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Honor Magic V3

The Honor Magic V3 went on sale on 19 July 2024. The Honor UK shop price is £1,699.99 (read 22 September 2026). It has a 7.92-inch display, a weight of 226 g, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip and a 50 MP main camera. Honor publishes no end date for its security updates. Every figure in the Honor Magic V3 specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.

Released
2024-07-19GSMArena — Honor Magic V3 specifications, retrieved 2026-09-10
Price
£1,699.99Honor UK shop — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-22

Peak brightness

5000nits

Official

Weight

226g

Official

Water/dust rating

IPX8

Official

Specifications

Every figure carries its source, linked and dated.

Body

Weight
226gOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Water/dust rating
IPX8Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Display

Display type
Inner: 1–120Hz LTPO; Cover: all-range low-power LTPOOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Display size
7.92inOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Refresh rate
120HzOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Peak brightness
5000nitsOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Screen protection
HONOR Anti-scratch NanoCrystal Shield (cover)Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Platform

Chipset
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Memory

Card slot
No3rd party

Camera

Main camera
50MP HONOR Falcon main f/1.6 1/1.56"; 50MP periscope telephoto 3.5x 1/2.51" f/3.0; 40MP ultrawide 112° f/2.2; 20MP front f/2.2Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Main sensor resolution
50MPOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Main aperture
f/1.6Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Main sensor size
1/1.56"Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Telephoto
50MP periscope telephoto, 3.5x optical zoom, 1/2.51-inch sensor, f/3.0Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Ultrawide
40MP ultrawide, 112°, f/2.2Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Front camera
20MP f/2.2, 90° (Honor lists a single front-camera spec on the UK page)Official

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Battery

Battery capacity
5150mAhOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Fast charging
66WOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Wireless charging
50WOfficial

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

Benchmarks

3DMark Wild Life Extreme
45863rd party

3DMark (UL Solutions), retrieved 2026-09-14

DXOMARK camera score
1373rd party

DXOMARK, retrieved 2026-09-15

30 attributes without a sourced figure yet

Dimensions · Build · SIM · Unlock · Resolution · Pixel density · Typical brightness · HDR peak brightness · Operating system · OS versions supported · Google Mobile Services · CPU · GPU · Storage (base) · Storage options · RAM · Video capture · Battery per charge · Claimed video playback · Battery lifespan · Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · USB · NFC · Positioning · Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) · AnTuTu benchmark · Colours · SAR (EU, head) · Repairability (EU class). A gap in our data, not a statement about the phone — rows appear as sources are cited.

Software support

Feature updates until
Not published by the maker
Security updates until
Not published by the maker

Basis: our inference from history

Honor's UK Magic V3 page does not print an OS-upgrade or security-update end date. Honor's UK MagicOS security-updates URL returned 404 this session, so both dates are left null.

Honor UK — HONOR Magic V3, retrieved 2026-09-10

The per-model page, with the maker’s commitment or Apple’s pattern: When does the Magic V3 stop getting updates?

Comparisons

The pairs a buyer of this phone would weigh, row by row with a verdict on each. Any other phone in the catalogue is a chooser away. Wondering whether to move at all? Should I upgrade my Magic V3?

Against its own line

Against other makers

Watches that work with this phone

17 of the 39 watches in the catalogue pair with the Magic V3, by the makers’ own compatibility statements. Full sheet on each watch’s page; all of them at Watches. Every watch sorted for this kind of phone, including the ones that do not pair: Which smartwatches work with any Android phone?

Works in full 6

Every feature the maker lists works with the Magic V3.

WatchMaker’s compatibility statementSource
Garmin fēnix 9 43mm“Compatible with iPhone and Android”Garmin UK — fēnix 9 Pro 47 mm, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Garmin fēnix 9 47mm“Compatible with iPhone and Android”Garmin UK — fēnix 9 Pro 47 mm, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Garmin fēnix 9 51mm“Compatible with iPhone and Android”Garmin UK — fēnix 9 Pro 47 mm, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Garmin fēnix 9 Pro 47mm“Compatible with iPhone and Android”Garmin UK — fēnix 9 Pro 47 mm, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Garmin Venu 4 41mm“Compatible with iPhone and Android”Garmin UK — Venu 4 41 mm, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Garmin Venu 4 45mm“Compatible with iPhone and Android”Garmin UK — Venu 4 45 mm, retrieved 2026-09-13Official

Works, with the maker’s caveat 11

Pairs with the Magic V3; some features need the maker’s own phone. The maker’s words are quoted on each row.

WatchMaker’s compatibility statementSource
Google Pixel Watch 5 41mm“Works with most phones running on Android 12.0 or newer. Requires a Google Account and the Google Pixel Watch app.”Google Store UK — Pixel Watch 5 specs, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Google Pixel Watch 5 45mm“Works with most phones running on Android 12.0 or newer. Requires a Google Account and the Google Pixel Watch app.”Google Store UK — Pixel Watch 5 specs, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Galaxy Watch Ultra2 47mm“Android 13.0 or higher and with more than 1.5GB of memory”Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Watch9, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Galaxy Watch9 40mm“Android 13.0 or higher and with more than 1.5GB of memory”Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Watch9, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Galaxy Watch9 44mm“Android 13.0 or higher and with more than 1.5GB of memory”Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Watch9, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Google Pixel Watch 4 41mm“Works with most phones running on Android 11.0 or newer. Requires a Google Account and the Google Pixel Watch app.”Google Store UK — Pixel Watch 4 specs, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Google Pixel Watch 4 45mm“Works with most phones running on Android 11.0 or newer. Requires a Google Account and the Google Pixel Watch app.”Google Store UK — Pixel Watch 4 specs, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Galaxy Watch Ultra 47mm“Android 11.0 or higher and with more than 1.5GB of memory”Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Watch8 series, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Galaxy Watch8 40mm“Android 11.0 or higher and with more than 1.5GB of memory”Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Watch8 series, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Galaxy Watch8 44mm“Android 11.0 or higher and with more than 1.5GB of memory”Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Watch8 series, retrieved 2026-09-13Official
Galaxy Watch8 Classic 46mm“Android 11.0 or higher and with more than 1.5GB of memory”Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Watch8 series, retrieved 2026-09-13Official