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Honor responds with photo evidence of Magic V5's thickness

Honor responds with photo evidence of Magic V5's thickness

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Ice Universe posted a video that demonstrated that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 is thinner than the Honor Magic V5. Officially, the Galaxy is 8.9mm, while the Magic is 8.8mm, so it should be the other way around. What's going on?
Honor contacted us to clear things up. First, it shared these images that use calipers to confirm that the Magic V5 is 8.80mm when closed and 4.10mm when opened, just as the official specs claim.
Honor Magic V5 measurements by Honor
Ice has his own test with a set of calipers that show 8.95mm for the Honor and 8.79mm for the Galaxy. The leakster states that the Ivory White Magic V5 was the one being measured, as it should be. The Ivory White one is thinner than the other three colorways, which measure 9.0mm/4.2mm folded/unfolded.
In the message to us, Honor states that the claimed thickness does not include 'the inner and outer screen protective films' (those are removable). The company also points to manufacturing tolerances and measurement inaccuracies that can also affect the result.
Ice Universe measurements: Honor Magic V5 • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7
Honor has derived the dimensions of the Magic V5 based on standardized lab testing methods. On its global site it says this:
'Data comes from the HONOR Lab. 8.8mm refers to the thickness of the Ivory White model in the folded state. The overall thickness does not include the inner and outer screen protective films and the raised part of the camera. 217g refers to the weight of the Ivory White model excluding the inner protective film. The actual data may vary depending on configurations, manufacturing processes and measurement methods. Please refer to the actual device.'
At the end of the day, this is mostly about bragging rights – which company has the thinnest horizontal foldable? Well, in person you are not going to feel a 0.1mm difference, so it doesn't matter too much.
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