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Honor 300 Pro arrives with flagship chipset and mid-range pricing

The Honor 300 Pro lines up with the same chipset as the Magic6 Pro. (Image source: Honor)
The Honor 300 Pro lines up with the same chipset as the Magic6 Pro. (Image source: Honor)
The Honor 300 Pro is one of Honor's latest smartphones to combine a flagship chipset with mid-range pricing. This time, the Honor 300 Pro features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, a 5,300 mAh battery and a new 50 MP 'Portrait Master' camera, among other high-end hardware.

Hardly any time has passed since the official release of the Honor 200 series. Nonetheless, the company has replaced the likes of the Honor 200 Pro with direct successors that contain changes in a few key areas.

For example, the Honor 300 Pro has arrived with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset compared to the lesser Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 that underpins its predecessor. Incidentally, Honor also uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in the Magic6 Pro (curr. $850 on Amazon), which will likely remain its global flagship until early 2025.

Moreover, the Honor 300 Pro gains Wi-Fi 7 support, as well as a 100 mAh larger battery that it can recharge more quickly wirelessly (66 W vs. 80 W). With that being said, Honor's 100 W wired charging capability remains, as does its 5 W reverse wired offering. Likewise, it seems that the Honor 300 Pro features the same 6.78-inch display as its predecessor, including its claimed 4,000 nits peak brightness.

(Image source: Honor)
(Image source: Honor)

Meanwhile, it looks as though the 50 MP front-facing and 12 MP ultra-wide-angle cameras return unchanged. By contrast, Honor's 50 MP telephoto camera has moved from 2.5x to 3x optical zoom. Furthermore, the Honor 300 Pro's new 'Portrait Master' primary camera actually has a smaller optical format (1/1.56-inch) than the equivalent inside the Honor 200 Pro (1/1.3-inch).

Unfortunately, there is no word yet on international availability, as with the Honor 300 and Honor 300 Ultra. For reference, Honor charges at least CNY 3,399 (~$467) for the Honor 300 Pro, which is CNY 100 (~$14) cheaper than the Honor 200 Pro. The device rises to the same CNY 3,999 (~$550) with 16 GB of RAM though, albeit with half as much storage as its predecessor.

(Image source: Honor)
(Image source: Honor)

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Alex Alderson, 2024-12- 2 (Update: 2024-12- 2)