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Honor 400 vs Fairphone 6

69 out of 100
Honor 400
VS
66 out of 100
Fairphone 6
Honor 400
Fairphone 6

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.55-inch Honor 400 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Fairphone 6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 and came out 1 month after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory
8 / 256 GB
  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor 400
  • Delivers 110% higher peak brightness (1540 against 733 nits)
  • Comes with 1585 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4415 mAh
  • Water-resistant body (IP66 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 30W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 6.3% more screen real estate
  • Reverse charging feature
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 6
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB

Review

Evaluation of Honor 400 and Fairphone 6 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
53.2
(Average)
Value Index
35.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor 400
vs
Fairphone 6

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.31 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2736 pixels 1116 x 2484 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 431 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 83.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 97.2%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Honor 400
6.55β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
Fairphone 6
6.31β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor 400 +110%
1540 nits
Fairphone 6
733 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) 156.5 mm (6.16 inches)
Width 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) 73.3 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) 9.6 mm (0.38 inches)
Weight 184 g (6.49 oz) 193 g (6.81 oz)
Waterproof IP66 IP55
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Gold, Blue White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Repairability Good (3.63/5) Excellent (4.77/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) Β· 180 drops Excellent (A) Β· 300 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor 400 +8%
90.2%
Fairphone 6
83.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor 400 and Fairphone 6
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Max clock 2630 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
L3 cache 3 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 720 Adreno 810
GPU shading units 512 256
GPU clock 975 MHz 1050 MHz
FLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor 400 and Fairphone 6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor 400
1136
Fairphone 6 +2%
1161
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor 400
3107
Fairphone 6 +9%
3390
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor 400
4060
Fairphone 6 +19%
4823
Compute Score (GPU) 4060 4823
Single-core score 1136 1161
Multi-core score 3107 3390
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 400 +6%
1087525
Fairphone 6
1027025
CPU 403084 417057
GPU 207834 181597
Memory 216538 192786
UX 260069 235585
Total score 1087525 1027025
Samples [32 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
Graphics score - 413
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 13557
Video editing - 7169
Photo editing - 21690
Data manipulation - 11111
Writing score - 16942
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor 400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Baclaven)AnTuTu 11947758
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Iulitic211Rg)AnTuTu 111102591
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (TheOdin)AnTuTu 111098513
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 (brozzlex)AnTuTu 111089031
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-02 (ElijaHaH)Geekbench 6 GPU3475
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Fairphone 6
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 2048 GB

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MagicOS 10 -
OS updates 6 years 8 years
Security updates 6 years 8 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 4415 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No Yes
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (80% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 25 min)
Full charging time 0:41 hr 1:15 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:20 hr -
Watching video 12:17 hr -
Gaming 05:43 hr -
Standby 121 hr -
General battery life
Honor 400
23:16 hr
Fairphone 6
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Sony LYTIA-700C
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor size - 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Sensor CMOS Samsung KD1
Sensor size - 1/3.42" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1440p at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2025 June 2025
Release date May 2025 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $599
Successor - Honor 500 -
SAR (head) - 0.48 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.38 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, gaming, battery life, connectivity, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Honor 400. But if the performance is more of a priority – go for the Fairphone 6.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
2 (33.3%)
4 (66.7%)
Total votes: 6

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