In what can only be described as an eventful weekend, Honor has taken the covers off the China-exclusive versions of its latest midrange hero: the Honor 100 and the Honor 100 Pro.
The Honor 100 Pushes Mid-range Boundaries
The Honor 100 debuts as the first smartphone to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. The new system on a chip (SoC) brings even more power to the smartphone industry than its predecessor and maybe even the last generation flagship smartphones. It has a svelte 7.8 mm profile and a 6.7-inch FHD+ OLED display with a fingerprint scanner seamlessly embedded beneath.
The Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 powering this sleek marvel is a 4nm process-driven Qualcomm chipset, with a dynamic CPU configuration. The combination of a Cortex-A715 core that clocks at an impressive 3.15 GHz, complemented by three additional cores at 2.4 GHz and four Cortex-A510 units operating at 1.8 GHz promises blazing performance with good power efficiency – at least on paper.
The Honor 100 comes with a dual camera setup with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX906 sensor complemented with a 12-megapixel ultrawide sensor. Up front is a 50-megapixel sensor with an f/2.1 aperture. The Honor 100 series also features the Honor’s custom-made RF chip, the C1. This chip is supposed to be able to optimize cellular connection for better connectivity even in challenging scenarios.
The smartphone comes with a 5,000 mAh battery with support for fast charging leveraging Honor’s 100W Supercharge technology. The 100 series comes with MagicOS 7.2 based on Android 13.
The Honor 100 Pro Brings Flagship Performance
Unveiled alongside its sibling, the Honor 100 Pro comes with a larger 6.78″ OLED display and the formidable Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. The display has a 2,600 nit peak brightness and a Delta E of about 0.27.
The camera ensemble retains the 50-megapixel main and 12-megapixel ultrawide lenses but introduces a third sensor – a 32-megapixel sensor with 2.5x optical zoom and up to 50x digital zoom. Up front is a dual-camera setup with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX816 sensor with a TOF sensor.
Beyond raw power, the Honor 100 Pro champions convenience with 66W wireless charging in addition to Honor’s 100W Supercharge. A meticulously designed vapour chamber cooling solution ensures efficient heat dissipation, preventing overheating during intensive usage.
Pricing & Availability
The Honor 100 series will be available in Monet Purple, Butterfly Blue, Moon White, and Midnight Black.
Pricing for the Honor 100 starts at CNY 2,499 (RM1,640.45/USD$349.92/EUR€319.67) for the version with 12GB of RAM and 256 GB of onboard storage. The version with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard memory is priced at CNY2,799 (RM1,834.51/USD$391.95/EUR€357.99) while the 16GB + 512GB version is CNY2,999 (RM1,965.89/USD$420.02/EUR€383.59).
The Honor 100 Pro will be priced at CNY 3,399 (RM2,230.29/USD$476.20/EUR€434.84) for the 12GB+256 GB, CNY3,699 (RM2,424.47/USD$518.34/EUR€473.22) for the 16GB+256GB, CNY3,999 (RM2,622.22/USD$560.37/EUR€512.45) for the 16GB+512GB and CNY4,399 (RM2,884.51/USD$617.24/EUR€563.71) for the 16GB+1TB.
