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This is the new Honor 600. I know it
looks a little too familiar, but
appearance is just one piece of the
puzzle. I say puzzle cuz their naming
convention still doesn’t make sense to
me. Like, can’t they just say Honor 6 or
something? Anyways, let’s talk about
this phone already. I’m your host Earl,
roll that intro.
>> [music]
>> At first glance, I’m not going to lie,
someone could easily mistake this for an
iPhone 17 Pro, especially with that
colorway. Our unit is in orange,
obviously, with color match design
elements all around, including the matte
metal frame, the camera rings, and even
the buttons right here. The back panel
also comes in a matte finish, but it
kind of feels plasticky in the hand. I
do like that it’s not a fingerprint
magnet at least. Of course, we cannot
ignore the camera plateau that houses
its two camera rears. It protrudes quite
a bit and has a glossy finish, which in
turn attracts smudges. It’s pretty
lightweight and compact, weighing around
190 g and rocking a screen that measures
6.57 in diagonally. And I don’t know if
you’ll notice, but the rounded corners
are slightly more pronounced, making it
more comfortable to hold. One big
improvement here in terms of build
quality is having a stronger IP rating.
For context, the Honor 400 only had
IP66. Now, the Honor 600 is rated IP68
and 69K, which means it’s well protected
for ingress of dust and water
submersion. The K here means that the
phone can also withstand high
temperature water jet. On top of that,
it also has an SGS five-star drop and
crush resistance, which isn’t a surprise
since pretty much every Honor phone
nowadays has this certification. That
said, it’s still a good idea not to
expose your phone to the elements, nor
try to test out how tough it really is.
You have been warned. For inputs and
outputs found on the right side are the
power button, volume rocker, and a
dedicated AI button. There’s nothing on
on left, while the top has a loudspeaker
along with a couple of mics. And at the
bottom, there’s the SIM tray slot, USB-C
port, another mic, and the second loud
speaker. Flip over to the front, its
6.57-in screen uses a flat AMOLED panel
with a full HD plus resolution and
120-Hz refresh rate. And this is a big
claim from Honor, but this guy is said
to have up to 8,000 nits of peak
brightness. I’m not even kidding.
However, no matter how big that number
is, that’s just peak brightness and it’s
not really useful for daily use. What we
should be looking for is a typical
brightness, but Honor hasn’t mentioned
anything about it. In my experience
though, the phone gets bright enough to
actually remain visible under direct
sunlight, so that’s reassuring. Now,
when it comes to visuals, I would say
it’s superb. Everything looks great, the
bezels here are insanely thin and
they’re uniform all around, which is
always a plus. I also like this feature
called motion sickness relief that I
think other brands should also implement
on their phones. This feature is a
blessing for someone like me who gets
dizzy quickly in a moving vehicle. It
works simply by adding some little dots
or even shapes on the screen that move
depending on the vehicle’s movement. Not
to mention, you can even set it to
automatically enable every time the
phone senses that you are in transit or
driving. Going back to the multimedia
experience, I’m afraid the audio quality
is a bit [music] of a downside. Don’t
get me wrong. The sound stage is decent
for the most part with clear highs and
respectable mids, but lacking bass.
However, once you get start cranking up
the volume, it gets too distorted,
especially at max 200% volume. You can
even hear a lot of harsh S sounds, it’s
kind of annoying. That said, it won’t be
as immersive when watching movies, but
it’s decent enough for casual listening
to music. As for biometric security, it
features an under display fingerprint
optical sensor along with face unlock.
Both methods unlock the phone reliably
and quickly, but as always, I’d suggest
using the fingerprint sensor as it’s
more secure. One thing that Honor is
known for is it’s focus on photography.
And for a mid-range series phone, that
impression seems to hold true, but with
a caveat. The Honor 600 boasts a
200-megapixel main sensor with OIS
alongside a 12-megapixel ultra-wide
camera. They’re are the exact same specs
from last year’s Honor 400, and what’s
worse is still no telephoto camera here.
Setting those aside, the phone actually
takes impressive shots with sharp
picture clarity, accurate colors, and a
pretty high level of dynamic range.
