Foldable phones have mostly looked the same for years. Fold it in half, get a square-ish screen on the inside, move on with your day. Huawei broke that pattern with a wider foldable screen. Now Honor’s wide foldable phone looks like it’s actually turning into a real product.
The report comes from tipster Digital Chat Station. An engineering prototype still carries the same screen setup spotted in earlier leaks, a 7.6-inch inner display paired with a 5.5-inch outer screen. This cover screen is noticeably bigger than what most foldables offer right now. What’s changed is where the phone sits in development. It’s no longer stuck in simple testing. Honor has reportedly moved it into final refinement, a stage that usually means a device is getting close to done.
The same report points to a 200MP main camera and a massive 7000mAh battery. Honor is reportedly sticking with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip too, built on a 2nm process, according to earlier leaks about the device.
Why Honor Wants In on Wide Foldables
Apple was actually rumored to be working on a wide foldable phone before anyone else. Huawei just beat Apple to the punch, launching the Pura X Max in April while Apple’s version still doesn’t have a release date. That wider format is different from what Samsung and Google typically ship. Samsung’s jumping in too, with dummy units of a wider Z Fold 8 already leaking. Honor’s wide foldable phone would drop it right into that mix. That means going up against companies with a lot more money and resources behind them.
Honor’s already been aggressive with foldables this year. The Magic V6 packed one of the largest batteries ever put in a foldable. A 7000mAh cell in Honor’s wide foldable phone would keep that pattern going.
