Honor has brought the Honor 600 series to Malaysia, and it is leaning hard into the usual premium-phone checklist: a 200MP main camera, a 7,000mAh battery, fast charging, and a splash of AI features. The split is simple: the Honor 600 Pro gets the more serious camera and chipset package, while the standard Honor 600 trims the price without gutting the core hardware.
That camera setup is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. Both phones use a 200-megapixel main sensor with a 1/1.4-inch size, which is the kind of spec sheet muscle that pushes rivals to either match it or quietly change the subject. The Pro model adds a 50-megapixel telephoto camera with up to 120x zoom and stronger stabilization; the regular version tops out at 30x zoom.
Honor 600 and 600 Pro hardware
- Honor 600 Pro: Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Honor 600: Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
- 6.57-inch OLED display
- 120Hz refresh rate
- Peak brightness up to 8,000 nits
- 7,000mAh battery with 80W fast charging
- 50W wireless charging on the Pro
Honor is also using software to dress up the launch. Both phones ship with MagicOS 10 based on Android 16, and the new AI Image to Video 2.0 feature can turn still shots into short clips using prompts and templates. That is the sort of feature every phone maker now wants on the box, although its usefulness will depend on whether people treat it as a party trick or something they actually open more than once.
Durability is another obvious selling point. The series carries IP68 and IP69 ratings, so Honor is not just selling battery anxiety relief and camera bragging rights; it is also pitching phones that are meant to survive more than a few bad decisions.
Honor 600 price and pre-order details
- Honor 600 Pro 12GB + 256GB: RM3,099
- Honor 600 Pro 12GB + 512GB: RM3,299
- Honor 600 12GB + 512GB: RM2,599
Orange, Golden White, and Black are available across the series. Pre-orders run until April 29, with instant rebates, bundled accessories, and extended warranty coverage thrown in as the usual early-buyer bait. Open sales start from April 30 through Honor stores and partner retailers.
Which Honor 600 model looks like the smarter buy
The Pro is the obvious headline grabber, but the standard Honor 600 may be the more sensible option for most buyers. You still get the same display, battery, charging speed, and 200MP main camera, while skipping the pricier Snapdragon 8 Elite and the extra telephoto hardware. That leaves the Pro for people who will actually use the zoom and performance headroom, which is a smaller crowd than spec sheets like to pretend.
If Honor can keep supply steady and the launch discounts feel real rather than decorative, the 600 series should do fine. The bigger question is whether rivals answer with better value fast enough to make this another short-lived spec war, because that is usually how these mid-premium fights end.