A bit AIRY, perhaps? (Insert Symboli Rudolf here)
It was barely a year ago when Honor launched the Honor 400 and boasted its AI photography features with just the use of two cameras, as opposed to the 200’s four camera system. Now, Honor seems to be sticking with this notion, and with every iteration of its number series, comes a series of new designs. The newest Honor 500, launched in China, has a familiar face.
The Honor 500 retains the 200MP camera as seen on the 400 series, as well as a secondary 12MP ultrawide camera. No useless depth sensors here, which has slowly become endangered or even extinct, even for budget phones.
The phone comes in six attractive colors. Blue, Pink, Silver, and Midnight Black. Honor finally decided to up their game by bringing in a much more powerful chipset, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. It’s still a midrange phone as the chipset has a similar performance as with the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 but with better power efficiency. The phone has comes with 12-16GB RAM and 256-512GB storage options. Meanwhile, the Pro comes with a maximum 16 + 1TB RAM/Storage option and a more powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite, a flagship chipset from last year but still kicks today.
While cameras and AI are the main highlights of the phone, Honor is also one of the first brands to have their phones use Silicon-Carbon batteries as opposed to Lithium-Ion. This meant that the company could squeeze more juice in a more compact casing. This is the reason why the brand managed to fit a MASSIVE 8000mAh battery pack in there as a single cell, for both Honor 500 and the Pro.
The Honor 500 Pro retains the dual 200MP + 12MP system of the Honor 500. However, as you can tell from the design, it includes another camera, a 50MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom. One of the sensors here is not a camera, but rather a stabilization system developed home-grown called SOIS which, according to the brand’s press release “delivers flagship-grade CIPA5.0 image stabilization performance to ensure images remain crisp and steady even during fast-paced or handheld shooting.”
As for the display, the phones are compact (for today’s standards), retaining the DNA of the Honor 400 series. Both Honor 500 and its Pro sibling are equipped with a 6.55″ LTPO OLED display with 1.5K (2736x1264px) resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. This display has a dot notch which houses the 50MP selfie camera, retaining the same camera as with Honor 400.
The phone is released in China and judging by the pattern of which the number series goes global, this iPhone Air-looking phone (and by extension, the Pixel 10’s lost cousin) may never see overseas audiences. In China, the Honor 500 starts at RMB 2699 while the Honor 500 Pro at RMB 3599. Refer below for pricing and direct conversion
HONOR 500
- 12/256: RMB 2699 (~PHP 22.4K)
- 12/512: RMB 2999 (~PHP 24.9K)
- 16/512: RMB 3299 (~PHP 27.4K)
HONOR 500 PRO
- 12/256: RMB 3599 (~PHP 30K)
- 12/512: RMB 3899 (~PHP 32.4K)
- 16/512: RMB 4199 (~PHP 34.8K)
- 16/1TB: RMB 4799 (~PHP 39.8K)
Source: Honor
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