HONOR announced the world’s slimmest and lightest book-style foldable smartphone a couple of months ago, the HONOR Magic V3. That phone went global in September, and in this article, we’ll compare it with a device that is considered to be one of the best, if not the best foldable smartphones out there still. In this article, we’ll be comparing the HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open.
Both of these smartphones are truly compelling, but they’re also quite different. That goes for both their designs, their internals, and so on. As we usually do, we will first list the spec sheets of both smartphones. Following that, we will compare them across a number of categories, including design, display, performance, battery, cameras, and audio, With that being said, let’s get to it.
Specs
HONOR Magic V3 & OnePlus Open, respectively
– Screen size (main): 7.92-inch Foldable LTPO AMOLED (120Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 1,800 nits) 7.82-inch LTPO 3 AMOLED (120Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 2,800 nits) – Screen Size (cover): 6.43-inch LTPO OLED (120Hz, 5,000 nits) 6.31-inch LTPO3 OLED (120Hz, 2,800 nits) – Display resolution (main): 2156 x 2344 2268 x 2440 – Display resolution (cover): 2376 x 1060 2484 x 1116 – SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – RAM: 12GB/16GB (LPDDR5X) 16GB (LPDDR5X) – Storage: 256GB/512GB/1TB (UFS 4.0) 512GB (UFS 4.0) – Rear cameras: 50MP (wide, f/1.6 aperture, 1/1.56-inch sensor size, OIS, PDAF), 40MP (ultrawide, f/2.2 aperture, 112-degree FoV), 50MP (periscope telephoto, 1/2.51-inch sensor size, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom) 48MP (wide, f/1.7 aperture, multi-directional PDAF, OIS), 48MP (ultrawide, 114-degree FoV), 64MP (periscope telephoto, 3x optical zoom, 6x “in-sensor” zoom, macro) – Front cameras: 20MP (main display, f/2.2 aperture), 32MP (cover display, f/2.4 aperture) 20MP (main display, f/2.2 aperture), 32MP (cover display, f/2.4 aperture) – Battery: 5,150mAh 4,805mAh – Charging: 66W wired, 50W wireless, 5W reverse wired (charger included) 67W wired, 5W reverse wired (charger included) – Dimensions (unfolded): 156.6 x 145.3 x 4.35 mm or 4.4 mm 153.4 x 143.1 x 5.8 mm – Dimensions (folded): 156.6 x 74.0 x 9.2 mm or 9.3 mm 153.4 x 73.3 x 11.7 mm – Weight: 226/230 grams 239/245 grams – Connectivity: 5G, LTE, NFC, Wi-Fi, USB Type-C, Bluetooth 5.3 – Security: Side-facing fingerprint scanner – OS: Android 14 with MagicOS 8.0.1 Android 13 with OxygenOS (upgradable) – Price: €1,999 $1,699 – Buy: HONOR Magic V3 (HONOR) OnePlus Open (Best Buy)
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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Design
Both of these phones are book-style foldables, but they do both look and feel different in the hand. The HONOR Magic V3 comes in both glass and vegan leather models, while the same goes for the OnePlus Open. Both phones also use aluminum and some other materials in their build, though. The back side of the OnePlus Open is flat, as are its sides. The same cannot be said for the HONOR Magic V3. Its back side does have a bit more of a curve towards the edges, while its sides are definitely not flat.
Both devices do have a flat cover display with a centered display camera hole on it. The bezels are quite thin on both of their displays, actually. You will also spot a display camera hole on their main displays, but they’re located in different spots. The HONOR Magic V3’s display camera hole is centered on the right side of the main display, so it’s about three-quarters to the right. On the OnePlus Open, it’s in the top-right corner.
There is a camera oreo located on the back of both phones. The one on the OnePlus Open does protrude a bit more, though, and it’s also physically larger. It is a good anchor for your finger when you’re holding the phone, though, so I definitely appreciated it being there during my use. The in-hand feel with these two phones is considerably different. Depending on the variant you get, they can be slippery.
