Honor has introduced the 400 and 400 Professional, two midrange telephones that launch immediately within the UK and Europe. They’re capable-looking handsets in loads of respects, however stand out principally for the assure of six years of software program assist, bested solely by Google’s Pixel 9A for the worth.
In equity, at £699.99 / €799 (round $900), the 400 Professional is mostly 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 screen, IP68 and 69 rankings, and sizable 5,300mAh battery (with an excellent bigger 6,000mAh cell exterior Europe). The triple digital camera is spectacular too, with a 200-megapixel foremost 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, relatively than the curved edges of the Professional mannequin, and mixed with a smaller 6.5-inch show it’s way more snug to make use of.
The 400 ships with the identical foremost and ultrawide cameras because the Professional, solely giving up on the telephoto. Its IP65 water-resistance is rather less complete, and the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 received’t provide fairly as a lot energy, however the mixture of the identical massive battery and a smaller display screen ought to give this nice endurance. The primary draw back for me can be giving up the Professional’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 means of to Android 21 in 2031. That matches Samsung’s promise for its Galaxy A56, and falls only one yr wanting the seven years assured for the Pixel 9A. Each 400 telephones arrive operating Honor’s MagicOS and Android 15, and embody a singular AI image-to-video function powered by Google’s Veo 2 mannequin, at present not accessible on every other telephones.
Whereas I’m not fully bought on the 400 Professional’s near-flagship price ticket, the bottom 400 appears to be like like a compelling different 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 number of specs.
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