What you need to know
- The new Honor 600 and Honor 600 Pro were recently announced at a launch event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Both phones have a 200MP primary camera and 12MP ultrawide lens.
- The Honor 600 Pro also has a 50MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom and 120x zoom.
- Both also feature larger 7,000 mAh silicon-carbon batteries and superfast charging, although the EU versions have smaller batteries.
Honor recently launched two new smartphones in Malaysia that offer great features Honor Magic 8 Pro range at a more accessible price. These include the Honor 600 and Honor 600 Pro, which share the same underlying hardware platform but differ in that the latter features a telephoto lens.
Both phones feature a large 7,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery and support 80W charging as well as 27W reverse charging, while the Honor 600 Pro also supports 50W wireless fast charging. This is the global version, while the model sold in Europe has a smaller 6,400 mAh battery. Both phones also have the same 6.57-inch display with 8,000 nits peak brightness and 3,840Hz PWM dimming rate.
Both phones also have a 200MP primary camera and a 12MP ultrawide camera. The Honor 600 Pro also has a 50MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom and 120x zoom.
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The Honor 600 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, while the Honor 600 is powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 processor. It is paired with 12GB RAM and 256GB to 512GB storage. Like Honor’s flagship phones – as well as the recent Honor Magic 8 Lite – both come with IP69 and IP69K ratings, the latter being the first time we’ve seen it on a smartphone.
One of the standout features is industry-exclusive AI Image-to-Video 2.0, powered by the industry’s first integrated multimodal generative video model. You can now combine up to three images and gestures to create a high-quality video of up to eight seconds in portrait or landscape mode.
The Honor 600 series is expected to launch in several global markets in the coming weeks, but it has been launched today in Malaysia starting at RM2,599 ($657). This is for the Honor 600 with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage, while the Honor 600 Pro is priced at RM3,099 (~$784) in the same configuration and RM3,299 (~$834) for the 512GB version.
Both phones come in three colors: white, black and the now-familiar orange, which was also seen on the Excellence Honor Magic 8 Pro Air.
Android Central’s Tech
None of the features on the Honor 600 series are new or particularly groundbreaking, and a lot remains to be determined based on the final price, but it’s an excellent all-around phone. In particular, the second generation Image2Video feature is particularly impressive; It’s so good, my 4 year old niece already wants this magical phone.
The Honor 600 series also offers an attractive option The Galaxy S25 FE is available in several major markets, but like all Honor phones, it won’t be sold in the US
