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Introduction
Today we’re having a good hard squint at the fresh new Honor 200 Pro which is unsurprisingly a billy big bollock upgraded version of the regular Honor 200 smartphone, and it’ll cost you around 45,000 rupees here in India.
For a price similar to the Pixel 8 you get some Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Performance good enough for all your gaming needs as well as a whole bunch of magic features, a whopping great 6.78-inch AMOLED display, a massive 5,200 Mah silicon carbon battery and some pretty snazzy camera Tech ideal for a bit of portrait action.
Of course, that Pixel 8 is pretty hardcore competition, so is the Honor 200 Pro worth it? Well, let’s take you on a full-on tour to test out that camera tech, the gaming performance and all the good stuff.
Unboxing
So, first up what do you get stuffed in the Box besides of course the Honor 200 Pro, well you get a power adapter as well as a USB cable, you do also get a clear silicon case packed in there as well to keep your Honor 200 Pro as pristine as possible and that’s it nice and easy. So, now let’s check out the phone.
Design
The Honor 200 Pro is actually pretty light for a flagship type device where’s the weight is under 200 grams which is pretty impressive for a 6.78-inch large display phone.
You’ve actually got yourself a floating display similar to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra and this is subtly curved on all sides including the top and bottom edges, not quite to the same degree as Xiaomi’s phone. It’s not quite as obvious here on the Honor 200 Pro, but it does mean minimal bezel action as you can clearly see here, we’ve got a super light wallpaper on the go, this also means the sides are pretty skinny.
You’ve actually got some glossy plastic edging on the go and yeah slightly gutted. You don’t get a proper metal frame given that 45,000 price tag and then around back it’s a matte finish. This is the Moonlight White model you got a similar effect as those Poco F6 phones. You can also apparently snaffle this Smartphone in cyan and black. I do like the matte finish, because it means no smudgy grimy greasy finger prints no matter how hard this phone gets fingered.
I have to say I like the distinct look of the oval shaped camera bump, it certainly stands out from the rest of the crowd that’s for sure and it certainly stands out from the back end as well which is a bit more unfortunate so I certainly expect a good bit of rattling if this phone sat on a desk or a table or whatever.
Magic OS
Now, no shocks or surprises really when it comes to the software side because it’s once again on a Magic OS version 8.0 on top of Android 14. Seems to be a very similar setup to what you get with the Honor Magic 6 Pro Flagship smartphone and I’m hoping therefore for that you get a similar 4 years of Android OS update and 5 years of security patching. haven’t had that confirmed from Honor yet, but certainly as this is a flagship device, it expects several years of longevity.
Over time Magic OS is improving and becoming less infuriating, so you can do simple things like drag down the notifications bar from anywhere on that screen now, don’t have to be reaching all the way up to the top end every time. Of course, it’s still split into the notification centre and the control centre as well. Just drag down from different sides for each. I actually prefer the individual Control Centre and you can access all of those toggles with one simple swipe. You can also skim between the two if you like.
You’ve got the usual stackable Widgets or cards as Honor likes to refer to them as and you can drag all of these out with a long swipe. As always Magic OS is fully customizable as well, just dive into home screen and style in the settings, you can mess around with fonts, themes, icons and all of that good stuff.
There is an always on display section, this starts with a slightly silly full screen option which is similar to what the iPhone does. It’s much better if you switch to the partial screen as then you can actually schedule it or have it shown all day long whereas if you stick with the full screen option then you can only have it display when you tap the screen, very much not an always on display. As usual there’s tons of different designs to choose from you can even stick on your own images.
Of course, as this is Magic OS you’ve got plenty of magic features packed on here. So, for instance there’s magic portal, so if you highlight some text and then just long press on it and then drag it to the edge of the screen, you can quickly and easily share it with a variety of apps, it’s a good way of making notes copying text between various apps Etc. On a magic scale I wouldn’t say it’s up there but it’s quite helpful.
