Honor has introduced the 400 and 400 Pro, two midrange telephones that launch as we speak within the UK and Europe. They’re capable-looking handsets in loads of respects, however stand out largely for the assure of six years of software program help, bested solely by Google’s Pixel 9A for the value.
In equity, at £699.99 / €799 (round $900), the 400 Pro can be a flagship in its personal proper. It’s powered by 2023’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, and boasts a 6.7-inch AMOLED display, IP68 and 69 rankings, and sizable 5,300mAh battery (with a good bigger 6,000mAh cell outdoors Europe). The triple digicam is spectacular too, with a 200-megapixel predominant shooter, plus an ultrawide and telephoto.
I’m a much bigger fan of the common 400 although, and never simply because at £399.99 / €499 (round $560) it’s considerably cheaper. It has straight sides, quite than the curved edges of the Pro mannequin, and mixed with a smaller 6.5-inch show it’s far more snug to make use of.
The 400 ships with the identical predominant and ultrawide cameras because the Pro, solely giving up on the telephoto. Its IP65 water-resistance is rather less complete, and the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 gained’t provide fairly as a lot energy, however the mixture of the identical massive battery and a smaller display ought to give this nice endurance. The predominant draw back for me can be giving up the Pro’s wi-fi charging.
Importantly, Honor’s dedication to 6 years of OS model updates and 6 years of safety patches is similar for each telephones, and may see them by to Android 21 in 2031. That matches Samsung’s promise for its Galaxy A56, and falls only one yr in need of the seven years assured for the Pixel 9A. Both 400 telephones arrive working Honor’s MagicOS and Android 15, and embrace a singular AI image-to-video function powered by Google’s Veo 2 mannequin, at present not obtainable on some other telephones.
While I’m not totally offered on the 400 Pro’s near-flagship price ticket, the bottom 400 seems like a compelling various to the Pixel 9A and Galaxy A56. It’s cheaper than both, ought to final for about as lengthy, and bests each on fairly a couple of specs.
Photography by Dominic Preston / The Verge