The HONOR Magic V3 is the lighter device of the two, that much is obvious. It is also thinner, and it feels as much in the hand. The HONOR Magic V3 is IPX8 rated for water resistance. The OnePlus Open, on the flip side, comes with an IPX4 rating, which means it’s splash resistant.
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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Display
The main display on the HONOR Magic V3 is a 7.92-inch Foldable LTPO AMOLED panel with a resolution of 2156 x 2344. That panel can project up to 1 billion colors and supports HDR10+ content. It also supports Dolby Vision, and its refresh rate goes up to 120Hz. The peak brightness of this panel is 1,800 nits, and the screen-to-body ratio is at around 88%. The cover display measures 6.43 inches, and it’s an LTPO OLED display. It can project up to 1 billion colors, and Dolby Vision is supported. Its refresh rate goes up to 120Hz, while the peak brightness here is 5,000 nits, on paper. The resolution is 2376 x 1080.
HONOR Magic V3
The OnePlus Open, on the other hand, has a 7.82-inch Foldable LTPO3 Flexi-fluid main display. That is an AMOLED panel that can project up to 1 billion colors. Dolby Vision is supported too. The refresh rate here goes up to 120Hz, while the peak brightness is 2,800 nits. This display has a resolution of 2268 x 2440 and a screen-to-body ratio of 89%. The cover display measures 6.31 inches, and it’s an LTPO3 Super Fluid OLED display. Its resolution is 2484 x 1116, and it can project up to 1 billion colors. Dolby Vision is supported here too.
All four of these displays are very good. They do look a bit different out of the box, but both phones allow you to tweak their displays. They’re both more than sharp enough, and they’re well-optimized for a high refresh rate. The touch response is good, and the colors are vivid. The viewing angles are great on all displays. All four displays do get bright enough for all conditions, even though there is some difference in that regard too. The bottom line is, you’ll be happy with all of these displays. Both companies used quality panels and did a great job balancing them.
HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Performance
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC fuels the HONOR Magic V3. That is Qualcomm’s 4nm processor, which is, at this moment in time, still the company’s flagship SoC. HONOR paired that with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and UFS 4.0 flash storage. The OnePlus Open is fueled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, which is also a 4nm chip, but a year older than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This phone comes with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 flash storage. Neither device offers storage expansion, by the way.
The performance that both phones offer is outstanding, though. You’ll be hard-pressed to notice the difference between these two chips in day-to-day use. Both phones offer snappy performance without any lag, even though their software implementations are notably different. They open apps really fast, and they’re also great for multitasking of any kind. Both companies also have rather snappy and well-executed animations thrown into the mix.
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What about gaming? Well, despite the fact the OnePlus Open has an older chip, it still holds up in the gaming department, even when the most demanding games are concerned. Both of these phones can run anything the Google Play Store has to offer, and they can do a great job of running those games, even at the highest graphical settings. The bottom line is, the performance is not an issue on either of these two smartphones.
HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Battery
A 5,150mAh silicon-carbon battery sits inside the HONOR Magic V3. The OnePlus Open, on the flip side, offers a 4,805mAh battery pack. A larger battery doesn’t always mean better battery life, but in this case, it does. The HONOR Magic V3 did manage to offer better battery life for us, even though the OnePlus Open’s battery life is not bad at all. You can cross the 6-hour screen-on-time threshold on the OnePlus Open, and even go beyond that, depending on what you’re doing on the phone during your use.
The HONOR Magic V3, however, goes above and beyond that, usually. It can go over the 7-hour screen-on-time mark, once again, depending on your usage. The point is, it does offer better battery life, though the mileage may vary in your case. The battery life depends on a ton of factors, so… it will vary from one person to the next, of course. Both of these phones will offer more than enough juice for most people, but if you want a phone with better battery life, the HONOR Magic V3 is the one to get.
