A recent leak by tipster Digital Chat Station revealed that Honor will announce the Honor 500 and GT 2 series before the end of this year in China. In a new development, two new Honor phones have surfaced in the database of China’s 3C certification platform. These appear to be the upcoming Honor 500 and 500 Pro.
Honor 500 series 3C certified
The above screenshot reportedly shows that two upcoming Honor phones with model numbers MEP-AN00 and MEY-AN00 have received approval from China’s 3C certification platform. The MEP-AN00 and MEY-AN00, which are said to carry the codenames “Merry” and “MerryP”, have been spotted with an 80W charger.
Chinese tech bloggers have speculated that these could be the forthcoming Honor 500 and 500 Pro smartphones. Now that they are 3C certified, the series is likely to break cover in November in China.
According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the Honor 500 series prototypes that he has come across were in shades like black, silver, pink, and blue. A recent leak revealed that the Honor 500 Pro will feature a 6.5-inch 1.5K OLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and a triple camera setup featuring a 200-megapixel main camera, an ultra-wide lens, and a OV64 64-megapixel periscope telephoto camera.
On the other hand, the Honor 500 may feature a 6.5-inch 1.5K OLED screen and a 200-megapixel dual-camera system. There is no information about the chipset that will power the standard edition.
The Honor 500 series is expected to face competition from the Vivo S50 lineup and the Oppo Reno 15 series. DCS recently revealed the key specifications of the Reno 15 and 15 Pro, but the rumour mill is yet to leak concrete details about the Vivo S50 lineup.
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