The phone launched in China today, with an international release allegedly "soon."

At 8.8mm folded, the Magic V5 shaves a sliver off Oppo’s Find N5, which clocks in at 8.9mm. That 0.1mm edge might impress a caliper but isn’t doing much for anyone’s fingers. The illusion is helped by the white model’s special fibre finish, which is slightly less bulky than the vegan leather or standard fibres used on other colours, which bloat to 9mm.

However the V5’s triple-lens camera module juts out like it’s compensating for something, towering over Oppo’s flatter setup and making the phone feel thicker in the hand. Honor’s hoping you’ll overlook that thanks to the upgraded sensors and faster apertures.

Unfolded, the Magic V5 manages a 4.1mm profile compared to Oppo’s 4.2mm. Still, it can’t quite out-thin Huawei’s trifold Mate XT, which hits 3.6mm in spots where it skips the USB-C port.

This isn’t Honor’s first time obsessing over microns. The Magic V3 held the slim title before Oppo’s Find N5 showed up earlier this year. Samsung is expected to drop a thinner Galaxy Z Fold 7 next week, but don’t bet on it beating this one. Weight-wise, the Magic V5 might be the lightest foldable too, at 217g, it shares the featherweight title with Vivo’s X Fold 5.

Yes, it’s all  silly. Unless someone bins the USB-C port or cooks up a wild asymmetric hinge, foldables can’t get much slimmer. The manufacturers know it and so does everyone else.

That said, Honor’s Magic V5 still packs a wallop. It runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite, has up to 16GB of RAM, a sizeable 5,820mAh battery, 120Hz LTPO OLED panels, wireless charging and dual IP ratings (IP58 and IP59) that bring it dangerously close to the ruggedness of a non-foldable.