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Last week, Honor launched the Honor 200 series of smartphones in China. The series consists of two devices, the Honor 200 and 200 Pro, and succeeds the Honor 100 series which debuted back in November. In a separate article, we have talked about the differences between the 200 Pro and the 100 Pro, and in this one, we will discuss the regular models.

Honor 200 vs Honor 100
Honor 200 (left) vs. Honor 100 (right)

Design & display

Compared to last year’s model, Honor has made minimal design changes in the new Honor 200. The one and only difference that you’ll notice is the shape of the new camera island, which is now oval-shaped, quite similar to the Honor 100 Pro.

On the front, the device features a 6.7-inch 2664×1200 OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 3840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and the capability to reproduce 1.07 billion different colors. All of these specs are the same as the previous model, with the only difference being that the peak brightness of the panel has been bumped up to 4000 nits from 2,600 nits (only achievable while displaying HDR content).

Performance & battery

The Honor 200 has the same Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor as its predecessor. This mid-range processor is based on TSMC’s 4nm process node and is paired with an Adreno 720 GPU. Compared to the 4,572mm² stainless steel bionic vapor chamber cooling system on the previous model, the Honor 200 comes with an upgraded 5029mm² vapor chamber with a total heat dissipation area of 34696mm².

The battery has also been slightly upgraded, going from 5,000mAh to 5200mAh. That said, the fast charging has remained the same at 100W (wired). Additionally, both devices use the same LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 storage.

Cameras

Cameras are another department where these devices are almost identical. Same as the Honor 100, the 200 also uses a Sony IMX906 50-megapixel primary camera with f/1.95 aperture and OIS along with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens. The only difference is that the brand has added a third camera on the back, which is a 50MP telephoto unit with an f/2.4 aperture, optical image stabilization, and up to 50x digital zoom.

The front camera on both of these devices is a 50MP unit with f/2.1 aperture, which can record 4K videos in up to 30 FPS. The primary camera on both devices is capable of 4K recording at 30 FPS and 1080p recording at up to 60 FPS.

Pricing

While the specs are almost the same, the pricing has slightly increased. The Honor 100 debuted at 2,499 Yuan for the 12 GB RAM + 256 GB model, 2,799 Yuan for 16 GB RAM + 256 GB, and 2,999 Yuan for 16 GB RAM + 512 GB models. In contrast, the Honor 200 starts at 2699 Yuan ($372) for the 12GB+256GB variant, 2999 Yuan ($414) for both the 12GB RAM+512GB and 16GB RAM+256GB variants, and 3199 Yuan ($442) for the 16GB RAM+512GB variant.

Conclusion

The Honor 200 is more of an Honor 100 refresh than a proper successor. It uses almost identical hardware from the previous model with minimal modifications. The peak brightness stat is more of an on-paper stat than anything noticeable in day-to-day use, and the same goes for the 200mAh battery size increase. The design lifted from the Honor 100 Pro makes it look better, and the 50MP telephoto camera is pretty much the only significant addition.

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