Today, Honor officially held a new product launch conference and released a new flagship series – Honor 60.
The series includes two models, namely the Honor 60 and the Honor 60 Pro. Among them, the latter is the world’s first phone powered by the Snapdragon 778G Plus chip. Moreover, in comparison to the vanilla version, this model looks more stylish, has better performance, and takes more quality photos.
Honor 60 Pro Key Features
Design And Screen
The Honor 60 Pro continues using the design style of the previous generation. But there are new design elements as well. It still uses the quad-curved design, which was first introduced last year by the Honor Magic. The corner transition is more rounded.
The screen size of the Honor 60 Pro is 6.78 inches. It boasts a resolution of 2652*1200 pixels, 429PPI pixel density, screen contrast of 500W:1, DCI-P3 100% wide color gamut, HDR10+ certification, 1.07 billion color display, 120Hz screen refresh rate, etc. It is really a good OLED screen.
At the same time, it also supports 4096-level hardware dimming and 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming. They reduce flicker while ensuring the display effect. Also, the display has passed the Rheinland TUV low blue light certification.
On the opposite side, the Honor 60 Pro continues the previous ring design. But the back shell now has a brand new visual effect. It uses very complex diamond technology and polishing effects to create a unique effect.
Hardware and Performance
The Honor 60 Pro sports the world’s first Snapdragon 778G Plus processor. The latter uses TSMC’s 6nm process technology. It consists of 4 A78 architecture cores, the highest frequency of which is up to 2.5GHz. it supports unique optimizations such as multiple ISPs.
At the same time, the Honor 60 Pro has also created a sub-pixel super-sensing touch experience for FPS games. It improves the direct coordination between touch and screen refresh rates. Every time the finger moves 1/8 pixel, the content of the game screen will be refreshed simultaneously.
Under the hood, the phone also carries a 4800mAh large battery. It comes with an original smart power-saving engine, which can bring a long battery life experience. At the same time, it also supports 66W wired fast charging. In effect, it will charge to 60% in 15 minutes.
In other aspects, the Honor 60 Pro supports the latest technologies such as WiFi 6, NFC, dual 5G, and Bluetooth 5.2.
Camera
The imaging system is one of the biggest highlights of the Honor 60 Pro. Its rear camera comes with a 100MP ultra-clear main camera, a 50MP ultra-wide-angle lens (122°), and a 2MP depth of field lens. The front camera has a 50MP resolution. Thus, this AI super-sensing lens is comparable to a top-level flagship camera.
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In fact, the Honor 60 Pro is aimed at vloggers. It can recognize five gestures in the air through the front camera. The phone has further improved the “one-click filming” experience, adding a more simple and easy-to-operate one-click shooting function.
On the basis of the Honor 50 series “micro-movie” mode, the phone has got 20 more video shooting templates. Users can start recording with one button, follow the shooting guidelines to easily complete story shooting, and realize one-click sharing and other operations.
Price
The Honor 60 Pro offers two storage versions, including 8GB+256GB and 12GB+256GB. They cost 3699 yuan and 3999 yuan, respectively ($581 and $628).
It is already available for pre-order but the phone will go on sale on December 10.
Honor 60 Brightest Highlights
As said, there was a vanilla version as well. The Honor 60 adopts a 6.67-inch OLED super-curved screen. Both front and rear panels have a symmetrical hyperboloid design with 58° curvature.
The screen of Honor 60 has a resolution of 2400*1080, supports a 120Hz dynamic intelligent refresh rate, DCI-P3 color gamut, 1.07 billion color display, etc.
In terms of photography, it comes with a 100MP ultra-clear main lens, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 2MP depth-of-field lens. There is a 32MP AI super-sensing lens on the front.
Like the Pro variant, this one also supports “AI gesture recognition”.
In terms of core performance, the Honor 60 features the Snapdragon 778G processor and adopts the new Magic UI 5.0 system. The latter brings greatly improved privacy and security features.
The 4800mAh battery supports 66W fast charge, which can be charged to 50% in 15 minutes and 100% in 45 minutes.
There are three variants to choose from. The 8GB+128GB version costs 2,699 yuan ($424), the 8GB+256GB version is 2,999 yuan ($471), and the 12GB+256GB model is 3,299 yuan ($518). It will go on sale on December 10.
Honor 50 Sales Performance
Before announcing the new series, the spokesperson said that the previous-gen Honor 50 has been sold in 40+ countries. And it is an absolute champion in the 2000-4000 yuan ($314 – $628) price category. By the way, it was packed with the same Snapdragon 778G as the new Honor 60.