Portraits look nice with natural-looking
bokeh and a subject-background
separation that’s not hard for something
like hair. The collaboration with Studio
Hardcore also remains here with
different studio-level filters that
actually look like a charm. Despite the
low megapixel count, ultra-wide shots
are surprisingly good with plenty of
detail, and the colors are generally
consistent as with the main sensor.
What’s a bit of an egg for me is that
the phone is heavy on AI processing.
Yes, that’s the mostly helpful since it
can enhance detail for photos shot at 4
x zoom or whatnot, but I really don’t
need it to be enabled all the time.
Selfies, for example, the image output
generally has nice skin texture and
accurate skin color. However, when
shooting in low light, the output would
look rather different, unrealistic even,
from what you saw on the screen while
taking the shot. As for video, the phone
can shoot up to 4K at 30 frames per
second, and the quality here is also
good. The footage is well stabilized
with the main camera able to quickly
focus on subjects and to output
consistent colors across all zoom
levels. Switching to ultra-wide,
however, it offers far less detailed
shots and leans more toward warmer
tones, making it look inconsistent from
the main shooter. Just like on the rear,
the Honor 600 can shoot 4K at 30 FPS
using its front camera.
It doesn’t have an OIS support, per se,
but it looks pretty stable looking at
the screen.
So, what do you guys think?
Let us know in the comments
below.
>> [music]
>> Under the hood, the Honor 600 is
equipped with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4. Our
unit comes with 8 gig of RAM and 256 gig
of internal storage. Looking at our
synthetic benchmarks, the phone garnered
favorable results. In AnTuTu version 11,
the Honor 600 surpassed 1 million
points. And in 3DMark Wild Life, which
is a GPU-intensive benchmark, it had an
average frame rate of 43 FPS, which is
not bad.
>> [music]
>> It’s not all about the number, though.
It’s more about the experience. And so
far, I haven’t encountered any stutters
in terms of everyday use. Gaming is not
its strongest suit, but technically, it
can still game reliably. Playing titles
like MLBB [music] and Call of Duty, the
phone was able to run these games at up
to 90 FPS. Yep, no ultra frame rate for
MLBB and no, it can go past 120 FPS on
Call of Duty Mobile even if settings are
toggled to low graphics and ultra frame
rate. Meanwhile, for titles like
Wuthering Waves, it all toggles to high,
the game was barely playable. Average
frame rate hovers around 30 to 40 FPS
and there are lots of frame drops with
maxed out settings. Interestingly, even
if setting it to ultra performance, the
average frame rate still hovers around
40 FPS. To be fair, this phone is not
designed for gaming, so set your
expectations here. Thermal management is
serviceable. It heated up rather quickly
when playing Wuthering Waves at maxed
out graphics. And when I adjusted it to
low graphics, the heat still lingered
for some reason. Still, it didn’t cause
any thermal throttling and it didn’t get
to a point where the phone was
uncomfortably hot. Now, onto the
software side. The Honor 600 ships with
Magic OS 10 based on Android 16. Honor
has surely come a long way with its own
Android skin. I know most of its UI
design took inspiration from iOS, but I
personally don’t mind as long as they’re
implemented beautifully across the OS. I
definitely like the glass bear
aesthetics throughout the system and
there are lots more customization
options available now. That includes a
variety of lock screen styles, updated
app icons, and a full screen always-on
display. Remember the dedicated AI
button?
Well, as the name suggests, it’s used
for accessing a number of AI features
such as AI photos agent and AI screen
suggestions among others. By default, a
long press triggers AI screen
suggestions and depending on what’s on
screen, it generally saves screenshots
through AI memories. The AI button also
acts like a shutter button and can
launch the camera with a double press by
default. Moving on, I still have some of
my nitpicks like less fluid animations,
text inconsistencies, and a dynamic
island rip-off called the magic capsule
that isn’t so feature-packed. Bloatware
is also present with apps folders for
recommendations and some pre-installed
ones like Lazada and TikTok. Despite all
that, I think you still get more pros
than cons with Magic OS 10. Not to
mention, Honor is said to provide up to
6 years of major OS upgrades and
security patches. So, that’s already a
big win having the assurance that this
phone will serve you well in the long
run. Battery life is probably my most
favorite thing about the Honor 400. It
packs a whopping 7,000 mA capacity and
this thing lasts for days. In our
proprietary video loop test, the phone
achieved 41 hours and 28 minutes of up
time and in PCMark Work 3.0 test, it
lasted 18 hours and [music] 33 minutes.
