Honor 500

Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles

Processor: Qualcomm SM8735 Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
RAM: 12 GB, 16 GB
Storage: 256 GB, 512 GB
Display: 6.55 inches
Camera: 200 MP + 12 MP
Battery: Si/C Li-Ion 8000 mAh

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our editors

9.1 4.6 1

Design 10 / 10
Display 9 / 10
Camera 9 / 10
Features 10 / 10
Connectivity 9 / 10
Usability 9 / 10
Performance 8 / 10
Battery 9 / 10

Honor 500 has been officially released on November 27, 2025.

Product Main Features:

This device features a compact and slim design, measuring 155.8 x 74.2 x 7.8 mm and weighing 198 grams. Honor 500 features a glass front with an aluminum frame and carries an IP68/IP69K rating, which protects it from dust, high-pressure water jets, and submersion up to 1.5 meters for 30 minutes.

On the front, you get a 6.55-inch AMOLED display that supports 1 billion colors, a 120 Hz refresh rate, HDR Vivid, and 3840 Hz PWM dimming. With a peak brightness of 6000 nits and a sharp 1264 x 2736 resolution at 460 ppi, the screen is built to stay visible in any lighting condition.

The phone runs on Android 16 with MagicOS 10 and is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset. Its octa-core CPU pairs with the Adreno 825 GPU for fast performance whether you’re gaming, shooting videos, or multitasking. You get multiple RAM and storage options, including up to 16 GB RAM and 512 GB internal storage.

The camera setup includes a 200 MP main lens with OIS and PDAF, paired with a 12 MP ultrawide lens with autofocus. It supports 4K and 1080p video with gyro-EIS and OIS. The 50MP selfie camera also records in 4K and delivers sharp, HDR shots.

Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 with advanced codecs, NFC, an infrared port, and USB-C 2.0 with OTG. It supports extensive global navigation systems, including NavIC. The 8000 mAh battery offers 80W wired charging and 5W reverse wired charging. The phone comes in Black, Silver, Blue, and Pink.

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Honor 500 - SPECIFICATIONS

General

Model

Honor 500
Released

November 2025
Status

Available

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.

Bar
Dimensions

155.8 x 74.2 x 7.8 mm
Weight

198 Grams
Waterproof

IP68/IP69K dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)

AMOLED
Size

6.55 inches
Resolution

1264 x 2736 pixels
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.

1B colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.

460 PPI (pixels per inch)
Touch Screen

Yes
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.

Aluminosilicate glass
Features

120Hz, 3840Hz PWM, HDR Vivid, 6000 nits (peak)

Hardware

CPU The main chipset of the device.

Octa-core (1x3.21 GHz Cortex-X4 & 3x3.0 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A720 & 2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A720)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.

Adreno 825
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.

12 GB, 16 GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.

256 GB, 512 GB
Memory Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.

No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.

Android 16
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.

MagicOS 10

Camera

Rear Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.

200 MP + 12 MP
Image

2160p
Video

4K, 1080p
Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)

Yes
Front Camera

50 MP (wide)

Network

SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.

Nano SIM
Dual SIM

Yes

Connectivity

Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.

Yes
USB

Yes
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.

Yes
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Yes
Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.

No
Headphone Jack

No