Here’s A Peek At What Honor’s Magic Flip Might Look Like

There’s no specific release date known for Honor’s first attempt at a clamshell foldable (beyond an expectation that it’ll arrive towards the end of Q2), nor do we know anything about the specs that the phone is likely to come with, but we’re lucky enough to have gotten a look at a supposed render of the phone. Of course, take this leak with a pinch of salt (though there’s nothing in the design to make it seem too improbable).

The design shows the back side of a foldable that’s unfolded completely. The bottom half of the phone is black and blank save for the “Honor” branding near the bottom. It looks like it’s made of plastic or vegan leather. The upper half of the foldable is more interesting, with nearly all its area taken up by the cover display. There are two cameras vertically stacked in the upper left corner, with a small LED flash between them.

Honor Makes Very Good Foldables, So We Can Expect The Same Of The Magic Flip

Honor’s flagship foldable offering is the Honor Magic V2, and for a book-type foldable, it is very exceptional. You’ve got a huge cover display, a nearly 8-inch foldable display, support for styluses, and a very thin and light build; it’s thinness is only challenged by the newly-released Vivo X Fold 3.

You get flagship specs around the board, including the chipset, storage configurations, cameras, battery, and charging. Plus it’s not even the most expensive book-type foldable out there after all of that.

Clamshell Foldables Are Very Close To Losing All Sense Of Identity

When you look at the alleged design of the Honor Magic Flip, you see a pretty good-looking phone, though the design is simple. It’s a plain bottom half and a top half that is all cover display with cutouts for the cameras and flash. It’s easy to see that in two or three years, all clamshell foldables will aim for as much cover display as possible because it maximizes space and it just seems “right”. We can see it with the Motorola Razr for instance.

Unfortunately, if things go in that direction, there’ll be very little to make foldables distinguishable from one another. You can still tell most foldables apart from each other right now, but I doubt things will be that easy in a handful of years. If I lay the Samsung Galaxy S24, OnePlus 12, and Pixel 8 Pro in front of you, you’ll be hard-pressed to tell them apart from the front alone. Why? Because it’s all screen and a cutout for the selfie cam. That’s where I see things going.