Released Honor 500 and 500 Pro — affordable photo flagships with a powerful battery and elegant design

The Chinese brand Honor has introduced the flagship Honor 500 series, which includes the base model and the advanced Pro version. The new products received an updated design, powerful cameras, and 8000 mAh batteries, as well as different versions of Snapdragon chipsets.

What is known

Honor 500 and 500 Pro have become the most powerful representatives of the company's numbered line.

Specifications of Honor 500

• display: 6.55″ AMOLED, resolution 1.5K, refresh rate 120 Hz, brightness up to 1800 nits;
• processor: Snapdragon 8s Gen 4;
• battery: 8000 mAh, fast charging 80W;
• memory configurations: up to 16/512 GB.

Cameras:

• main — 200 MP;
• ultra-wide — 12 MP;
• front — 50 MP.

Specifications of Honor 500 Pro

• display: 6.55″ AMOLED with Motion Smoothing Display 2.0 support;
• processor: more powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite;
• battery: 8000 mAh, wired charging 80W + wireless 50W;
• memory configurations: up to 16/1024 GB.
  

Cameras:

• main — 200 MP;
• ultra-wide — 12 MP;
• telephoto Sony IMX856 — 50 MP with 3× optical zoom;
• front — 50 MP.

Honor claims that the batteries of the new smartphones allow them to be used as external batteries with a charging power of up to 27W. Also, Honor 500 and 500 Pro widely support AI capabilities, including advanced photo editing and communication with the proprietary chat-bot YoYo.

The smartphones have a minimalist design similar to the iPhone Air. Buyers are offered a choice of colors: Moon Silver, Obsidian Black, Starry Powder, and Aquamarine.

Pre-orders have already started in China, and a global release is expected in the coming weeks.

The price of Honor 500 starts at $380 (converted from yuan), and Honor 500 Pro at $510.

Source: Honor