HONOR just announced the HONOR 500 and HONOR 500 Pro in China, as it had promised. These pack a 6.55″ FHD+ 120Hz OLED flat display with up to 6000 nits HDR Peak brightness and 1.05mm ultra-narrow bezels around the screen.
The HONOR 500 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, while the Pro version is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. These feature industry-exclusive HONOR Phantom Engine, which can maintain 120 frames per second when playing a popular MOBA mobile game, and reach 118.4 frames per second with 1% Low Frames, claiming “0.00% jitter rate”, said the company.
In terms of design, the HONOR 500 series phones are available in four colors: Moonlight Silver, Aquamarine, Starlight Pink, and Obsidian Black. The rear camera module adopts a brand-new “Crystal Island” design, which improves space utilization by 10% compared to the previous generation. The body thickness is just 7.75mm and these have IP68, IP69, and IP69K ratings for dust and water resistance.
For the camera, the HONOR 500 series phones are equipped with a 200-megapixel camera with a 1/1.4-inch sensor size, which is said to be the “largest in its class”. There is also a 12MP ultra-wide camera. The Pro model has a 50-megapixel telephoto lens. The standard version has a CPIA image stabilization level of 4.5, while the Pro version has 5.0, which is said to be the “most image stabilized in its class”. These come with a 50MP front camera.
In terms of battery, these are equipped with 8000mAh battery, supporting 80W wired superfast charging, and 27W wired reverse charging, and there is 50W wireless superfast charging in the Pro version that also features 3D ultrasonic fingerprint recognition.
HONOR 500 and HONOR 500 Pro specifications
- 6.7-inch (2736×1264 pixels) FHD+ OLED 120Hz display, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, up to6,000 nits peak brightness, 3840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming
- HONOR 500 -Octa Core Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 825 GPU
- HONOR 500 Pro – Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Elite 3nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 830 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB / 512GB / 1TB storage
- Android 16-based MagicOS 10.0
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 200MP camera with 1/4″ sensor, f/1.9 aperture, OIS, 12MP 112° autofocus ultra-wide camera with f/2.2 aperture, 2.5cm macro option, 50MP 3X portrait telephoto camera with OIS, f/2.4 aperture (HONOR 500 Pro only), 4K video recording
- 50MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture, 3D depth camera, 4K video recording
- In-display optical (HONOR 500) / Ultrasonic (HONOR 500 Pro) fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dimensions: 155.8×74.2×7.75mm; Weight: 198g (HONOR 500) / 201g (HONOR 500 Pro)
- USB Type-C Audio, Stereo Speakers
- Dust and Water resistant (IP68, IP69, and IP69K ratings)
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11be (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 6.0, BeiDou (B1I+B1C+B2a+B2b quad-frequency), GPS (L1+L5 dual-frequency), GLONASS (G1), Galileo (E1+E5a+E5b tri-frequency), QZSS (L1+L5 dual-frequency), NavIC (L1+L5 dual-frequency), and A-GNSS, USB Type-C, NFC
- 8000mAh battery with 80W SuperCharge fast charging (HONOR 500), 50W SuperCharge wireless charging (HONOR 500 Pro)
Pricing and availability
- HONOR 12GB+256GB: 2699 yuan (USD 380 / Rs. 33,850 approx.)
- HONOR 12GB+512GB: 2999 yuan (USD 421 / Rs. 37,615 approx.)
- HONOR 16GB+512GB: 3299 yuan (USD 464 / Rs. 41,380 approx.)
- HONOR 500 Pro 12GB+256GB: 3599 yuan (USD 506 / Rs. 45,140 approx.)
- HONOR 500 Pro 12GB+512GB: 3899 yuan (USD 548 / Rs. 48,900 approx.)
- HONOR 500 Pro 16GB+512GB: 4199 yuan (USD 590 / Rs. 52,665 approx.)
- HONOR 500 Pro 16GB+1TB: 4799 yuan (USD 675 / Rs. 60,190 approx.)
The phones are now available to order in China and will go on sale starting from November 27th.