The best Honor phones rival the best phones from Samsung, Apple, and Google, but Honor's restricted international presence means its devices are often wrongly overlooked by those in the market for some serious pocket hardware.
The company's latest premium offering, the Honor Magic 7 Pro, boasts some of the best display, performance, and battery credentials money can buy in 2025, while the budget-friendly Honor 400 Lite delivers a handful of flagship-level features on the cheap.
In this guide, we walk you through the best Honor phones for every budget and use case. Whether you're a price-conscious buyer or someone willing to splash the cash, our selection should feature an Honor model for you.
Best Honor phones 2025
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The best Honor phone overall
The Honor Magic 7 Pro is among the best Android phones you can buy in the UK, offering market-leading hardware and a host of unique software features like Deepfake Detection and AI Super Zoom.
On the cameras front, the phone packs a 50MP (f/1.4-2.0) main lens, a 50MP (f/2.0) ultra-wide lens, and a 200MP (f/2.6) telephoto lens, with the last of that number marking a step up over the 180MP telephoto lens in the Magic 6 Pro.
The biggest upgrade, though, comes under the hood. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite is an absolute powerhouse, and when paired with the Magic 7 Pro's 12GB RAM capacity, it delivers seamless browsing, streaming, and gaming performance, the likes of which you'll only find in comprable phones like the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, OnePlus 13, and Xiaomi 15 Ultra.
Due to new EU regulations, the battery in the Magic 7 Pro is slightly smaller than the one in the Magic 6 Pro (5,270mAh vs 5,600mAh), but despite that fact, it delivered some of the best battery life performance we've ever seen in an Android phone.
Are there any downsides to the Magic 7 Pro? Well, its image processing can be hit-and-miss, and Honor's UI still takes some getting used to if you're coming to it from stock Android or iOS. The Magic 7 Pro is also eye-wateringly expensive, but then again, so is every other top-tier Android flagship in 2025.
As for the phone's longevity, it launched with a four-year update promise in January 2025, but Honor has since committed to providing seven years of Android OS and security updates to its latest Magic series devices, including the Magic 7 Pro.
Incidentally, the Magic 7 Pro launched alongside the Porsche Design Magic 7 RSR, which is essentially a souped-up, sportier version of the same phone. It's a tad more expensive, but the upgrades on offer are definitely worth checking out.
Read our full Honor Magic 7 Pro review
The best mid-range Honor phone
If you like the look of Honor's flagship phones but would rather avoid paying their four-figure prices, then Honor's latest middle-of-the-road option, the Honor 400, is well worth considering instead.
Flanked by the cheaper Honor 400 Lite and the more expensive (and decidedly not mid-range) Honor 400 Pro, the Honor 400 offers plenty for its £399.99 price tag, not least a truly stunning 6.55-inch AMOLED display, which blows the screens on comparably-priced phones out of the water.
The phone's Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset is also plenty capable if you're not expecting to use the Honor 400 as a power-hungry productivity tool, and in our testing, its sizeable 5,300mAh battery delivered more than a day of use.
Naturally, being a mid-range phone, there are some compromises. The Honor 400 offers no wireless charging, and while its cameras are undeniably impressive, Honor has jettisoned the Honor 200's 50MP telephoto lens from its successor, meaning you'll have to make do with AI-enhanced zoom shots.
For such an affordable price, though, the Honor 400 offers a more complete package than many other mid-range Android phones on the market. As a value proposition, it's a winner.
Read our full Honor 400 review
The best budget Honor phone
At £249.99, the Honor 400 Lite is the cheapest phone currently available from Honor directly, and a decent pick for those who want iPhone 16 Pro Max-style features on a budget.
For that exceptionally low price, you'll get a vibrant 6.7-inch FHD+ OLED display, a long-lasting 5,230mAh battery, and flagship-level hardware tools like a dedicated AI Camera Button. You will, however, have to settle for occasionally sluggish performance and limited camera capabilities.
That's not to say the Honor 400 Lite can't take great pictures – as we noted in our review of the phone, its main 108MP camera is a competent shooter under ideal conditions – but serious photographers will need to look elsewhere (check out our list of the best camera phones) for real versatility.
The phone's MediaTek Dimensity 7025 Ultra chipset also falls in the 'not terrible but not great' category. You won't have any trouble scrolling and streaming on the Honor 400 Lite, but it can't handle graphically demanding games or intense productivity applications. If you're hoping to use either, you're better off with similarly priced models from Samsung or Motorola.
Mind you, for £249.99, you can't expect the world, and the Honor 400 Lite overdelivers on the design and display fronts (seriously, it looks scarily similar to the iPhone 16 Pro Max). So, if that's what you care about most, you won't be disappointed with this phone.
Read our full Honor 400 Lite review
The best foldable Honor phone
The Honor Magic V3 is a truly special phone, and if it were available to buy in the US, it would surely rank prominently on our list of the best foldable phones.
The Honor Magic V2 already raised the bar for foldable phone design, wiping the floor with the comparatively boxy Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, Google Pixel Fold, and OnePlus Open, and Honor's latest foldable effort is an even more visually impressive device.
The Magic V3 is the thinnest and lightest inward-folding phone on the market in the UK, measuring just 4.35mm when unfolded and 9.2mm when folded (the Oppo Find N5 is a touch lighter still, but it's not currently available in the UK). The Magic V3 trumps the competition on the weighing scales, too, weighing just 226g against the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6's 239g.
The Magic V3 also utilizes Honor's proprietary eye-friendly display technology to deliver two of the most impressive foldable screens yet, while its long-lasting 5,150mAh battery should abate any worries surrounding foldable battery life. The phone boasts an IPX8 water resistance rating and 50W wireless charging, too.
Sure, Honor's Magic OS software continues to lack polish (especially when compared to that of its mainstream rivals), but if you value design over all else, the Magic V3 is pretty much the best foldable money can buy right now.
Read our full Honor Magic V3 review
