The Honor 600 and 600 Professional have been unveiled for the worldwide market this week and they’re going to launch in Malaysia and Europe first.
Reminiscence
Honor 600
Honor 600 Professional
12/256GB
€650
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MYR 3,100
12/512GB
€700
MYR 2,600
€1,000
MYR 3,300
Thoughts you, the European costs above are the MSRPs, however proper now Honor is working a promotion so a 512GB Honor 600 prices €500 and the 512GB Honor 600 Professional is €800. The deal additionally features a free display screen alternative for the primary 12 months. Additionally, the Professional mannequin is paired with a free Honor Pad X8a or an Honor Alternative Projector Air Professional (your choose).
That’s a cool promo to make sure. For reference, final yr the Honor 400 256GB price €500 and the Honor 400 Professional 512GB was €800. We shall be evaluating the brand new fashions to the 400 collection since Honor has a barely bizarre launch cadence – even fashions (200, 400, 600) can be found globally, whereas odd fashions (300, 500) are China exclusives.
Honor 600
The Honor 600 brings a brand new chipset (Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, up from Gen 3) in comparison with its predecessor and severely improved water resistance (IP68/IP69K, up from IP65 or IP66). Even higher, it obtained 0.5mm thicker to be able to enhance the battery capability to six,400mAh for Europe and seven,000mAh globally, up from 5,300mAh for Europe and 6,000mAh globally.
The Honor 600 Professional is an even bigger redesign from its predecessor. It’s the identical measurement because the vanilla 600 with a 6.57” show moderately than a 6.7” panel just like the 400 Professional. It additionally upgrades to the subsequent chipset in line, a Snapdragon 8 Elite (up from an 8 Gen 3). The battery is identical as on the vanilla mannequin – 6,400mAh for Europe and seven,000mAh globally, up from 5,300mAh/6,000mAh on the earlier Professional.
Honor 600 Professional
Evaluating the Honor 600 and 600 Professional, we see that they’re almost an identical, save for the chipset and digicam. Each telephones characteristic a 200MP fundamental digicam (1/1.4” sensor), a 12MP ultra-wide and a 50MP selfie digicam. Nevertheless, the Professional additionally brings a 50MP 3.5x telephoto module. Whereas their batteries have the identical capability and each assist 80W wired charging (and 27W reverse charging), the Professional mannequin provides 50W wi-fi to the equation.
The Honor 400 Professional proved to be fairly fashionable in final yr’s ballot, however individuals thought that the vanilla Honor 400 wanted a worth lower. Do you assume that’s the case for the Honor 600 as effectively or has the corporate improved the {hardware} sufficient to justify the €500 price ticket (preserving in thoughts the latest worth enhance of, effectively, every thing)?
What concerning the Honor 600 Professional? Final yr, the 400 and 400 Professional have been pretty totally different, whereas this yr the Professional feels identical to an upgraded Honor 600 – and but it expenses fairly a premium for the additional efficiency, telephoto digicam and wi-fi charging. Is it value it?
We now have an Honor 600 in for assessment in addition to an Honor 600 Professional, so keep tuned for an in depth report on their options, strengths and weaknesses.
