Midrange smartphone offerings have certainly come a long way in the last few years, and are now packing flagship level designs, specs, and user experiences, but for a lot more approachable pricetag. At R7500, HONOR’s 200 Lite offers impressive spec muscle and a sleek, sexy design, that means buyers will have little to no FOMO due to the fact that they did not purchase a range topping flagship model.
Coming in at 161.5 x 74.6 x 7.7 mm and tipping the smartphone scales at approx. 187 g, this midrange smartphone packs a flagship worth 6.7″ FHD+ (2664×1200) AMOLED with rounded corners that makes content consumption a real treat, whether you are browsing the web, watching YouTube videos or Netflix on the Gautrain, you get fantastic detail and colours. Furthermore, the peak HDR brightness of 2000 nits vividly allows for excellent visibility even in bright outdoor settings, making it easy for users to read messages, navigate, or view images anytime, anywhere. The accompanying sound is also quite nice as well.
If you are shooting video, taking photos or creating your own content, the HONOR 200 Lite also has those basis covered thanks to its triple rear camera that consist out of a 50MP Wide Camera (f/1.95 aperture, OIS), as well as a 50MP Telephoto Camera (f/2.4 aperture, OIS), plus a 12MP Ultra Wide Camera (f/2.2 aperture) which all don’t just do an amazing job of offering you a lot of photography versatility, with plenty of detail and colour, zoom versatility but also the ability to record good-llooking 4K (3840×2160) videos. In line with the latest crop of Android-powered cameraphones like the recently-reviewed OPPO Reno12 Pro, HONOR is flexing its AI muscles on the camera setup of its 200 Lite, by offering three distinct portrait modes, namely Environmental Portrait, Atmospheric Portrait, and Close-up Portrait, giving users the flexibility to shoot with various focal lengths effortlessly and by extension, making them look like smartphone photography afficionados.
Selfie shooters are not left out as they get a 50MP front camera (f/2.1 aperture) that also support 4K (3840 × 2160) video recording for gorgeously detailed videos or video calls. Moreover, this camera is also packed with a Selfie Light, enabling users to tap into additional creativity like artistic light effects, also also enabling them to create 3D portraits that bring their selfies to life.
Beyond its optics, the HONOR 200 Lite also sports 5G connectivity, and impressively smooth and snappy performance courtesy of its Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 CPU and Adreno 720 GPU. The mobile CPU utilises one Cortex-A715 clocked at 2.63GHz plus three Cortex-A715 running at 2.4GHz and four Cortex-A510 clocked at 1.8GHz and this means mobile gaming titltes run smoothly, even at the highest settings, but navigating the MagicOS 8.0 (based on Android 14) and multitasking is equally snappy and smooth due to this GPU and CPU pairing plus 8GB and quick 256GB internal storage.
Despite the excellent performance, your battery which in this instance is a large 5200 mAh Lithium polymer battery (Silicon-Carbon Battery) will still last through a working day and can be quick charged thanks to HONOR’s amazeballs 100W SuperCharge.
Ultimately, HONOR 200 Lite offers dazzling looks, a sleek physique, and impressive optics and specs for a very appealing price of R7500 from local retailers like takealot. At this pricepoint, you will be looking at competitors such as HUAWEI’s nova 12s (R8000),Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 13 Pro (R8000) or the Samsung Galaxy A54 (R7500), but out of all of these, the HONOR has the honour of being our recommended choice.
