The Honor Magic V6 is the latest version of the Chinese brand's premium foldable phone-tablet, offering a slim, light alternative to Samsung's foldables and now available in a new red suede-style finish with gold trim. It impresses with strong performance, long battery life and capable cameras, positioning it as a serious rival to top-end slab phones, though the review notes the accompanying MagicOS 10 software still lets the overall experience down.

The device costs £1,500 (€1,700/A$2,999) until August, after which the price rises to £2,000 (€2,300), around £300 more than last year's model, reflecting rising RAM costs across the premium market. It packs a 7.95in main OLED display and 6.52in cover screen, both at 120Hz, alongside Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, 16GB RAM and 512GB storage, with IP68/69 water resistance. Its large battery lasts almost two days under mixed use and charges to 50% in 25 minutes via a 100W charger, though the default "balanced" power mode noticeably limits peak performance in games unless switched to "performance" mode.