24NovNovember 24, 2025

Honor 500 series make debut in China with Snapdragon chips and huge batteries | Infinium-tech

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The Honor 500 series has now been officially unveiled in China and it brings a design overhaul that features some major specs upgrades over the Honor 400 model as well as some obvious Apple inspiration.

Honor 500 (left) and Honor 500 Pro (right)

The design of the Honor 500 and 500 Pro is clearly inspired by the iPhone Air with a separate camera visor/plateau on the back.

Honor 500 series with Snapdragon chips and bigger battery launched in China for the first time

Although none of the new Honor phones are as thin or light as the Air, they come with some impressive cameras and larger batteries. But when it comes to design, both versions of the 500 series have aluminum frames and glass backs. Each phone is 7.8mm thick, and they weigh 198 grams and 201 grams respectively. Honor is also maintaining the top-level durability of its predecessors with full IP68 and IP69K ingress protection.

Honor 500 series with Snapdragon chips and bigger battery launched in China for the first time

The Honor 500 and 500 Pro feature 6.55-inch LTPO OLEDs with 1,264 x 2,736px resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 6,000 nits peak local brightness. Both phones also bring in-display fingerprint scanner and 50MP selfie cam.

Honor 500 series with Snapdragon chips and bigger battery launched in China for the first time

The main differences come in the chipset and camera departments, where the 500 Pro has the edge thanks to its Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, paired with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, while the vanilla Honor 500 gets a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip.

On the back, both variants of the Honor 500 bring a 200MP main shooter (1/1.4″ sensor) and a 12MP ultrawide lens. The 500 Pro also brings a 50MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom.

The Honor 500 and 500 Pro are powered by an 8,000mAh Si-C battery with 80W wired and 27W reverse wired charging.

Both phones boot MagicOS 10 based on Android 16 and offer an 8,000mAh Si-C battery with 80W wired charging. The Pro model also gets 50W wireless charging, and both phones support 27W reverse wired charging.

Honor 500 series with Snapdragon chips and bigger battery launched in China for the first time

The Honor 500 and 500 Pro come in Aquamarine, Starlight Powder (Pink), Moonlight Silver and Obsidian Black colors. Both phones are currently on pre-order, with the first shipments expected to begin on November 27.

layout	honor 500	honor 500 pro
12GB/256GB	CNY 2,699 ($380)	CNY 3,599 ($506)
12GB/512GB	CNY 2,999 ($422)	CNY 3,899 ($549)
16GB/512GB	CNY 3,299 ($646)	CNY 4,199 ($590)
16GB/1TB	,	CNY 4,799 ($675)