Magic V5 review: The thinnest book-fold flagship — 8.8 mm closed, 4.1 mm open.
The thinnest book-fold ever.
Magic V5 is 4.1 mm thick open — half the thickness of a phone — and 8.8 mm closed, lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 at 217 g. Against Galaxy Z Fold 7 (broader update window) and Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 (similar chip, smaller battery), it wins on engineering polish.
01Display
92/10092/100 puts it above the 89-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
02Camera
88/10088/100 puts it above the 84-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
03Performance
95/10095/100 puts it above the 90-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
04Battery
86/10086/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
05Build
95/100At 95/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.
06Value
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
- Thinnest book-fold ever shipped (4.1 mm open, 8.8 mm closed).
- 5,820 mAh silicon-carbon in a 217 g body.
- 50 + 50 + 64 MP periscope camera trio.
- IP58 / IP59 — splash and dust rated.
- MagicOS 9 has China-bundled services.
- 4-year OS vs Samsung 7.
- China-only retail (grey market elsewhere).
- No 200 MP main like Magic 7 Ultimate.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 229-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .