Honor 400 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Honor 400 - the bestseller becomes more compact

The Chinese company Honor definitely knows how to create excellent smartphones, but not every product released from its conveyor belt can achieve the title of a hit. Thus, its original 200th model amazed fans of mobile electronics with a combination of sophisticated design, excellent technical characteristics and good autonomy, then its successor with the 300th number was noted not only by an increased price tag, but also by a number of simplifications. The hero of today's review does not allow such things and offers even more impressive functionality in a reduced case.

The appearance of the new product is similar to that of its predecessors, but there are also a number of improvements. The ergonomics are better, the display frames are slightly thinner, the colors of the rear glass panels have been updated. The block of photo modules is still stylish and original, the fingerprint scanner is located in the 6.55-inch screen. There is moisture protection, but not full, only according to IP65 standards. The lack of a metal frame can also be criticized. The AMOLED panel has not lost its resolution of 2736x1264 pixels, so the image clarity is even higher with the new diagonal. The brightness reserve of more than 5000 nits, 120 Hz refresh rate, only minor errors in color rendering and a high-quality oleophobic layer leave no room for condemnation of the AMOLED screen.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, made using a 4 nm process technology, is combined with 8 GB / 12 GB of RAM and an Adreno 720 video accelerator in order to please literally any category of users. The result in the well-known AnTuTu benchmark reaches 850,000 points, the vast majority of modern resource-intensive games work at maximum graphics presets with an impressive frame rate. What pleases even more is the non-critical throttling and overall energy efficiency of the chipset. The battery increased to 6000 mAh will require a power bank or sockets only after 2-3 days, and the charging is really fast. Its power is 80 W, the full battery capacity is gained in 55-60 minutes. Although there is no slot for MicroSD cards, but with 256/512 GB of memory, not every buyer will experience a lack of internal storage.

The main 200-megapixel photo sensor from Sony received hybrid stabilization, which has a positive effect on evening photo sessions. Detailing is at a high level, noise is visible, but not in all pictures. Video recorded in 4K resolution also does not disappoint. But the 12-megapixel wide-angle lens is much simpler, and the telephoto lens has disappeared altogether, which is disappointing. Stereo speakers are not flagship, but loud, and bass is audible. It is easy to find in the gadget contactless payments NFC, modem operation in 5G networks, gyroscope. As a result, we have before us an almost flawless representative of the border of the middle and high price segments.