Honor 600 and 600 Pro arrive in China with massive batteries

China has received its own variants of the Honor 600 series with notably larger batteries than the global versions, reversing the brand’s usual release order by following an international launch rather than preceding it.

The most significant difference between the Chinese and global models lies in battery capacity, with the standard Honor 600 for China carrying an 8,600mAh cell against the 7,000mAh unit found in the international version, while the Chinese Honor 600 Pro ships with an 8,000mAh battery to the global model’s matching 7,000mAh ceiling.

That expanded capacity arrives alongside a chipset step-down on the Pro variant, as the Chinese Honor 600 Pro runs a Dimensity 8550 processor rather than the Snapdragon 8 Elite powering the international version, a trade-off that places endurance ahead of peak processing performance in the regional configuration.

Beyond those two distinctions, the Chinese and global hardware share the same core specifications: both variants are built around a 6.57-inch 120Hz OLED display and 80W wired fast charging, while the Pro models on both sides of the market add 50W wireless charging to that wired capability.

The camera systems also carry across without modification, with the standard Honor 600 pairing a 200MP main sensor with a 12MP ultrawide unit and the Pro adding a 50MP periscope telephoto lens with 3.5x optical zoom, a configuration that places the Pro in direct competition with premium devices from Samsung and Xiaomi targeting photography-focused buyers.

The Chinese Honor 600 enters an early-bird sale priced from CNY 3,699, which converts to approximately £395, while the Pro opens at CNY 4,699, or roughly £500, positioning both models in a competitive tier relative to comparable hardware in the wider Android market.

Don’t expect these bigger-battery units to ship outside of China though; like with other Chinese brands like Xiaomi, Honor’s phones tend to have a bigger battery locally than globally, mainly due to EU laws on the maximum capacity of batteries that can be shipped.