Last week, Honor launched the Honor 200 series of smartphones in a specific country in China. The series consists of two devices, the Honor 200 and 200 Pro, and succeeds the Honor 100 series which debuted back in November. In a separate article, we have talked about the differences between the 200 Pro and the 100 Pro, and in this one, we will discuss the regular model.
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Design & Display
Compared to last year’s Model, Honor has made design changes in the new Honor 200. The different only that you can see in the image is the shape of the new camera island, which is now oval-shaped, quite similar to the Honor 100 Pro.
On the front, the device features a 6.7-inch 2664*1200 OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 3840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and the capability to reproduce 1.07 billion difference colors. All of these specs are the same as the previous model, with the only difference being that the peak brightness of the panel has been bumped up to 4000 nits from 2,600 nits (only achievable while displaying HDR content).
Performance & Battery
The Honor 200 has the same Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor as its predecessor. This mid-range processor is based on TSMC’s 4nm process node and is paired with Adreno 720 GPU. Compared to the 4,572mm2 stainless steel bionic vapor chamber cooling system on the previous model, the Honor 200 comes with an upgraded 5029mm2 vapor chamber with a total heat dissipation area of 34696mm2.
The battery has also been slightly upgraded, going from 5,000mAh to 5200mAh. That said, the fast charging has remained the same at 100W (wired). Additionally, Both devices use the same LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 Storage.
Cameras
Cameras are another department where these devices are almost identical. Same as the Honor 100, the 200 also uses a Sony IMX906 50-megapixel primary camera with f/1.95 aperture and OIS along with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens. The only difference is that the brand has added a third camera on the back, which is a 50MP telephoto unit with an f/2.4 aperture, optical image stabilization, and up to 50x digit Zoom.
The front camera on both of these devices is a 50MP unit with f/2.1 aperture, which can record 4k video in up to 30 FPS. The primary camera on both devices is capable of 4k recording at 30 FPS and 1080p recording at up to 60 FPS.
Pricing
While the specs are almost the same, the pricing has slightly increased. The Honor 100 debuted at Rs.28,661 for the 12 GB RAM + 256 GB model, Rs.32,100 for 16 GB RAM + 256 GB, and 35,000 for 16 GB RAM + 512 GB model. In contrast, the Honor 200 starts at Rs.31,000 for the 12GB+256GB variant, Rs 35,000 for both the 12GB RAM +512GB and 16GB RAM +256GB Variants, and Rs.36,698 for the 16GB RAM+512GB Variant.
