The Honor Magic V2 could have taken its candy time earlier than it launched in Europe, however that’s not the largest difficulty with the cellphone – final week’s ballot signifies that the excessive value is what is going to maintain most individuals away.
One in three voters picked that choice. Foldables are costly, positive, however £1,700/€2,000 is manner an excessive amount of for the V2 to have broad attraction.
Possibly the Magic foldable didn’t come too late when it comes to having outdated {hardware} (solely 11% picked that choice), however it did arrive too late within the sense that different foldables are already on sale in Europe and so they price much less. They aren’t as skinny because the Magic V2, however they’re a couple of hundred euros cheaper.
There’s the opposite factor too, 12% of voters are biding their time, ready to see what new foldables will likely be launched – the Magic V2 is a 2023 design, whereas issues just like the Galaxy Z Fold6 are round six months away (and rumors have already began).
Will Samsung actually make a cheaper Z Fold6? We don’t know, however the Z Fold5 could be discovered for below €1,300 today. Both manner, the ball is in Honor’s court docket.
Later this month the corporate will carry the Honor V2 RSR to the MWC, although this Porsche Design cellphone will do little for these asking for a cheaper price.