Honor attacks the next segment. It is preparing the first flexible telephones

Folding smartphones with flexible displays have been a reality on the market for two years now. So far, however, they are offered on the global market only by selected manufacturers – Samsung, Huawei and Motorola. Other brands should be added to them soon, and one of them should be according to the portal GizmoChina also Chinese Honor.

Honor has already registered its folding smartphones with the Chinese Patent Office

The Chinese brand Honor became independent at the end of last year, when its former owner Huawei sold it to another company. As a result, it is no longer subject to US sanctions imposed on Huawei, and you can use Google applications, including the Google Play store, on your devices again. After becoming independent, the Honor brand does not hide its intention to become a unit in the Chinese market. Folding smartphones with flexible displays could also help.

It should enter this market this year. The planned equipment will be presented under the name Magic, which is used to describe its flagships. Portal DealnTech found that she registered two devices with the Chinese Patent Office this month Honor Magic Fold a Honor Magic Flip. According to their name, it is obvious that their main advantage will be the folding construction.

Smartphones will differ in folding mechanism

The Honor Magic Fold title resembles a folding Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G and the mechanism should be according to the portal GizmoChina similar to Huawei Mate X2. This means that it will be a smartphone with a larger external display and an internal flexible display, which transforms the device into a smaller tablet when unfolded. The second device will probably be a folding lid like the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G or Motorola razr 5G.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2

The introduction of the first Honor Magic Fold device is expected in the second half of the year. According to the portal GizmoChina it should be powered by the uncommon Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Pro chipset. Other parameters are not known. The second device will probably not be introduced until next year. Honor’s folding smartphones could attack the competition at a lower price.