Honor V Purse Smartphone Review – Honor V Purse is a new concept smartphone, which might replace fast fashion handbags. Unlike many other foldable smartphones, the core specialty of this phone is it’s 2x times slimmer than your average foldable smartphone. Apart from this, it retains some of the flagship specs from its sibling Honor Magic V2. But at the same time, it provides some cool features that will be thoroughly discussed in the following review.
In the first instance, you might think that the Honor V Purse is just another smartphone with a foldable screen. But at this point, you might be wrong. The device is designed as a proper handbag with an additional screen lock around the camera module. Not to forget, the smartphone was released in September 2023, exclusively in mainland China. So, there’s no information on when will the device appear in other markets. With that said, let’s head towards the Honor V Purse smartphone review.
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Honor V Purse Smartphone Review
Highlights
- The smartphone arrives with a 7.71 inches foldable OLED display, and when folded, it becomes a 6.45 inches OLED panel.
- The software of the latest Android 13OS with MagicOS 7.2 interface provides various customization attributes.
- However, the Honor V Purse is equipped with a Snapdragon 778G 5G chipset under the hood.
- The phone offers a 50MP dual camera with an 8MP dot-notch selfie camera on a foldable screen.
- A Li-Po 4500 mAh battery will be accompanied by a 35W wired fast charging support.
Design and Display
The first thing that you will notice about this phone is the slim side panel. When you fold this phone, it looks like a regular smartphone. But when you unfold the whole screen the thickness reduces to 4.3 mm, which is considerably thin. With this, the device has a sleek appearance, which allures everyone who looks at this phone even once.
The smartphone makers are producing this remarkable device in three amazing color variants, like Black and Blue, as the standard variant with a special Gold color variety. The camera placements also look quite elegant, while you are getting a 7.71-inch Foldable OLED screen. When you fold the screen, it becomes a standard 6.45-inch OLED display. In both modes, you will obtain 90Hz refresh rate support.
Besides this, the overall display experience with 1600 nits peak brightness is pretty good, while the content-watching experience would also be great with 1 Billion colors support. Not to forget, the cover display comes with a wide range of customization for your handbag. Overall, the display and design department is impressive however the only thing missing on the package is a better refresh rate support for a better experience.
Memory and Internal
Under the hood, you are getting a 6nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G chipset, which was quite surprising. We were initially expecting that Honor would provide a Snapdragon 8 Gen chipset. But still, the hardware section isn’t that bad, with this configuration, you won’t face major issues during multitasking and it will also handle graphics precisely. The SoC can reach up to a 4×2.4 GHz clocking speed and is accompanied by an Adreno 642L GPU.
Besides this, MagicOS 7.2 also ensures to provide robust support when it comes to customization. Plus, the latest Android 13 OS update brings all of the necessary features that will help you perform daily activities and tasks in a hassle-free manner. Moving to the gaming aspect, the phone can perform pretty well with medium graphic settings.
However, it might not be able to compete with the current flagship devices’ performance. So, if you only play games for fun, then it won’t be a major concern. Aside from this, you can purchase this phone in two storage variants, including 256GB to 512GB UFS internal space that will be accompanied by 16GB RAM. With this, the device will not disappoint you in terms of performance, but still, a flagship chipset is expected from a device in this pricing segment.
Camera
The Honor V Purse comes with a dual camera configuration equipping a 50MP primary and a 12MP ultra-wide lens support. With this, the users can capture decent photos in the proper light, while the night mode image quality isn’t poor either. You can notice details properly, while the wide-angle image comes with precise details and color accuracy. On the other hand, the portrait image results aren’t that bad.
But, you will notice that the white balance is slightly off and doesn’t produce natural colors. Although, it’s generally a white filter that appears in almost every Chinese smartphone brand. Anyway, the phone can record 4K videos@30fps. Plus, the phone also has an 8MP camera to capture precious memories with friends and family.
In terms of video recording, the front camera only records 1080p videos@30fps, while you can explore various video shooting features inside the Camera app in the meantime. Although, the camera setup may have a few downsides. The gyro-EIS support is missing on both the cameras so videos may come out shaky. Apart from this, don’t expect much from the camera aspect of the Honor V Purse in the first place.
Battery and Others
As far as the battery life is concerned for the Honor V Purse smartphone, you are getting 35W wired fast charging support for the Li-Po 4500 mAh battery configuration. With this, you can smoothly utilize this device for more than 4+ hours without any trouble. Plus, more than three hours of gaming can be possible. As for the additional feature, it also supports 5W reverse wired charging. Still, the brand makers could have provided a bit of fast charging support as per the standards of the market.
Speaking of more additional features, you are getting a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth sensors, NFC along with a stereo speakers configuration. With that, you will receive a decent user experience. Now, let’s talk about the most important part – the price point. The Honor V Purse starting variant will cost around $840 (Rs. 69,700 in India) approx.
Honor V Purse Pros and Cons
Down below you can see the full specifications of the Honor V Purse smartphone.
| Specifications | Honor V Purse |
| Network | 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G |
| Announced | September 2023 |
| SIM | Dual SIM |
| Dimensions | Unfolded: 156.5 x 135.6 x 4.3 mm Folded: 156.5 x 74.7 x 8.6 mm |
| Weight | 214 g |
| Size | Unfolded: 7.71 inches Folded: 6.45 inches |
| Display | Unfolded: OLED 1B colors 90Hz 1600 nits brightness ~401 PPI density Folded: OLED 1B colors 90Hz 1600 nits brightness |
| Protection | No |
| Resolution | Unfolded: 2016 x 2348 pixels Folded: 1088 x 2348 pixels |
| OS | Android 13, MagicOS 7.2 |
| Chipset | 6nm – Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G |
| CPU | Octa-core 4×2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 |
| GPU | Adreno 642L |
| Card slot | No |
| RAM | 16GB |
| Internal | 256GB, 512GB UFS |
| Camera | 50 MP (wide), PDAF 12 MP (120Ëšultrawide) LED flash, panorama, HDR Max – 4K@30fps |
| Selfie | 8 MP (wide) Max – 1080p@30fps |
| Loudspeaker | Yes (stereo speakers) |
| 3.5mm jack | No |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct |
| Bluetooth | 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared port | No |
| Radio | No |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0, OTG |
| Sensors | Side-mounted fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro proximity, compass |
| Battery | Li-Po 4500 mAh 35W wired 5W reverse wired |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Blue |
| Expected Price | $840 (Rs 69,700 in India) approx |
Conclusion
Honor V Purse is a completely new concept in the smartphone market and it could be a game-changing product for the company. However, if we strictly look at the technical aspect, the hardware and camera aspects of this phone are underwhelming as compared to other devices present in the same price range. Plus, it’s only available in China. Thus, it would be difficult to purchase this device for other markets. Apart from this, the display only supports a 90Hz refresh rate which felt quite disappointing.
On top of that, there’s no alternative option if you are looking for a similar concept device. Instead, you can check out other foldable phones like the Samsung Galaxy Fold 5 if you are searching for better specs and features but you have to pay more. The alternative beats Honor V Purse in terms of overall user experience. Anyway, the final decision is up to you so choose a device based on your requirements and needs.