Then, you’ve got magic capsule which is basically an iPhone 15 style Dynamic Islands type situation which pops up when you’re recording audio in the background, just give this a tap and you can quickly pause or resume your recording, you can also stop it entirely and that magic capsule also pops up if you’re playing a bit of Spotify or some other media in the background, again allowing you to quickly access those controls to pause, play, skip a track or whatever.
Then, there’s Honor’s magic ring which allows you to seamlessly and quickly connect to a variety of laptops and other supported devices.
Honor 200 Pro has also some bloatware as well, it’s not quite as offensive as Xiaomi’s efforts, but you got AliExpress, Amazon shopping, booking.com, trip.com, certainly sorted if you want to book a holiday up.
You got a generous 512 GB of storage for your apps, media etc. here on the Honor 200 Pro. that’s not expandable via micro-SD memory card. But you do have space for two SIM cards here otherwise instead of a second physical SIM, you can just add an e-SIM, it’s very handy if you’re traveling abroad somewhere where your usual data package isn’t supported, you can just get a local e-SIM on the go.
Display and audio
Now, the Honor 200 Pro supports a 6.78-inch big AMOLED display which has certainly appease movie fans, Gamers Etc. You got the colour option set to Vivid by default, so certainly expect some poppy Punchy visuals ideal for a bit of geeky anime goodness. But the colour output can be set to Natural if you’re editing images or just don’t want fancy really vibrant images.
That double selfie cam does mean slightly more intrusion when you are gaming or watching a movie or whatever, although frankly it’s nowhere near as bad as the iPhones with their chunky dynamic Island. You got a 2700 x 1224-pixel resolution, so even though it’s a pretty massive panel, those visuals still remain pleasingly crisp. You got a good bit of HDR10 streaming support in the like of Netflix.
If we dive on into those display settings there’s plenty of features to help protect your peepers as well. Packed with in the Oasis eye protection section, this includes a good bit of PWM dimming in case you happen to get headaches using OLED panels and no morning for me when it comes to the screen brightness either. Because when you max this thing out, you’ll comfortably be able to see what you’re up to even outdoors with lots of vicious sun glare to contend with.
As you’d expect that refresh rate maxes out at 120Hz for supported app, so everything looks silky smooth and I’ve had no issues with the screen responsiveness even when I’m clutching this smartphone really tight. Despite the fact you’ve got those curved edges, even if my fingers intrude on the edges there still Remains nice and responsive.
The Honor 200 Pro also bought a stereo speaker setup which apparently hits 80 DB at its peak of volume allegedly and yeah, they’re certainly not pissing about when you max out that volume. The Honor 200 Pro produce some incredibly loud audio, definitely enough to cut through any kind of background clamour and actually goes into 200% mode as if you could actually double the maximum possible volume and when you do pump that volume up to the maximum levels, thankfully there’s no Distortion, the audio is pretty Bassy.
Performance
Now, while the Honor Magic 6 Pro has Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 stuffed inside, the most premium Qualcomm chipset right now, the Honor 200 Pro goes with the 8s Gen 3 which isn’t quite as capable, uses an older GPU, but still, it’s pretty fast. Certainly, everyday real-world tasks there’s absolutely no issues, apps can run side by side.
But of course, to truly test out the Honor 200 Pro’s metal I got a good bit of Genshin Impact on the go as always and I found that the game run just as well as it did on the Moto Edge 50 Ultra which rocks the same chipset. Bumped the graphic settings all the way up to the maximum possible level at 60 frames per second and I found the frame rate was fairly fluid. I found the occasional frame drops here and there, but even when things got pretty mental the phone certainly didn’t struggle. At a time, the Honor 200 Pro did start to get a bit toasty after about sort of 30-40 minutes, but thankfully it didn’t heat up too much more beyond that and certainly the performance didn’t suffer as a result.
Of course, as always with Magic OS you’ve got yourself a dedicated gaming mode. This can help to boost the performance for really intensive games, just give this a tap on the option. You can also quickly and easily tweak the screen brightness, you got do not disturb tools, screen recording, touch enhancer makes that screen even more responsive, you can quickly and easily open up other apps as well in a mini window, particularly handy with games like Genshin Impact. You got no idea what on earth you’re supposed to be doing just look up a quick walk through.
