Honor’s V Purse is a fashion-inspired foldable idea cellphone

The V Purse is a brand new idea cellphone from Honor that asks “what if foldables have been extra like style equipment?” The corporate confirmed off the machine throughout a presentation at IFA 2023 alongside the Honor Magic V2, its newest foldable cellphone introduced in China earlier this 12 months.

The V Purse is an indication of what’s attainable for folding gadgets, and Honor hasn’t stated if it’ll ever be launched it as a product. Conversely, the corporate says it plans to launch the Magic V2 globally no later than Q1 subsequent 12 months, CNBC experiences, however has but to formally announce pricing outdoors China.

There are two key components to the V Purse’s design. First is a collection of interchangeable straps and chains that clip on to the foldable and permit it to be carried like a handbag or purse. The second is the best way it makes use of its outward-facing show to indicate a collection of wallpapers designed to imitate totally different purse types. It’s principally the alternative method to what Louis Vuitton did in 2019.

I’ll say that I believe the attachable straps aren’t a horrible concept. Accent producers like Bandolier have confirmed that loads of persons are inquisitive about attaching them to their present telephones as a handy technique to carry them round — with no need to purchase a completely new cellphone.

Having the V Purse’s foldable show on the unprotected outdoors quite than the within of the machine is a daring selection. Clearly the truth that you possibly can see the display screen always is the entire level of the machine; Honor needs to make use of it to indicate off its always-on show designs. The corporate says it’s labored with a collection of style designers and artists to contribute totally different themes for the machine, and has stated it needs to open up an API sooner or later to permit anybody to make their very own. These designs can react to your contact in addition to the motion of the cellphone.

The V Purse has a small button to unclip and unfold the show, and Honor says the machine is lower than 9mm thick when folded.

However an outward-facing show comes with apparent sturdiness trade-offs. Folding cellphone screens are gentle and fragile, which is why they’re usually hidden safely contained in the gadgets. Honor’s former mum or dad firm Huawei put its foldable screens on the surface for its early foldable telephones, however fairly quickly it began placing them on the within like everybody else. The chance of scratching or scuffing the fragile show is excessive, even when Honor says the V Purse’s hinge is rated to outlive the identical 400,000 folds because the Magic V2. 

That stated, these considerations are educational till Honor says it’s truly going to promote the V Purse publicly. Given our expertise with earlier idea gadgets like this, we is perhaps ready a really very long time.