It’s official. The Honor 700 Series (which was rumoured in September) will turn up in China later this week, on 13 November. At the time, rumours told us that the line-up would include a rear display of some sort — if only for the Honor 700 Pro. Honor’s announcement confirms that all three family members are due for the upgrade.
The trio consists of the Honor 700, Honor 700 Pro, and the Honor 700S. There’s no Lite model on offer just yet, but like its other Lite kin, it may turn up after the fact with a more affordable mid-range price and, if we’re lucky, a rear display.
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Unfortunately, Honor has yet to tell potential customers what they’re buying. The rear display is ironically front and centre in all the company’s marketing, today teasing a heart rate feature back there. The display, at least, can show your heart rate at a glance, even if it’s pulling that data from somewhere else.
The obvious use case is the one smartphone manufacturers are all scrambling to stick in their own devices. If users are questioning the merits of their selfie camera, using a rear display for selfies is suddenly viable. The (rumoured-to-be 1.72in) rear panel would act as a viewfinder for the more capable camera array on that side.
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Previous rumours do give us a vague idea of what the 700 Series brings to the table. Like a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 inside the base Honor 700, while the Pro houses a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. In keeping with the Pro’s theme, it’s said to include a 6.57in AMOLED, a 200MP shooter, and the star of the show: a 9,000mAh battery. We’re, uh, keen.
Pre-orders for the smartphone family are currently live in China, though customers must “visit an offline Honor store” to grab one. That’s one way to avoid revealing key specs, as well as any sort of official pricing. At least two of the devices will likely find their way to SA, and will possibly be joined by the third.
