These days, smartphones rarely surprise me anymore. We’ve long entered an era of iterative improvements, with many handsets just slowly getting thinner, faster, and generally better over the years. The Honor Magic V2 may also be one of these iterations — the latest in Honor’s foldable V series — but it’s the biggest upgrade I’ve seen in a while. Holding it in my hand for the first time, I couldn’t get over just how thin it is, all while barely weighing more than most of the best smartphones out there.
