Honor 400 Pro review

Design, build quality, handling

The Honor 400 Pro is not your typical curved smartphone. It has glass panels and a plastic frame, and all these three elements feature subtle curvatures around the edges. This way the phone looks thinner, more aesthetically appealing, and feels better in your hand.

There is no information on the glass panels' maker but given that the phone has scored 5 stars on SGS's drop and shock resistance tests, we can only hope they are as tough as the latest Corning solutions. The rear glass has a cool frosted finish, which makes the whole piece fingerprint resistant.

The frame is thick for a better grip and with matte finish for smudge resistance. While it successfully leaves the impression of being metal, we can confirm it is made of plastic.

The Honor 400 Pro, in addition to the drop and shock resistance, is also IP68 and IP69 rated. These two ratings mean dust-tightness, resistance to submerging in clean water, and endurance against heated high-pressure water jets. The previous Honor models were limited to IP65-rating and we are glad the maker has upped the durability that much.

The Honor 400 Pro is available in Midnight Black, Lunar Grey (ours), and Tidal Blue, though the last option is limited to a couple of markets only.

Let's spin the Honor 400 Pro for a closer look now.

The front is all screen, of course. The large 6.7-inch OLED is of high resolution and high refresh rate, it can show over 1B colors, and it is HDR video certified. The bezels are nicely thin!

The pill-shaped cutout contains the 50MP selfie camera and a 2MP depth sensor. Honor has taken inspiration from iOS and has implemented similar animations and features around the selfie camera punchhole like you get with Apple's Dynamic Island.

Under the screen is placed an optical fingerprint scanner, which works great.

We noticed the phone uses a virtual proximity sensor. An approach that has been proven unreliable during phone calls, and the display might not turn off, or might turn on in the middle of a call.

The Honor 400 Pro has powerful stereo speakers. One is at the bottom, while another one also serves as an earpiece with both front- and top-facing sound outlets.

The back of the Honor 400 Pro is all smooth glass with a giant camera housing. It has an asymmetrical shape, just like previous Honor models. This year, it's a jutting-out trapezoid, surrounded by some glossy plastic. All three cameras - primary, zoom, and ultrawide - are surrounded by sticking out plastic rings.

The flash is also on this camera island.

There are no extra buttons (AI, camera, etc.) on the frame.

The left side is completely bare, while the power and lock keys are on the right.

The top houses an IR blaster and a microphone.

The bottom has the USB-port, the dual-SIM tray, and the primary microphone. eSIM is also supported on the Honor 400 Pro.

The phone measures 160.8 x 76.1 x 8.1 mm and weighs 205 grams, which is alright for a 6.7-incher.

The Honor 400 Pro is of a solid build, no two ways about it. It also has a beautiful, clean design and unique-looking camera housing.

The phone is grippy enough, and we think most people would find it good enough to be used without a case (you don't get one in the box anyway).

Overall, we liked the Honor 400 Pro and it scores an easy A for looks, durability, and handling.