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Honor has finally unveiled a successor to the Win gaming phone, and this one is built for sustained high performance. It packs Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line chipset, a cooling fan, and a huge battery.
One of the biggest selling points of this phone is the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip, an upgrade over the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in its predecessor. This 2nm flagship chip is paired with LPDDR5X Ultra memory and UFS 4.1 storage.
The company’s official performance figures include an average frame rate of 184.8 FPS in CrossFire at 2K resolution, with the frame rate set to 185 FPS, during five hours of continuous combat gameplay. Honor highlights similar figures for other popular titles, too. The phone supports 185 FPS gameplay in more than 40 titles at launch, while a few others support native 165 FPS gameplay.
A big reason the phone can hold these frame rates is its dual active cooling fan system. Honor says it can reduce temperatures by up to 14.4 degrees and offers a 150% improvement in heat dissipation over its predecessor. Despite this active cooling system, the phone still retains IP68, IP69, and IP69K dust and water resistance, which is a nice touch.
The front features a 6.89″ 2K 185Hz display with 0.93mm symmetrical bezels. The panel can hit a peak brightness of 10,000 nits and go as low as 1 nit for darker environments. Additionally, Honor highlights a 5,000Hz touch sampling rate and 5,920Hz PWM dimming for responsive gaming and a more eye-friendly visual experience.
To power through the day, the phone packs a 10,100mAh silicon-carbon battery, which supports 100W wired charging, 80W wireless charging, and 27W reverse charging. The latter can power accessories like smartwatches and TWS earbuds, or even other smartphones on the go.
As for battery life, Honor’s official figures include 17.7 hours of continuous gameplay, 30 hours of scrolling through short videos, or 50 hours of navigation.
The rear camera setup includes a 200MP main camera with a large 1/1.4″ sensor, along with a 12MP ultra-wide camera. There’s also a 50MP selfie camera on the front. It’s a dual-camera setup on the back, which isn’t too surprising given the phone’s focus on performance and the current semiconductor situation.
Pricing and availability:
- 12GB + 256GB: 5499 yuan (~ $824)
- 16GB + 256GB: 5799 yuan (~ $869)
- 12GB + 512GB: 6299 yuan (~ $944)
- 16GB + 512GB: 6999 yuan (~ $1,048)
- 16GB + 1TB: 7999 yuan (~ $1,198)
The Win 2 series is currently exclusive to China, with no word on a global rollout at the time of writing.
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