Battery life
The Honor 200 Pro also impresses when it comes to the battery life, because you got a 5,200 Mah capacity battery crammed inside of that reasonably slender chassis as the same silicon carbon tech that Honor used for its Magic V2 foldable sort super skinny and that battery drain really isn’t too bad so for instance about an hour’s worth of Genshin Impact action.
So, even quite demanding users should get all day play out of a single charge, no worries. But if you do find yourself running a bit low on juice, well no worries there either, you’ve got 100W wired charging support on here and 66W wireless charging support as well. So, take your pick you’re going to be powered back up.
Cameras
The Honor 200 Pro got a triple lens setup and that’s headlined by a 50 MP super Dynamic H9000 sensor. The camera app can be quite a lot to take in, there’s a lot of different features and toggles and tools, for instance you’ve got an AI mode up here, but on top of that you’ve also got small variety of filters include natural, vibrant and authentic.
Then there’s an icon in the corner, that is the smart auto capture and this allows the Honor 200 Pro to automatically snap any pictures of cats or kids or whatever when it detects smiling or jumping or some kind of action, personally I prefer just actually tapping the shutter button to get the exact precise photo that you want, but it’s there if you want it.
You’ve also got yourself a dedicated 50 MP portrait telephoto lens which uses a custom Sony IMAX 856 sensor and has a two times optical zoom. Now, Honor has teamed up with studio Harcourt for the AI portrait image processing which apparently helps to enhance the lighting and the shadows in any portrait shots that you snap.
You’ve also got three Harcourt filters to choose from Harcourt vibrant is the default, otherwise you can also choose Harcourt colour which makes everything quite sort of Moody and ambient, otherwise a bit of Harcourt classic which is full-on monochrome and my portrait shots on the whole so far. Pretty good as long as there’s no motion especially if you’re trying to capture a snap in more ambient light otherwise you will get quite blurry results. But the zoom in certainly helps to get a more natural shot at a distance.
Then last up you’ve also got a basic standard 12 MP Ultra-wide angle shooter if you want a more pulled back View and this is also used for those super macro shots. Surely the Honor 200 Pro seems pretty capable especially when it comes to those lower light shots as long as there’s no motioning, it can pick out plenty of finer details and reproduce some pretty respectably natural looking colours.
Honor has packed on a full-on dedicated Pro mode as well if you want to play around with the ISO levels, the shutter speed, the white balance Etc. and you can also capture a good bit of raw format images if you want to edit on the go and then for your video recorder need you can capture footage up to 4K resolution at 16:9 or 21:9 aspect ratio.
You got an AI option for shooting video which can just tweak the visuals subtly depending on what you’re shooting, but if you activate this you can only record 4K footage at 30 frames per second, if you knock it off, you can then bump up to 60 FPS. Certainly, again the Honor 200 Pro seems pretty capable when it comes to video capture. You’ve even got a dedicated night mode that you can swap to if you are shooting a bit of low light footage.
Then up front on the Honor 200 Pro you’ve got a 50 MP selfie camera with a secondary time of flight lens slapped alongside. You got full autofocus and again so far, I’ve been pretty impressed by the results produced out by this thing as impressed as anyone can be with photos of this phone.
Once again you can capture up to 4K Ultra HD resolution footage using that 50 MP selfie cam at 30 frames per second, it’s locked in at that this time around there’s no 60 FPS option. Again, clear audio pickup using those built-in mics and everything, so no complaints.
Final Thoughts
The Honor 200 Pro seems to be a respectable rival to Pixel 8, obviously you don’t get the same lovely stock version of Android and I do prefer Google’s exclusive Pixel features to the Magic OS on here.
But that Hardware is proper solid stuff, you got reasonably good performance, excellent battery life, that camera tech is a bit of a banger especially if you want to take lots of portrait shots. That’s why I would love to hear your thoughts on the Honor 200 Pro down in the comments.
