm. While those with next-generation landscape screens will see an upgrade to the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3 processor.
This means that the prices of horizontal foldables always remain high, while those of vertical foldables are lower. And who knows, maybe one day we'll have a mid-range with a folding screen that costs about 300 euros or less. Well, dreaming costs nothing!