The HONOR Magic V3 is more versatile when it comes to charging. However, both phones charge similarly fast, at least in terms of wired charging, as that’s the only charging OnePlus’ foldable offers. The Magic V3 supports 66W wired, 50W wireless, and 5W reverse wired charging. The OnePlus Open only supports 67W wired charging. Both smartphones do come with a charger in the box.
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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Cameras
The two devices have considerably different camera hardware on the back. Still, both are quite compelling and amongst the best camera smartphones in the foldable world. The HONOR Magic V3 includes a 50-megapixel main camera (1/1.56-inch sensor), a 40-megapixel ultrawide unit (112-degree FoV), and a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (1/2.51-inch sensor, 3.5x optical zoom). The OnePlus Open has a 48-megapixel main camera (1/1.43-inch sensor), a 48-megapixel ultrawide camera (114-degree FoV), and a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (3x optical zoom, 1/2.0-inch sensor size).
OnePlus Open
Both devices are rather capable in the camera department, but the results are different. The HONOR Magic V3 offers well-saturated images, but they’re usually less contrasty than the shots from the OnePlus Open. We preferred the color science of the OnePlus Open most of the time. Their ultrawide cameras do a good job of keeping the color profile of the main cameras, while both telephoto cameras are quite capable. Both of them have a periscope telephoto camera, though the OnePlus Open has a larger camera sensor. Both cameras do a good job, but we preferred telephoto shots from the OnePlus Open, as it balanced them out a bit better.
What about low light? Well, both do a good job in such situations too, it’s also a matter of preference. The Magic V3 tends to brighten up such scenes more than the OnePlus Open, for better or worse. The styles are entirely different, but quite compelling on both sides. The Magic V3 is a major improvement over the Magic V2, that’s for sure. The HONOR Magic V2’s camera was not all that impressive.
Audio
You will find stereo speakers on both of these smartphones. The thing is, the volume that both sets of speakers provide is average at best. It’ll be enough for most people, but don’t expect them to be as loud as you may be used to. The sound quality output is good, though.
There is no audio jack on either one of these two phones. You can use their Type-C ports to hook up your wired headphones, though, if you want. Bluetooth 5.3 is supported on both smartphones.
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Your Strands expert
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Your Strands expert
Marc McLaren
NYT Strands today (game #233) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Cool color!
NYT Strands today (game #233) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
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NYT Strands today (game #233) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Sky and sea
NYT Strands today (game #233) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First: right, 5th row
Last: left, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
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NYT Strands today (game #233) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #233, are…
COBALT
AZURE
TURQUOISE
INDIGO
NAVY
PERIWINKLE
SPANGRAM: THEBLUES
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
The theme clues for Strands can sometimes give away too much, and today was one of those days. ‘Cool color!’ screamed the hint, so clearly it was going to be shades of a particular color; ‘cool’ made it obvious it would be blue.
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That didn’t make finding them all that simple of course, because though I got COBALT and AZURE near the top of the board early, then uncovered TURQUOISE by focusing on what the Q could go with, I got a little stuck for a while after that. I could see the word BLUE in the middle of the board and figured it would be part of the spangram, but it took me a while to establish that I needed THEBLUES. The other answers slotted into place fairly easily after that.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, 21 October, game #232)
PACK
HERD
FLOCK
SWARM
SCHOOL
PRIDE
KNOT
COLONY
SPANGRAM: GROUPNAME
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
The maker of the film Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla, Elon Musk and Warner Bros Discovery, alleging they used imagery from the movie without permission.
Production firm Alcon Entertainment claims it had specifically denied a request from Warner Bros to use material from the film at the launch event for Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi.
Alcon alleges that despite its refusal Tesla and the other organisers of the event on 10 October used artificial intelligence (AI) to create promotional imagery based on the film.
Tesla and Warner Bros did not immediately reply to requests for comment from BBC News.
