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I love smartphones, and among them, recent Honor phones like the Honor Magic 8 Pro and Honor Magic 8 Pro Air have mesmerized me for different reasons. Yet, despite this, I reviewed the Honor 600 Pro with lower expectations than the company’s flagships.
For many reasons, this turned out to be a boon, as the Honor 600 Pro consistently exceeded my expectations, even though I was judging it by the same standards as Honor’s Magic flagships.
Every Android phone needs to copy Honor’s image to video
If there’s one reason for you to buy the Honor 600 Pro, it’s Honor’s new Image to Video 2.0 feature. Simply put, it’s magical and it made my 4 year old niece fall in love with the phone. Like last year, this feature is exclusive to Honor, because they created it together with Google Gemini, but unlike last year, it’s got a major upgrade that makes it infinitely more useful.
Now, you can combine up to three images and ask the Honor 600 Pro to create a video in portrait or landscape mode (at 9:16 or 16:9 aspect ratio, respectively). Unfortunately, it’s still limited to eight seconds, and there are limits on how many seconds you can generate for free each day or month, but the results are fantastic.
Like the current trend of vibe coding and prompting, you can use simple text to describe what you want to create and the phone does the rest. It’s also worth noting that it can generate audio, and whether it’s a name or words – such as happy birthday – the audio generated sounds great.
Although it is based on Gemini’s advanced multimodal model, for the first time in the industry, this feature is exclusive to Honor phones. This is a significant step up from last year, and one of the best and most unique AI features on any Android phone to date.
This is my new favorite phone shape
The Honor Magic 8 Pro has a 6.71-inch display, while my other favorite Honor phone, the Magic 8 Pro Air, has a 6.31-inch screen. The Honor 600 Pro sits firmly in between these at 6.52-inches and it’s my new favorite size for a phone, especially when I want to use it one-handed.
Like most flagships, the display is AMOLED with a 120Hz dynamic refresh rate, but it also has a few features that stand out. Firstly, there is a peak brightness of 8,000 nits, and that is extremely bright, especially under the harsh afternoon sun here in Kuala Lumpur. Then there’s the 3,840Hz PWM dimming rate, as well as other eye-comforting features like Motion Sickness Relief and Low Blue Light.
All of these features continue Honor’s trend of focusing on providing relief for those with eye problems, and I found the Honor 600 Pro’s display to be particularly pleasant to use at night or in low light compared to other phones. It’s hard to make a bad smartphone screen, but the Honor 600 Pro is above average overall, especially with its flat edges that make the experience more pleasant in hand and in one hand.
The Honor 600 Pro has excellent hardware in all the right places
Look beyond the AI, and you’ll find a phone that has excellent flagship hardware in all the right places. Like many flagships it has IP68 and IP69 dust and water resistance, but also IP69K like the Honor Magic 8 Pro and Honor Magic 8 Lite.
In practice, IP69 and IP69K refer to the same level of protection against high-pressure jets, and, as I found, a phone with IP69 – such as the Honor Magic V6 – can survive an entire trip through the washing machine. The Honor 600 Pro is also certified by SGS for drop and crush resistance, although I haven’t tested it.
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Then there are the cameras, and Honor has chosen to equip the Honor 600 Pro with the same primary and telephoto cameras as the Honor Magic 8 Pro. The 200MP primary camera takes great photos in all lighting conditions, while the 50MP telephoto camera is just as capable as I remember the Magic 8 Pro being.
The 12MP ultrawide camera is a little lower than expected, but it’s a small blip on an otherwise great all-around camera. Like many phones, there’s some AI processing and artefacting, but it’s not too severe and helps ensure that photos captured at longer focal lengths have clean edges and lines.
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Then there’s MagicOS, and for the most part, it offers a flagship experience as well. honor 600 pro moves Android 16 out of the box, along with Honor’s MagicOS experience, and like the best Honor phones, it offers a polished software experience. Honor’s themes make it relatively easy to customize the phone, and I particularly like the level of control you have over font themes, size, and weight.
The performance and battery life of the Honor 600 Pro is excellent
The Honor 600 Pro is powered by the previous generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, instead of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in the Honor Magic 8 Pro and many others. The best Android phone, but it still offers flagship performance in all the right ways. It is paired with 12GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of storage, or 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.
Battery life is particularly impressive, regularly delivering 6 hours of screen time with plenty of battery. Even under heavy use – such as during a camera test or a long Google Maps navigation session – the Honor 600 still delivered a very respectable four hours of screen time with plenty of battery life. When the battery needs a recharge, this is where the 80W wired charging comes in, which fully charges the phone in about an hour.
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Like most smartphones, the large battery makes the Honor 600 Pro a great emergency power bank, but unlike the best Samsung phones, Honor has equipped it with a reverse charging feature with a maximum speed of 27W. This is very fast, and significantly better than most phones, although it is worth noting that both Honor and Xiaomi have other phones that offer this reverse charging speed.
The Honor 600 Pro is a great buy at the right price
I’m very impressed with the Honor 600 Pro, and at the right price, it’s an excellent choice for your next smartphone. However, the main factor is the true price tag, and while we don’t know what the UK or EU pricing is, the Malaysian pricing gives us some hints.
The Honor 600 Pro is priced starting at RM3,099 (about $785 or £580) with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, while the 512GB version costs $50 more. However, it is worth noting that UK and EU pricing is likely to be much higher once import duties, taxes and customs rates are taken into account. At the right price, this is an excellent buy, and I also hope Honor has several pre-order deals that will either lower the price or include free accessories.
The Honor 600 Pro comes in three colors, and while I got the white color here, I have seen black and orange. Although the black version is absolutely great, the white version is my favorite choice. Why those two colors? Honor confirmed that the Orange Edition will not be coming to the UK, and it is unclear which global markets it will be sold in, if any.
Overall, I’m impressed with the Honor 600 Pro, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants major flagship features at a more affordable price. It offers the best of the Honor Magic 8 Pro at a lower price, and has a unique AI feature that sets it apart from many Best Android phones. It’s not perfect, but the Honor 600 Pro is still an excellent smartphone.
