Honor has lifted the curtain on its new number series in China, and it comes with a surprise — a secondary display on the back! The lineup features three models — the Honor 700, Honor 700 Pro, and Honor 700S — and all three of them come equipped with a cool rear display.
Honor unveils the Honor 700 series in China
There's a rear display inside the camera plateau of the Honor 700. | Image by Honor
The company has officially debuted the next generation of its number series, the Honor 700. The models are already available for pre-order and, along with the aforementioned rear display, they come with some vibrant color options.
Design-wise, all three models look identical from the front, featuring displays with slim bezels and rounded corners, along with a hole-punch camera in the center.
On the back, there's the cool rear display inside the camera plateau. It looks like a smartwatch display, square in shape and probably using OLED tech, but the exact diagonal and resolution remain a mystery.
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Honor 700 series specs and features
Honor hasn't disclosed the exact specs of the models, but it's believed these are upper-midrange devices. Previous leaks and rumors suggest that the 700 Pro model will use a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset, while the vanilla 700 and the S will come equipped with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processors.
The 700 series is tipped to also feature 6.57-inch displays, a 9,000 mAh battery, and a 200MP main rear camera across all models.
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Looking at the listings on Honor's Chinese online store, all models start at 12GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage, and you can get one with up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage as well.
The available colors are Blue Tone, Cold White, Clear Sky, and Pink Mist.
Not the first phone with a rear display
The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max started the rear display trend. | Image by Xiaomi
Xiaomi was the first big smartphone brand to launch a mainstream model with a rear display. The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max launched back in 2025 and featured a 2.66-inch OLED display with a 904 x 572-pixel resolution, up to a 120Hz refresh rate, and brightness hitting 3,500 nits.
Unlike the Honor 700 series, Xiaomi spans the rear display across the whole camera plateau, wrapping around the camera much like a flip phone cover screen.
The Xiaomi 18 series continued this trend, echoing Xiaomi president Lu Weibing's words that the company will continue to make phones with rear screens.
The difference here is that Honor's number series has always served as a midrange alternative to the flagship Magic devices. The exact price is still a mystery, but the 700 series might be your cheapest way to try this rear display idea.
Do we need a secondary display on the rear of our slab phones?
Secondary displays are quite useful but they come at a price. | Image by PhoneArena
That's a pretty complex question. If money is not an issue, I would say yes. The added functionality is great.
You can check notifications with your phone placed face-down on the table, you can take selfies with the main camera using the screen as a camera viewfinder, and you can customize it to show valuable information and save battery by not running AOD on your main screen.
But these things cost money, and if a rear screen means $200 on top of the regular price of a given smartphone, then my answer would be "no, thanks."
That said, I don't see big players such as Samsung and Apple hopping on this trend anytime soon, especially with ongoing price hikes. This would mean even more expensive phones, and we're already seeing a serious dip in sales.
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