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The “financial magnitude of the misappropriation here was substantial,” the lawsuit said.
“Any prudent brand considering any Tesla partnership has to take Musk’s massively amplified, highly politicised, capricious and arbitrary behaviour, which sometimes veers into hate speech, into account,” it added.
Alcon also accused the event organisers of “false endorsement” by suggesting a connection between the production company and Tesla.
Warner Bros, which hosted the robotaxi launch event at one of its movie studios, was also the distributor of Blade Runner 2049 when it was released in 2017.
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The highly-anticipated sequel to the 1982 cyberpunk classic Blade Runner, starred Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas and Jared Leto, and won two Academy Awards.
HMD launched its Fusion phone back in September sans modular attachments that it calls “Smart Outfits”, but now the company is giving consumers a look at what you can do with these accessories through this incredibly unique Venom version of the phone.
HMD partnered with Sony Pictures to celebrate the upcoming release of Venom: The Last Dance and created a unique Smart Outfit that embodies the symbiotic relationship between Venom and Eddie Brock. Much like Venom changes the outer appearance of Brock, the Venom smart outfits change the outer appearance of the HMD Fusion with Venom-like qualities.
This is visibly represented by a special glass chamber that snaps onto the back of the device, connected by the Fusion’s six smart pins. Inside the smart outfit, there are 160 electromagnetic arrays that “control” some ferrofluid on the inside of the glass chamber. Causing the ferrofluid to shift around, twist, and contort itself into different shapes much like Venom might do.
It’s an interesting concept for a modular smartphone accessory. One that might just excite Venom fans and convince them to consider this device. However, it’s important to note that you can’t actually buy this smart outfit for yourself.
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The HMD Fusion Venom phone is not available for sale
While you can pre-order the HMD Fusion right now for $299.99, you can’t actually buy this Venom smart outfit. It was created specifically for the promotion of the new film. And there are only three of these in the world.
HMD says the Venom phone made an appearance at a special Venom pop-up event on October 20, and then once more at the premiere for the film that happened on October 21. So, unfortunately, there’s no way to even see these special smart outfits in person at this point. Luckily, HMD has shared quite a few images of the device. There’s also a trailer that displays the ferrofluid in motion. This should give you a better idea of how the smart outfit reacts.
The phone also came with unique Venom-themed movie easter eggs
In addition to the special physical appearance, HMD also loaded up this three-of-a-kind device with some special movie easter eggs. There’s an alarm tone that says, “Eddie, the time has come” and a notification alert that says “Who sent that thing?” in Venom’s voice.
Additionally, there’s a voicemail that comes up from Venom when the phone is loaded up. As well as a ringtone that plays for incoming calls. While HMD isn’t making it possible to own this smart outfit, it’s not leaving fans empty-handed. It has several Venom: The Last Dance wallpapers that can be downloaded.
It’s the end of an era for one of the App Store’s earliest success stories. Foursquare is shutting down its signature city guide app in order to “focus our efforts on building an even better experience in Swarm,” the company said in . The app will shut down December 15, while the web version will stay online until “early 2025.”
The shutdown is a notable reversal of a strategy the company announced a decade ago when it, controversially, opted its famed “check-in” service into a separate app. That app became known as Swarm while the Foursquare-branded app became a “” full of user-generated reviews and local recommendations.
Now, Foursquare says its future is, once again, the check-in. “We’re also introducing exciting new features and capabilities into Swarm throughout the year (👀 some of which may look familiar to you) in order to unlock new use cases that may better support your needs,” the company said, adding that additional updates are expected “early next year.”
It’s not clear why the company is changing its strategy to elevate Swarm over its namesake app. The company more than 100 employees earlier this year in an effort to “streamline” operations. Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, who is currently co-chair of the company’s board of directors, said in a post that the company is “doing fine,” though he expressed disappointment with the news. “I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I have been in a real funk these last few days over this news,” he wrote.
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