Honor’s gone big in South Africa since it returned to the country after… everything that happened. The last major smartphone to cross our desk was the Honor 90 but the company’s about to hit triple digits. There’s a launch event planned in China later this week but supply chain chatter has already spilled (most of) the beans.
The Honor 100 and 100 Pro handsets are expected to turn up at the company’s 23 November event. Most of the details and, indeed, images of the phones are already out in the wild so you don’t have to wait for the official announcement if you’re planning an upgrade in the next few months. On the menu? AI. For the smaller of the two handsets, as it happens.
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The Honor 100 is expected to be the first to ship with the new Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, which should bring high-end AI capability to smartphones that don’t cost a whole limb to own. The 100 Pro is, according to rumour, destined to launch with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 2023’s favoured smartphone chipset. You’ll have to choose between the undeniable speed of the 8 and the new features the next-generation 7-series chips will confer.
Both smartphones will reportedly have a 6.78in OLED screen but the stock 100 will include a 50MP IMX906 sensor and a 12MP rear sensor around the back. The front camera is supposed to be a 50MP IMX816 sensor. There’s little to complain about from the Sony hardware but the H0nor 100 Pro will outdo it by including all of the previous, plus a few extras.
In addition to the 50MP/12MP rear cameras, the 100 Pro will also include a 32MP telephoto lens in the rear cell. The front-facer retains the same 50MP sensor but also gets a 32MP ultrawide sensor. That’s a serious crop of camera hardware for the company’s new headliners. Both phones are expected to include a 5,450mAh battery and 100W charging. Even pricing for the handsets (in China) is already known. Odds are we’ll only see a local cost a lot closer to an international launch.