Honor’s new 400 and 400 Professional telephones went on sale on Friday final week – did you purchase one? Do you intend to? Let’s discuss this new pair of telephones outfitted with 200MP cameras.
The duo options 200MP 1/1.4” sensors with OIS of their principal cameras, plus 50MP selfie cameras – each are able to 4K video recording. There’s additionally a 12MP ultra-wide on every with a 112° lens with autofocus, enabling macro mode.
Honor 400 Professional
The Honor 400 Professional stands out with a devoted tele digital camera – a 50MP 1/2.0” sensor with an OIS-enabled 3x lens. The 200MP principal will do nicely at 2x, however picture high quality sometimes drops off at 3x and 4x. That’s one thing that we’ll discover in our upcoming overview of the Professional. By the best way, the Professional has a pill-shaped notch because it homes a 2MP depth sensor for face unlock subsequent to the selfie digital camera.
The 400 Professional additionally has extra processing energy with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, a bigger 6.7” show and extra versatile charging choices for the battery – 100W wired and 50W wi-fi. The battery has 5,300mAh capability for Europe and 6,000mAh for the remainder of the world. This mannequin additionally has the next water resistance score, IP68/IP69, for submersion and water jets.
Honor 400
The Honor 400 misses out on the tele digital camera, so it depends on the 200MP for all zooming duties – once more, that is one thing to discover in its upcoming overview.
The vanilla mannequin is a bit smaller with its 6.55” show and contains a mid-range Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset paired with 8GB of RAM (vs. 12GB on the Professional). The battery – 5,300mAh for Europe, 6,000mAh all over the place else – does 66W/80W wired-only charging. Different issues to notice are not any Wi-Fi 7 and a decrease IP65/IP66 score.
Key options: Honor 400 • Honor 400 Professional
Right here is the pricing information for the UK and Europe for the Honor 400 and 400 Professional:
| Honor 400 | Honor 400 Professional | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/256GB | 8/512GB | 12/512GB | |
| UK | £400 | £450 | £700 |
| EU | €500 | €550 | €800 |
Let’s have a short have a look at the competitors – there isn’t a lot under the flagship section, if we’re taking a look at telephones with 200MP cameras.
Actually, it’s solely the Xiaomi Redmi Be aware 14 Professional and Professional+. The Professional+ mannequin has a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, so it’s no match even for the vanilla 400, by no means thoughts the 400 Professional. But it surely does have an IP68 score and 120W charging for its 5,110mAh battery. As for the cameras, each Professional and Professional+ have 200MP mains and 8MP ultra-wides, neither has a telephoto.
Be aware that these two launched with Android 14 and Xiaomi has solely promised 3 OS updates. In the meantime, the Honor 400s include Android 15 out of the field and can obtain 6 OS updates. On the plus facet, even the Professional+ is sort of low-cost at €380 for a 12/512GB mannequin (in comparison with €550 for an 8/512GB Honor 400).
Xiaomi Redmi Be aware 14 Professional 5G (World) • Xiaomi Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ 5G • Nothing Cellphone (3a) Professional
The Nothing Cellphone (3a) Professional additionally makes use of the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, however forgoes the 200MP principal digital camera (it has a 50MP 1/1.56” module as an alternative) in favor of a 50MP 3x telephoto. It additionally has an 8MP ultra-wide and a 50MP selfie digital camera. The 5,000mAh battery with 50W wired-only charging and IP64 score aren’t nice, however the €460 worth undercuts the Honor 400.
The Poco F7 Extremely flaunts Snapdragon 8 Elite energy, giving it the higher hand in processing energy. Nonetheless, its cameras are extra restricted – 50MP principal (1/1.55”, OIS), 50MP 2x tele and 32MP ultra-wide. The 5,300mAh battery has 120W wired and 50W wi-fi charging and the cellphone is rated IP68. You possibly can seize a 12/256GB mannequin for €700.
Xiaomi Poco F7 Extremely • Realme GT 7 5G • OnePlus 13T
The brand new Realme GT 7 options the Dimensity 9400e as an alternative. It has a 6.78” LTPO show and a 50MP 2x tele digital camera along with the 50MP principal (1/1.56”) and 8MP ultra-wide. Be aware that there isn’t a OIS on any of the cameras. On the plus facet, the cellphone has an enormous 7,000mAh battery (sure, even in Europe) with 120W wired-only charging. It’s rated IP69 and you may have a 12/256GB unit for €650.
It’s solely accessible in China and coming quickly to India, however the OnePlus 13T/13s has the Snapdragon 8 Elite energy packed in a comparatively small measurement with its 6.32” show. Its battery is bigger than any Honor 400 variant at 6,260mAh capability and it has 80W wired-only charging. The digital camera is a bit odd – 50MP principal (1/1.56”, OIS) and 50MP ultra-wide, however no telephoto in any respect and it doesn’t benefit from the next decision principal for zooming.
That’s solely a number of the competitors that the Honor 400 sequence is up towards. Time to vote – would you purchase a 400 mannequin?
Let’s vote on the Honor 400 Professional first. The additional processing energy and the higher picture high quality when zooming will definitely be felt when this cellphone will get within the latter half of its 6-year lifespan. But it surely does have a €250/£250 premium over the vanilla mannequin and that’s trying on the pricier 512GB variant.
Now the Honor 400. For those who can match inside 256GB storage, the worth hole to the Professional opens as much as €300/£300. The Professional prices practically twice as a lot – is it twice pretty much as good?
PS. Take a look at your native Honor.com web site – e.g. within the UK, the Honor 400 Professional has a £150 low cost coupon (plus free TWS buds and charger), the Honor 400 will get a free storage improve on prime of a £50 coupon. Do these offers change your outlook on the Honor 400 and 400 Professional?
