Honor 300 Ultra - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP Periscope Telephoto 3.8x

Honor 300 Ultra Review

Honor 300 Ultra is the first Ultra smartphone from Honor in this series, previously Honor released Honor 200 and Honor 200 Pro on May 27, 2024 and there is no Ultra version available in Honor 200 series and now Honor has released Ultra version in Honor 300 series. Honor 300 Ultra was released in China on December 02, 2024 and the smartphone is yet to be released globally.

Honor 300 Ultra is a midrange smartphone so Honor uses the 2023 flagship processor in honor300 ultra which is Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and there is also a big upgrade in the cameras, the smartphone is focusing big on the cameras with a new 3.8x optical zoom telephoto lens which is only available in the Ultra version of the Honor 300 series and there is also an upgrade in the display with the new eight eye protection modes, bigger capacity battery and fast charging and software with many AI features and there are a lot more things which we will talk about and we will also compare it with Honor 300 Pro which is the smaller version of Honor 300 Ultra but before that let's take a look at the key specifications of the Honor 300 Ultra smartphone.

Honor 300 Ultra Specifications

Honor 300 Ultra release date: December, 02, 2024 (China)

Honor 300 Ultra Design:

Glass Back, IP65, 8.2mm thickness & 198 grams

Honor 300 Ultra Display:

6.78-inch 1.5K AMOLED, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+

Honor 300 Ultra Processor:

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4nm), LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1

Honor 300 Ultra Battery:

5300mAh Li-Po, 100W wired Charging

Honor 300 Ultra Camera:

50MP OiS, 50MP, 12MP & 50MP, 2MP

Honor 300 Ultra Price:

¥4199/$579/€549

DESIGN: Glass Back, IP65 & 198 grams

Honor 300 Ultra uses a new and very beautiful design with a different premium looking camera module which has never been used in any smartphone before, the smartphone looks premium but the frame here is made of plastic and the sides come with a thickness of 8.2mm but Honor uses a curved design which blends with the back material and which looks premium as well.

Taking a look at the dimensions of the Honor 300 Ultra, the smartphone has the same dimensions as the Honor 300 which measures 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) in length, 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) in width, 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) in thickness and the weight of the Honor 300 Ultra is 198 grams (6.98oz) or 199 grams for the Leather version or Glass version.

Taking a look at the front side of the Honor 300 Ultra, it has a capsule shape camera module that houses the selfie camera, 3D depth sensor and it has a 6.78-inch curved display with Rhino Glass protection and 90.4% screen to body ratio and Honor has also added a 3D ultrasonic in display fingerprint scanner to the Honor 300 Ultra. On the back side, there is a new and different shaped camera module which you can see in the image and it has triple cameras with long LED flash. The back is made up of two materials, one is a glass back which comes with a black color option and the other is an eco leather back which comes with a white color option.

There are power and volume buttons on the right side, the left side is blank and there is speaker, microphone and IR sensor on the top and speaker, USB Type C 2.0 port, microphone and SIM card slot with dual nano SIM support on the bottom. The Honor 300 Ultra has two colour options: black, white and it comes with IP65 dust and water resistant rating.

Honor 300 Ultra Design Specs

Dimensions: 163.8 x 75.3 x 8.2 mm (6.45 x 2.96 x 0.32 inches)

Weight: 198 grams or 6.98 oz

SiM: dual nano sim support

Sound: stereo speakers

Colors: Black, White

Glass Back or Eco leather back, Giant rhino glass (front), plastic frame, IP65, USB type C 2.0, 90.4% screen to body ratio, 3D ultrasonic fingerprint scanner

DISPLAY: 6.78 inch 1.5K AMOLED, 120Hz

Honor 300 Ultra comes with a new 6.78 inch 1.5K AMOLED display. This display has a 120Hz refresh rate that supports 60/90/120Hz adaptive refresh rate and has a 240Hz touch sampling rate, 3840Hz higher PWM dimming that protects eyes in dark environments. This display supports HDR10+ and 10 bit color depth that shows up to 1.07 billion colors and has 437ppi density. Talking about brightness, Honor 300 Ultra has 1200nits HBM brightness and 4000nits peak brightness.

Overall the display quality is really good and Honor has also added eight eye protection functions to the display of Honor 300 Ultra which are given below

Circularly polarized light eye protection, 3840Hz PWM zero-risk dimming, natural light eye protection, hardware-level low blue light, natural color display, AI sleep-aiding display, AI defocus eye protection, AI dry eye friendly

Honor 300 Ultra Display Specs

6.78 inch 1.5K AMOLED display

120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate

3840Hz PWM dimming

Resolution: 1224 x 2700 pixels

Brightness: 1200nits (HBM), 4000nits (peak)

Features: HDR10+, 10bit, 1.07 billion colors, Eight Eye protection functions, Always on display, DCL-P3, 437ppi density

PROCESSOR: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4nm)

