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    HONOR Magic V2

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Slion

    Smart custom case is now complete after drying overnight. Here are some screenshots next to F(x)tec Pro¹. It's using the same design as this other case with the folding front edge so that it can be used as support when unfolded. Seems to be working just fine so far. However I may make one based on the original Honor case with kick stand and hinge protection. I'll need to up my leather cutting game though. Screenshots are showing an unreleased version of Fulguris with improved foldable support. It is notably enabling rendering around cut-outs and support for specific configurations, inner screen ones for instance.

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    HONOR Magic V2

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    Posted · Edited by Slion

    Been using that case. It's ok if you like PU but I find transparent shells ugly. I also got a couple of plain dark shells for just a few euros each but they are not selling them anymore. Planing to use them for my custom case.

    HONOR Magic V2

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    Posted · Edited by Slion

    I thought Hacker's keyboard was not being maintained. I found Unexpected keyboard interesting too.

    Which variant did you get? Purple glass or black PU? I would have liked better black glass but it was not an option sadly. The PU is already rather dirty and not looking so good even though I used a case.

    I'm busy glueing together my custom smart leather bookcase. Should be ready in the morning.

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    HONOR Magic V2

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, CornholioGSM said:

    These phones are too pricey for its quality...and displazy change is really expensive. For example display for fold 5 cost me around $550.

    I see, so you had a bad experience yourself, sorry to hear that. Surely your Fold 5 should still be under warranty. But yes, if you break an expensive phone it is hard to digest. I'm hopeful it won't happen to me. The last phone I broke was a Nokia 9210 Communicator. That was about 20 years ago. Split in two after I slammed a car door on it.

    HONOR Magic V2

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    8 minutes ago, CornholioGSM said:

    foldable displays have cracking problems...lines on display etc ;( 

    A friend of mine has been using one of the first Samsung Fold and it is still going strong after 3 or 4 years.

    HONOR Magic V2

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Slion

    Just putting this thread up to discuss that HONOR Magic V2 foldable phone.

    I got mine from their Hi HONOR web site around the time they launched it in Germany, end of January 2024.
    It was about €1600 with charger, HONOR Watch 4 and extra bumper case.
    So far I'm really happy with it, though much like the Pro¹ it looks like I'll have to build my own bookcase for it.

    Sold the watch on eBay for €70, a lot of people doing the same apparently, never opened the box, it's not running Wear OS Android and saw no reason to keep it since I already use Garmin watches.

    While I went for the HONOR variant it's worth noting that the current generation of Chinese designed foldables have a lot in common with one another. So much so that I believe they all share the same basic mechanical design, hinge and screen sizes and differ by the main camera modules, internal screen camera placement, shape and design of the frame, round or sharp edges. That includes:

    • HONOR Magic V2
    • HUAWEI Mate X3 - Probably no Google apps
    • OnePlus Open
    • Oppo Find N3

    I believe they all have some of the core features I was looking for too:

    • Dual physical SIM
    • Fingerprint reader
    • IR blaster
    • Smart case support
    • Normal front display aspect ratio
    • Thin and lightweight

    While the HONOR does not have an IP dust and water resistance rating I think some of those do have one. Though I doubt one would be much more resistent than the others certainly more an issue of going through the rating validation and attached costs. Still I would not bring my foldable to the beach.

    HONOR and HUAWEI probably have the quirkiest OS without support for Monet theme and super aggressive power management. I'm guessing I would actually like the OS from OnePlus and Oppo better. Never tried them though.

    @Rob. S. Did you get yours already?

     

    Community forum is now private

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    On 2/29/2024 at 10:45 PM, Rob. S. said:

    How does typing work? (Unfolded, I take it the lower half cannot sprout a physical keyboard, can it?)

    Virtual keyboard only I'm afraid. I'm just not using physical keyboard anymore anyway since I developed Interface, not even on PC that is.

    I'm still testing out various keyboards and I found some interesting ones but still mostly using Gboard. Interestingly the default keyboard is SwiftKey by Microsoft. Did not try it much though.

    "Minimal Phone" Discussion

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    Posted · Edited by Slion

    On 3/3/2024 at 4:17 PM, Rob. S. said:

    ordered the Magic V2 from the manufacturer's shop yesterday when I saw they have a 300 € discount right now

    Don't blame me if it does not work for you 😁 It's a really good phone though, not perfect, but good enough. However I wish they would run something closer to stock Android. The most annoying thing is probably their very aggressive power management which keeps killing apps. Honor is basically Huawei without the restriction on selling actual Android with Google apps. AFAICT software is very much the same.

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    "Minimal Phone" Discussion

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    Posted · Edited by Slion

    On 3/5/2024 at 5:12 PM, jakfish said:

    On the comment sections--which shows my interest in this thing--there's a fight about its legitimacy. A backer says he and another were banned by reddit moderators for bringing up the developers' past failures and the backer makes similar warnings often found on these crowd-funded projects. It needs a grain of salt, I imagine, but food for thought, not to mention mixed metaphors 🙂

    I myself won't put money down now; I would need an actual user's experience to verify that certain key apps could run successfully. But I remain intrigued.

    Yeah sounds like another plot to steal money from physical keyboard nostalgics. Though in this case they don't even bother to design hardware that makes sense. That thing is just silly. An ebook reader with keyboard 🤣 seriously I think I've seen it all now.

    Is fxtec communicating?

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    Posted

    19 hours ago, marmistrz said:

    I got an e-mail from them on Feb 19, I'm trying to get some replacement parts for my Pro1. So they're still alive.

    Next time you talk to them could you kindly remind them their finance department still owes me a Pro¹X refund 😅

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    Community forum is now private

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    Posted · Edited by Slion

    Is it me or the forum is now private and only registered users can access it? That means it is not being indexed by search engines anymore.

    I was wondering why they have not closed it yet. Making it private does make sense from FxTec point of view as it let people use it without publicly showing off their failings. Though it would be wise to stop using it and move all useful information elsewhere before they decide to pull the plug for good.

    I'm still due a Pro¹X refund. I'm also contemplating selling at least one of my two Pro¹s. So sad that FxTec could not deliver, upset they robbed so many people without even apologizing. Also sad they will surely never be able to run such crowd funded campaigns anymore to bring alternative devices to the market, or maybe we should be glad that's the case.

    Been using a Honor Magic V2 for a couple of weeks and it's pretty awesome.

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    Cancelling Orders

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    Posted · Edited by Slion

    I should really ask for my refund too. I did not buy it through IGG so it is owed.

    I don't think I can do a charge back. I changed my bank since. I'll definitely look into taking legal actions though. If they keep operating then they have cash to pay back. I'll have them go bankrupt if need be.

    Feeling mean tonight 😁

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    Pro¹ X – state of production and delivery

    in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions

    Posted

    18 hours ago, claude0001 said:

    Rather than financial issues, I suspect that either 1) all their devs have left the company by now and only "management" personnel is left, or 2) they realized that all of the Pro1X's faults are actually in hardware and cannot be worked around with firmware fixes.

    I'm guessing they subcontract much of the Android port like they do the manufacturing, possibly to the same company. As long as money flows I guess you can expect Android updates and new devices coming out of the factory. When the money stops flowing everything runs dry... Hardware and software.

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