On November 11th, Wang Ban, the president of Honor Terminal Sales and Service, announced on social media that the global shipment volume of the Honor 400 series had exceeded 6 million units, and simultaneously announced that the Honor 500 series was about to be released. According to authoritative sources, the Honor 500 series will be released at the end of this month.
At present, there are already some leaked information about the Honor 500 series in the industry, and Honor has also disclosed some details.
In terms of performance, according to the leaked information disclosed by Honor Game development engineer @Honor Feng, the Honor 500 series “is equipped with Snapdragon 8 series chips across the board”. Meanwhile, blogger @Smart Pikachu also revealed that the GT2 series, which was planned at the same time as the 500 series, “is the first model to release the fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Ultra Edition”, and this information also implies the performance ceiling of the Honor 500 series.
Among them, regarding the higher-positioned Honor 500 Pro version, based on the previous report by Igeekphone citing the blogger @Digital Chat Station on November 6th that “a 6.5-inch mid-screen phone from a certain manufacturer will be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Ultra chip, users in the comment section speculate it might be the Honor 500 Pro”, Therefore, it is highly likely that the Honor 500 Pro will adopt the Snapdragon 8 Ultra chip.
Compared with the Snapdragon 7 Gen4 in the standard version of the Honor 400 series and the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 in the Pro version, the new generation of chips will bring more powerful computing capabilities. Moreover, @Honor Feng mentioned that the Honor 500 series “fully supports the Phantom Engine 3.0 across the board, the same as the flagship models” It is expected to solve the problems of overheating and lag in high frame rate games.
In terms of imaging, the Honor 500 series is expected to make further progress. @Smart Pikachu revealed on November 7th that the Honor 500 series “will popularize a 200-megapixel lens”. The “suspected 500 Pro model” leaked by @Digital Chat Station also mentioned that it would be equipped with a “periscope lens”.
Combining Honor’s mature AI portrait capture and film texture algorithms in the 400 series, the 500 series is likely to incorporate more flagship-level imaging technologies, further enhancing the fineness of full-scene shooting.
In terms of battery life, the Honor 500 series will continue to carry forward the “large battery” gene. @Digital Chat Station reported on November 6th that the suspected 500 Pro model has an “8000mAh battery”, far exceeding the 7200mAh of the 400 Pro. At the same time, it was revealed that the Honor 500 series “supports 80W wired charging across the entire range”, and combined with a large battery, it will significantly alleviate the anxiety over battery life. In addition, the leak also mentioned that this model is equipped with a “metal frame and ultrasonic screen fingerprint”.
In terms of appearance design, @Digital Chat Station exposed the line drawing of the new Honor 500 series on November 4th, showing that it adopts a “brand-new horizontal track DECO and a large R-corner straight screen”, and mentioned that “this generation of design is very impressive”, and “the Pro design style is the same, with an additional lens”.
Currently, Honor has also officially announced the spokesperson for the Honor 500 series, which indicates that the Honor 500 will be released before the end of this month.