The year isn’t over yet but we can give high praise to the HONOR 600 for being one of the phones you’d want to have in your pocket. It is beautiful and has the specs sheets to show its power. It is tough and has excellent camera features. It is an all-in-one package.

To get in a little deeper, let’s first talk about the camera. The HONOR 600 has a two-rear camera setup, one 200MP and one 12MP for autofocus. They capture brilliant pictures without compromise. If you need to touch up some things, the HONOR 600 has the AI tools needed for that, such as removing unwanted objects or people in the background. The front camera features 50MP, which is more than capable in ensuring you and your group look good.

The HONOR 600 feels premium. This is something I don’t say lightly, but holding it is solid and sleek. I’ve held hundreds of phones in my years as a technology journalist and the HONOR 600 feels one of the few special ones. It’s hard to pinpoint or describe how it feels in the hand without glazing it too much. It simply feels great and looks great. But that’s just me. The phone is out now and it is available for display across HONOR stores, so if you are interested in an upgrade, you should at the very least, check the HONOR 600 out.

Along its highlights, the HONOR 600 is built tough. HONOR has been building tough phones for a while now. We’ve seen them dropped multiple times, submerged in water, boiled, and catapulted. The HONOR 600 is one of those devices that can resist the elements without causing worry.

The display features a 6.57-inch AMOLED screen with 2728 by 1264 resolution. The colors are bright and the images are sharp. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, which is powerful enough to run almost every app out there. RAM can go up to 12GB, but the review unit sent to us was 8GB, which still makes a speedy device.

I am still coming to grips with the idea that batteries can go as high up as 7000mAh and more in mobile phones. Back in the day, 3000mAh was making big headlines. But yes, the 7000mAh of the HONOR 600 makes it even more attractive, you can game more and binge more, with less worry of it dying as you head home from work or from your night out.

In the lower right side of the HONOR 600 is a dedicated AI button. Pressing it will bring out AI features like Circle to Search. You can change this in the settings to launch other AI features or a shortcut to fire up the camera app.

There is also this interesting feature called Transparency mode, which is very interesting, if not familiar for some, where you can adjust the transparency of certain backgrounds. It creates a nice layer on screen that adds depth, making your screen feel more dynamic and alive in a way.

In all, the HONOR 600 is an excellent new entry into the phone maker’s growing portfolio of highly impressive devices. That wasn’t to say their previous devices haven’t been short of impressive. Some of my earliest reviewed phones were the HONOR 6 and the HONOR 4C, about a decade ago, and seeing the strides HONOR has made with the 600 series has really shown me how old I have become… I mean, how far HONOR has come with their innovation and technology.

If it isn’t obvious, the HONOR 600 gets two thumbs up in our book. An easy recommendation for anyone who wants a new phone. But, as we always say, don’t just take our word for it, go see for yourself what the HONOR 600 can do for you.