Honor 500 vs Vivo V40 Pro
Verdict
Honor 500 and Vivo V40 Pro tie on the OH Rank at a score of 66. Honor 500 wins on Battery and Software; Vivo V40 Pro wins on Main Camera and Selfie. Vivo V40 Pro is 0.9mm wider than Honor 500. Honor 500 is the more recent release, from Nov 27, 2025.
Score Breakdown
Performance /15
Battery /15
Screen /15
IP Protection /15
Main Camera /15
Selfie /5
Video /5
SD Memory /5
Software /5
Desktop Replacement /5
TOTAL
66
66
Honor 500
74.2mm (2.92in) · Nov 27, 2025 · Rank #133
7+13+13+12+9+4+3+0+5+0 = 66
* TOP Battery Endurance* TOP SoftwareMidrange
EDITORIAL: Keeping the 6 month update cycle, Honor delivers a slight changed in direction. The 500 comes with a better then usual chip and a much bigger then usual battery. Very good imaging setup and a great screen are carried over from Honor 400. Too bad this phone is a China-exclusive.
PROs
flagship build aluminium-glass-sandwich, fast SD 8s Gen 4 with UFS 3.1 performance, 48hr endurance from a 8000mAh Si-C battery with sub-80min 80W charging, great >1600nits bright 460ppi AMOLED screen with HDR10+, IP69 protection, very good 200MP PDAF main + an above average 12MP PDAF ultrawide deliver reliable pics, excellent non-AF 50MP selfie, loaded with features and AI tricks MagicOS with 6 years of updates
CONs
somewhat uninspired (bland) design, no wireless charging, no AF on excellent selfie, no expandable memory or desktop replacement functionality, slow USB-C 2.0 port
Vivo V40 Pro
75.1mm (2.96in) · Aug 23, 2024 · Rank #134
7+11+13+12+12+5+3+0+3+0 = 66
* TOP Selfie
EDITORIAL: The V40 Pro punches above it's weight - it is a big upgrade of V30 Pro and signals Vivo's big ambitions for the midrange V line. The build is lovely - a 7.6mm thick glass-sandwich, processor is flagship grade Mediatec, there is reverse wireless charging, very reliable 4 50MP camera setup and V40 Pro could be the first phone to spot IP69 protection (months before arrival of OnePlus 13).
PROs
very thin, fast Mediatec 9200+ with UFS 3.1 performance, >30hr endurance from a 5500mAh Si-C battery with sub-45min 80W charging, 1300nits bright 450ppi AMOLED screen with HDR10+, IP69 protection, flagship grade imaging from a 50MP 24mm main + 50MP 50mm tele (both with OIS PDAF) + 50MP 15mm AF ultrawide (all with Zeiss optics) and a ring-LED flash setup, excellent 50MP 21mm AF selfie, very good video recording (from the main camera), stabile and feature rich Funtouch OS and a very good speaker system sound
CONs
plastic frame is not everyone's cup, no wireless charging, no expandable memory, short OS support, no desktop replacement feature, slow USB-C 2.0, limited market availability
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