Honor has delayed the launch of the Honor 700 line: instead of 13 November, the Honor 700, Honor 700 Pro and Honor 700S will be unveiled on 23 November 2026 at an event in Wuhan, China, at 2:30 p.m. local time. The new date was confirmed on Thursday (13) by Honor CEO Li Jian, and also by the company's global CMO, Guan Haitao.
The company did not explain the reason for the delay. There is no sign of any change to the phones themselves: reservations remain open in China and prices will be revealed at the event.
What Honor has already confirmed
Ahead of the event, Honor has confirmed more details than it had shared before the first date — now official, not just leaks:
- Battery: 9,000 mAh (Qinghai Lake technology) across the line.
- Main camera: 200 MP, with a 4K cinematic Live Photo mode.
- Rear display: a small screen in the camera island, on all three models, that measures heart rate and blood oxygen with one tap.
- Software: MagicOS 11, with Snapdragon processors.
- Colors: Cold White, Clear Sky, Blue Tone and Pink Mist, with up to 16 GB of RAM.
Honor has not yet said which Snapdragon chip powers each model. Leaks point to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 in the Pro and the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 in the standard model, but that is a RUMOR, not official confirmation. The same applies to the 50 MP periscope telephoto with 3.5x optical zoom cited by PhoneWorld.
Actress and singer Ju Jingyi has been announced as the line's ambassador. The new date puts the launch six days after the Xiaomi 18 Pro global launch, set for 17 November.
What the delay means
For buyers in China who have already reserved a phone, the ten-day slip changes little: reservations remain open and prices will be announced at the event. For Honor, the delay is more awkward because the original 13 November date had been announced by the company itself.
The new date also puts the Honor 700 in a busier week: the Xiaomi 18 Pro global launch is set for 17 November, and Xiaomi already sells phones with a rear screen. Honor's bet is the package: a 9,000 mAh battery, a 200 MP camera and the rear display with health features on all three models — something the previous Honor 600 line, launched on 25 May 2026 with an 8,600 mAh battery in the standard model and 8,000 mAh in the Pro, did not have.
Image: the Honor 700 line models, each with a small screen in the camera island. Image credit: Honor, via Phone Opinions.
Sources: Phone Opinions — "Honor 700 launch date moved to 23 November", 13 de novembro de 2026; REVU Philippines — "HONOR 700 Series with dual screens set to debut Nov. 23"
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