If you need a new Android smartphone with premium features that doesn’t cost a fortune, then the Honor 400 Pro and Poco F7 Ultra are two brilliant options.
The Honor 400 Pro, for example, sports an impressively high-res 200MP main camera and unique AI tools, while the Poco F7 Ultra offers bleeding-edge performance perfect for gamers, and rapid charging to boot.
To help you choose, we’ve reviewed the specs of Honor 400 and Poco F7 Ultra and highlighted the five biggest differences between the two to help you decide which is best for your needs.
Keep reading to see how the two compare and decide whether the newly launched Honor 400 Pro is likely to earn a spot on our best Android phone or best mid-range phone lists.
Pricing and Availability
The Honor 400 Pro, alongside the Honor 400, is available to buy now. As its name suggests, the Honor 400 Pro is the more expensive of the series with a starting RRP of £699.99.
Launched earlier this year, the Poco F7 Ultra has an RRP of £649, although we have found numerous price drops for the handset since its launch. In fact, at the time of writing, you can nab the phone for £549.
Poco F7 Ultra runs on the Snapdragon 8 Elite
Although it’s cheaper than other phones sporting the processor, the Poco F7 Ultra boasts Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. While we’ve found Snapdragon 8 Elite to be seriously powerful in other phones like the OnePlus 13 and Samsung Galaxy S25 series, the Poco F7 Ultra is still a “little way behind” them.
Having said that, the Poco F7 Ultra did comfortably outscore last year’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is what powers the Honor 400 Pro. Even so, considering the processor is just over a year old, it still represents a solid choice for a more affordable phone.
Plus, the 400 Pro benefits from 12GB Turbo RAM, which Honor explains provides “ultra-fast AI computing power”, while the GPU Turbo X Game Engine “elevates graphics performance for a smoother, more immersive AI gaming experience.”
Honor Pro 400
Poco F7 Ultra
Poco F7 Ultra supports 120W charging
With support for up to a whopping 120W, the Poco F7 Ultra offers seriously fast charging speeds, although you will need to buy a compatible charger separately. We found the F7 Ultra took just 32 minutes to charge from 1-100%, while its 5300mAh cell meant the phone saw through just over one day of use before needing a top-up.
The Honor 400 offers slightly slower charging support with 100W SuperCharge, though Honor promises this will charge up to 50% in just 15 minutes. Like the Poco F7 Ultra, you will need to purchase a compatible charger separately.
Honor 400 Pro has a 200MP main camera
Both handsets are equipped with three rear cameras, although they differ in resolution. The Honor 400 Pro boasts a whopping 200MP main lens fitted with 50x zoom to ensure “exceptional clarity, even in low-light conditions.”
Alongside its main lens is a 12MP ultrawide and macro camera for capturing expansive scenes and a 50MP telephoto with a 3x optical zoom. We found generally the sensors are “pretty good in ideal conditions” although the phone did struggle in low-light conditions.
On the other hand, the F7 Ultra sports 50MP main, 50MP telephoto and 32MP ultrawide lenses. While the primary lenses offer good detail in bright and consistent lighting and “snaps photos pretty quickly”, the zoom camera is what we found to be the “strong point”. Able to deliver “strong, detail-rich results without any obvious weakness”, we even found zoom results could look warmer than the primary.
If you prefer more consistent photography, our list of the best camera phones offers better options.
Honor 400 Pro
Poco F7 Ultra
Honor 400 Pro has an IP68 and IP69 rating
Much like some of the best Android phones of the year, the Honor 400 Pro offers a combination of IP68 and IP69 dust and water resistance. The Poco F7 Ultra, on the other hand, has just an IP68 rating.
While an IP68 rating means the device is dust-tight and protected in continuous immersion in water, the addition of IP69 means the device is also protected against high-pressure and temperature water jets.
For additional peace of mind, the Honor 400 Pro has a five-star anti-drop certification from SGS, which the company promises means the phone is built to withstand day-to-day life. Poco hasn’t disclaimed any additional drop-resistance ratings or the display type either.
Honor 400 Pro
Poco F7 Ultra
Honor 400 Pro has a brighter screen
At 6.7 inches, the Honor 400 Pro is slightly bigger than the 6.67-inch Poco F7 Ultra, although both sport an AMOLED display. Otherwise, the Honor 400 Pro’s display is fitted with Honor’s AI Eye Comfort technology, which includes AI Defocus Eyecare and Dynamic Dimming, which Honor promises should reduce eye fatigue by 18%.
Plus, with a peak brightness of 5000 nits, the Honor 400 Pro is significantly brighter than the Poco F7 Ultra, which offers a peak brightness of 3200 nits, covering 25% of the display. Having said that, it’s worth noting that we still found the F7 Ultra was “more than bright enough to remain visible outdoors in bright daylight.”
Early Verdict
Although the Poco F7 Ultra outperformed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset in our benchmarking tests, it’s challenging to draw a clear conclusion between the two. While the F7 Ultra supports 120W charging, the Honor 400 Pro isn’t too far behind with 100W support, and both handsets have three cameras too.
