Honor Unveils Honor 100 Series: Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8-Series Phones
Earlier this year, Honor introduced the Honor 90 and Honor 90 Pro smartphones in the Chinese market. Now, the brand has officially announced the Honor 100 series, consisting of two models: the Honor 100, the world's first Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 phone, and the Honor 100 Pro, featuring a powerful Snapdragon 8-series phone. Let's take a closer look at what the Honor 100 series has to offer.
Design and Display
The Honor 100 and 100 Pro smartphones showcase distinctive designs. Both models feature a quad-curved OLED display on the front, but they differ in their front-facing camera setups. The standard Honor 100 has a single punch hole, while the Pro variant boasts a pill-shaped cutout to accommodate a dual selfie camera system. Moving to the rear, the Honor 100 sports a rectangular camera module with a black D-shaped camera island, housing a dual-camera setup along with an LED flash. On the other hand, the Honor 100 Pro stands out with its oval-shaped camera module, which houses a triple camera unit and an accompanying LED flash.
Color Options:
- Honor 100: Glass Black, Moonshade White, Monet Purple, Butterfly Blue
- Honor 100 Pro: Glass Black, Moon Shadow White, Monet Purple, Butterfly Blue
Both the Honor 100 and Honor 100 Pro feature OLED panels. The Honor 100 has a 6.7-inch screen, while the Honor 100 Pro boasts a slightly larger 6.78-inch display. Both displays offer a 1.5K resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, 3840Hz PWM dimming, and a peak brightness of 2,600 nits. Additionally, both phones come with an in-screen fingerprint scanner for enhanced security.
Performance and Specifications
Under the hood, the Honor 100 is equipped with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, which was announced last week. It comes with LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage, and a 5,000mAh battery that supports 100W charging. On the other hand, the Honor 100 Pro features the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, LPDDR5x RAM, UFS 4.0 storage, and a 5,000mAh battery with 100W wired charging and 66W wireless charging. Both models support dual SIM, 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, NFC, an IR blaster, and a USB-C port. Additionally, both phones are equipped with Honor's self-developed radio frequency enhancement chip called C1.
Cameras
Similar to its predecessor, the Honor 90 series, the Honor 100 series places a strong emphasis on catering to vlogging enthusiasts. The standard Honor 100 model is tailored for impressive vlogging capabilities with its notable 50-megapixel front camera. On the other hand, the Honor 100 Pro takes it up a notch by featuring a dual selfie camera unit with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX816 lens with autofocus support.
In terms of the rear camera system, both the Honor 100 and 100 Pro feature an OIS-enabled Sony IMX906 50-megapixel primary camera along with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens. The Pro model also includes a 32-megapixel telephoto camera that supports up to 2.5x optical zoom. Honor claims that the Honor 100 duo can provide an SLR-level photography experience.
Pricing and Availability
The Honor 100 is available in China in three configurations: 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage, 16 GB RAM + 256GB storage, and 16 GB RAM + 512 GB storage. These configurations are priced at 2,499 Yuan ($350), 2,799 Yuan ($400), and 2,999 Yuan (~$450), respectively.
On the other hand, the Honor 100 Pro comes in four configurations: 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage, 16 GB RAM + 256 GB storage, 16 GB RAM + 512 GB storage, and 16 GB RAM + 1 TB storage. These variants are priced at 3,399 Yuan ($475), 3,699 Yuan ($525), 3,999 Yuan ($550), and 4,399 Yuan ($625), respectively.
Both smartphones are available in color options such as Glass Black, Moon Shadow White, Monet Purple, and Butterfly Blue. The blue variant of the Honor 100 Pro features an attractive dual-tone design. The Honor 100 series is currently available for pre-orders in China, with sales scheduled to begin on December 1st. There is no information available yet regarding the global launch of the Honor 100 and 100 Pro.