I mostly use the phone to watch content
on YouTube and it barely drained the
battery during my usage. When it does
run low on battery, the included 80 W
power brick can refill its juices from 0
to 100% in about 1 and 1/2 hours. No
bypass charging here though, but it has
27 W of reverse wired charging that may
come in clutch to charge your other
phones or accessories.
Connectivity-wise, it covers all the
essentials including Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth
5.4, NFC, an IR blaster which is located
below the LED flash, and dual nano SIMs
with eSIM support and 5G connectivity.
So, after diving into our experience
with Honor 600, here comes our verdict.
On the surface, the Honor 600 builds on
the best qualities of its predecessors,
but it left us wanting more. I think
Honor is trying to replicate that
release pattern of introducing an all
new model in 2 years and an iterative
improvement in between. The Honor 600 is
the latter. You see, everything else is
a really good upgrade like the bigger
battery, a stronger build, slicker
design, and a more polished software
experience. They almost knew what they
were doing until they skipped on
upgrading the more crucial part. The
cameras carryovers. The performance
largely the same. That’s not to say
they’ve made bad choices, it’s just that
they certainly could have done better. I
mean, the 2024 Honor 200 had a telephoto
camera. Why did they even remove it in
the first place? Besides, this might
just be a whole marketing strategy
before our eyes and we don’t even know
it. In its own right, the Honor 600
gives off a strong competition in the
upper mid-range market as it always has
been. Sadly, as of making this video, we
don’t have the pricing info just yet for
the Honor 600 series. Considering that
everything is going up in price lately,
it’s getting harder and harder to
justify which one’s good or not. If the
price is right, then the Honor 600 is
one interesting option out there,
especially if you pay attention to
camera performance, long battery life,
and a good-looking phone. But, what do
you think of the Honor 600? Will you get
this anytime soon? We’d love to hear
thoughts in the comments below. If you
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one.
Bye.
⚠️ This transcription is auto-generated from YouTube captions. Some text may not be 100% accurate.
We finally got our hands on the HONOR 600, and honestly, it looks a lot like an iPhone 17 Pro. But don’t let the familiar face fool you. In this video, we explore whether this phone is more than just a pretty copycat. Watch as we test its new IP68 and IP69K rating, check out that camera bump, and see if the performance matches the hype. Is this the mid-range champion we’ve been waiting for? Or is it just another pretty face in a crowded market? You’ll have to hit play to find out.
What You’ll See in This Video
- The HONOR 600 looks like an iPhone 17 Pro, especially in orange.
- It now has an IP68 and IP69K rating for serious water and dust protection.
- The phone is lightweight at 190g with a compact 6.57-inch screen.
- It also has SGS five-star drop and crush resistance.
- The camera plateau is glossy and attracts smudges, but the back panel is matte and fingerprint-resistant.
Curious about the HONOR 600’s real-world performance? You have to watch the full video to see if it’s worth your hard-earned cash. Click play now!
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the HONOR 600 available in the Philippines?
HONOR hasn’t officially announced local pricing yet, but we expect it to hit stores soon. We’ll update you once we know more.
How does the HONOR 600 compare to the HONOR 400?
The biggest upgrade is the IP rating. The HONOR 600 has IP68 and IP69K, while the 400 only had IP66. The design is also more refined, though it looks a lot like an iPhone.
Does the HONOR 600 have a good camera?
It has a dual rear camera setup, but we dive into the photo and video quality in the video. You’ll want to watch to see if it’s worth it for shutterbugs.
Is the HONOR 600 durable?
Yes, it has SGS five-star drop and crush resistance, plus the new IP rating. But we still don’t recommend testing it on purpose.
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