After the display, Honor has made a big upgrade in the processor, Honor 300 Ultra comes with Snapdragon's 2023 flagship processor which is Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This processor is an octa core processor based on 4nm architecture and has 3.0GHz highest frequency core. This processor has 1 core (Cortex-X4) at 3.0 GHz, 5 cores (Cortex-A720) at 2.95 GHz, 2 cores (Cortex-A520) at 2.0 GHz and Adreno 750 GPU.

honor 300 ultra single core score: 2119

honor 300 ultra multi core score: 6702

honor 300 ultra antutu score: 2119571

Apart from this, Honor has also used LPDDR5 RAM type and UFS 3.1 storage type in Honor 300 Ultra

SOFTWARE AI & CONNECTIVITY

Now we are talking about software and AI which is also the main highlight of Honor 300 Ultra, Honor 300 Ultra comes with Android 15, Magic OS 9 and AI and other features of Magic OS 9 are shown below

Smart Capsule (timely reminder of key information), AI Smart (support smart Q&A and AI polishing), Exclusive themes (variety of exclusive themes are available), New widgets on dextop, AI translation, honor digital human, yoyo personal agent, one circle search etc

Honor 300 ultra has Bluetooth 5.3 and wifi 7 connectivity and it also supports NFC.

Honor 300 Ultra Processor Specs

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4nm)

CPU: Octa-core

1 x 3.0 GHz (Cortex-X4)

5 x 2.95 GHz (Cortex-A720)

2 x 2.0 GHz (Cortex-A520)

GPU: Adreno 750

Memory: LPDDR5 RAM type, UFS 3.1 storage type

Software: Android 15, Magic OS 9.0

Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3 & WiFi 7

Sensor: Gravity sensor, infrared sensor, ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, gyroscope, compass, ambient light sensor, proximity light sensor (non-physical device, replaced by ultrasound), acceleration sensor, linear motor, NFC

Network: GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

BATTERY: 5300mAh, 100W

The next thing we are talking about is the battery, there is confusion about the battery type that Honor has used new Si/C battery in Honor 300 Ultra but if we look at the official page of Honor 300 Ultra then Honor shows that Honor 300 Ultra has a Li-Po battery with 5300mAh capacity and Honor also shows that the rated battery capacity is 5170mAh. This battery supports 100W fast wired charging which will charge the smartphone 59% in 15 minutes and will be fully charged in 0:41 hours and Honor has also added 80W fast wireless charging in Honor 300 Ultra which will charge the smartphone 39% in 15 minutes and Honor 300 Ultra also supports 5W reverse wired charging.

Honor 300 Ultra Battery Specs

5300mAh Li-Po battery (*rated capacity 5170mAh)

Charging Speed: 100W wired fast charging

59% in 15 minutes

100% in 0:41 hours

80W wireless charging

39% in 15 minutes

5W reverse wired charging

CAMERA: 50MP, 50MP, 12MP & 50MP, 2MP

The only difference between Honor 300 Ultra and Honor 300 Pro is the cameras, otherwise everything is the same. Honor 300 Ultra has a triple camera setup on the back consisting of a 50MP OiS main camera with Sony MIX906 (1/1.56") sensor, 50MP OiS periscope telephoto with 3.8x optical zoom and this camera comes with IMX858 (1/2.51") sensor and it supports up to 100x digital zoom, 12MP ultrawide with 112° field of view and 50MP selfie camera, 2MP depth on the front. The primary camera, ultrawide and selfie camera of Honor 300 Ultra is the same as Honor 300 Pro and the telephoto lens has been upgraded from 3x to 3.8x optical zoom.

Following are the camera features of Honor 300 Ultra.

Camera features:

Rear Camera shooting

Yagu portrait art style, Eagle Eye wonderful capture, AI ultra-clear portrait, dynamic photo, time-lapse photography, AI photography, ultra-wide angle, large aperture, multi-lens video, night scene mode, portrait mode, professional photography, video, slow motion, panoramic mode, HDR photography, night scene video, micro-movie, smart wide angle, filter, watermark, document scanning, super macro, smile capture, voice-activated photography, timed shooting, continuous shooting, telephoto picture-in-picture, moon mode, high-pixel mode, up to 100x digital zoom

Video: up to 4K video support

Front Camera shooting

Dynamic photo, portrait mode, natural beauty, classic beauty, filter, smile capture, selfie mirror, voice-activated photo, timed shooting, gesture photo, night scene mode, watermark mode, high-pixel mode, multi-lens recording

Video: up to 4K video support

Honor 300 Ultra Camera Specs

50 MP OiS main camera

f/2.0, Sony IMX906 (1/1.56"), 1.0µm, PDAF

50 MP OiS Periscope Telephoto with 3.8x optical zoom

f/3.0, Sony IMX858 (1/2.51"), 0.7µm, PDAF, OIS, up to 100x digital zoom

12 MP Ultrawide with 112° FOV

f/2.2, AF

50 MP Selfie camera

f/2.1

2 MP depth

f/2.4, (front), TOF 3D

Honor 300 Ultra Price

The following price is from China, when the global release will happen we will update the global price below

(China)

Honor 300 ultra 16GB/512GB: ¥4199/$579/€549

Honor 300 ultra 16GB/1TB: ¥4699/$647/€614