Weekly poll results: Honor 200 and Honor 200 Pro show promise, the Pro has a slight edge

The Honor 200 and 200 Pro were almost evenly matched in last week’s poll. The Pro model edged out its vanilla sibling by a bit, but both have around 40% approval rates.

The Honor 200 Pro is certainly the better phone of the two. At £700/€800, it has a close to flagship price to match its close to flagship specs, but that is a dangerous game – older flagships get cheaper by the day.

The build quality isn’t quite there with only an IP65 rating and no word on strengthened glass. And the pill-shaped notch maybe wasn’t worth it. That aside, both phones were commended for their looks.

The vanilla Honor 200 drops down to a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, which while a great chip, is a mid-range option. The £500/€600 price tag does put the phone in the premium mid-range segment, but Snapdragon 8-series chips aren’t unheard of in this segment. The OnePlus 12R (SD 8 Gen 2) and Nothing Phone (2) (SD 8+ Gen 1) come to mind. They can’t quite match the Honor cameras, however.

Anyway, some of the omissions still hurt at this price range – no IP rating at all, the cool wireless (and reverse wireless) charging is gone and the display and main camera have been dialed back slightly.

The Honor 200 and 200 Pro are available for pre-order globally, open sales will start on June 26 (Wednesday).