Earlier this year, Honor unveiled the Honor 90 and Honor 90 Pro smartphones in the Chinese market. Today, the brand took to the stage to announce the Honor 100 series, comprising two models: the Honor 100 as the world’s first Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 phone and the Honor 100 Pro, featuring a powerful Snapdragon 8-series phone. Here is a look at what the Honor 100 series has in storage for buyers in China.
Design and Display
The Honor 100 and 100 Pro smartphones showcase distinctive designs. Despite both models featuring a quad-curved OLED display on the front, they diverge in their front-facing camera setups. The standard Honor 100 presents 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 exhibits a rectangular camera module with a black D-shaped camera island, housing a dual-camera setup along with an LED flash. In contrast, the Honor 100 Pro stands out with its oval-shaped camera module, which houses a triple camera unit and an accompanying LED flash.
The Honor 100 has a 6.7-inch OLED panel, while the Honor 100 Pro has a 6.78-inch OLED screen. Both displays offer a 1.5K resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, 3840Hz PWM dimming, and a peak brightness of 2,600 nits. Both phones have an in-screen fingerprint scanner for security.
Performance and specifications
Under the hood, the Honor 100 has the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, which was announced last week. It ships with LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage, and a 5,000mAh battery that offers 100W charging. On the other hand, the Honor 100 Pro has the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, LPDDR5x RAM, UFS 4.0 storage, and a 5,000mAh battery with 100W charging and 66W wireless charging. The lineup also offers other features, such as dual SIM, 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, NFC, an IR blaster, and a USB-C port. Both phones are also 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 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 featuring a 50-megapixel Sony IMX816 lens with autofocus support.
To recall, the Honor 90 came with a 200-megapixel primary camera, whereas the 90 Pro featured a 160-megapixel main camera. The rear camera system of the Honor 100 and 100 Pro features an OIS-enabled Sony IMX906 50-megapixel primary camera along with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens. The Pro model also gets a 32-megapixel telephoto camera that supports up to 2.5x optical zoom. The company claims that the Honor 100 duo can offer SLR-level photography experience.
Pricing and availability
The Honor 100 has arrived in China in two options, such as 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage, 16 GB RAM + 256GB storage, and 16 GB RAM + 512 GB storage. The 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 configurations such as 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 come in shades, such as Glass Black, Moon Shadow White, Monet Purple, and Butterfly Blue. As can be seen above, the blue variant of the 100 Pro has an attractive dual-tone design. The Honor 100 series is available for pre-orders in China, and its sales are scheduled to begin on Dec. 1. At present, there is no word on the launch global launch of the Honor 100 and 100 Pro.
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