HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Which One Excels?

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra retails for Rs 54,999 and can be purchased with an instant bank discount of Rs 5,000 on HDFC Bank, SBI Bank, and Axis Bank credit card transactions. However, with the offers, the HONOR 200 Pro is a better buy in terms of money.

HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Design

• The HONOR 200 Pro 5G is available in Ocean Cyan and Black shades with an ultra-slim design. The device has a glass back on the rear with a thickness of 8.2 mm. It weighs 199 grams and has an IP65 rating.
• The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra comes in Peach Fuzz and Forest Grey with a vegan leather finish and Nordic Wood with a wooden panel. The phone has an aluminium frame with a thickness of 8.59 mm, a weight of 197 grams, and IP68 water and dust resistance.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is lighter and gets IP68 water and dust resistance, which the HONOR 200 Pro 5G lacks. However, the HONOR 200 Pro 5G is thinner and offers a glass sandwich design on the rear with an oval-shaped camera module.

If you want to explore something different, the HONOR 200 Pro can be your phone but if the vegan leather finish is to your liking, you can go for the Edge 50 Ultra.

HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Display

• The HONOR 200 Pro 5G flaunts a 6.78-inch quad-curved AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The display has 4000 nits peak brightness, DCI P3 wide colour gamut, wet touch, DXOMARK Gold certification, and 437 PPI.
• The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra sports a 6.7-inch curved 10-bit pOLED display with 1.5K resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection. The panel supports 2500 nits of peak brightness, 1B colours, HDR10+ certification, a 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut, and PANTONE-validated colours.

The HONOR 200 Pro has an advantage over its Motorola competitor as it has a quad-curved design, higher peak brightness, and DXOMARK certification. However, the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra features the world’s first PANTONE-validated display with a higher resolution and refresh rate and gets Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection.

HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Performance

• The HONOR 200 Pro 5G is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC fabricated on a 4nm process. The chipset has one Cortex X4, four Cortex A720, three Cortex A520 cores, an Adreno 735 GPU, and pairs with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 3.1 internal storage. HONOR also equips the smartphone with the RF-Enhanced Chip HONOR C1+ chipset.
• The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra also sports the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC, fabricated on a 4nm process. The chipset is paired with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 internal storage.

Both smartphones are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC, resulting in similar performance, which is evident from the benchmarking scores obtained by the smartphones. However, the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra has a slight advantage over the HONOR 200 Pro 5G with its faster UFS 4.0 storage.

HONOR also equips the smartphone with an All-range Cooling System 2.0 with a large stainless steel biomimetic VC and a total heat dissipation area of 36,881 mm². The HONOR 200 5G also sports GPU Turbo X, which offers low touch delay, Super PC image quality, and virtual display technology.

HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Software

• The HONOR 200 Pro 5G runs Magic OS 8.0 based on Android 14 and gets support for three major Android updates and four years of security patch updates.
• The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra runs Hello UI based on Android 14 and will be eligible for three major Android updates and four years of security patch updates.

Both HONOR 200 Pro 5G and the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra come with a similar upgrade policy, resulting in no advantage for both smartphones. HONOR equips the smartphone with several features, including Air Gestures, Magic Portal, Magic Capsule, Air Gestures, Blur Private Info, and more. The MagicOS 8.0 brings several AI features including AI Neural Network processing, Portrait Detail and Intelligent Facial Enhancement, AI Motion Sensing Capture, AI Vlog Master, AI Auto Capture, AI Scene Recognition, AI One-Click Movie, AI Night Video, and AI Multi-Video features.

The Edge 50 Ultra has the Smart Connect feature, which allows users to control their PC with the smartphone and perform many more functions. Moto Secure ensures the security of Motorola smartphones and also sports multiple gestures to ease the user experience. The Edge 50 Ultra also gets several AI-backed camera features. Motorola also integrates Moto AI, which brings Magic Canvas, Action Shot, AI Adaptive Stabilisation, Photo Enhancement Pro, Intelligent Auto Focus Tracking, and more to the cameras.

HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Cameras

• The HONOR 200 Pro 5G sports a triple setup with a 50MP Super Dynamic H900 primary camera with f/1.79 aperture, OIS, a 12MP ultrawide camera with autofocus and 112° field of view, and a 50MP Sony IMX856 telephoto camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2.5x optical zoom, and 50x digital zoom. The device sports a pill cutout housing a 50MP selfie snapper with an f/2.1 aperture and a 2MP 3D depth camera.
• The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra flaunts a triple camera setup comprising a 50MP primary camera with 1/1.31-sensor size, f/1.6 aperture, and OIS, a 50MP ultrawide camera with autofocus, macro capabilities, f/2.2 aperture, and a 122° field of view, and a 64MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom. Motorola also equips the device with a time-of-flight (laser autofocus) 3-in-1 sensor. For selfies, the devices house a 50MP selfie camera with an f/1.9 aperture and autofocus.

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Both HONOR and Motorola phones have a telephoto camera. The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra has a slightly higher-res ultrawide and telephoto camera, resulting in an advantage over the HONOR 200 Pro 5G.

HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Battery and Charging

• The HONOR 200 Pro 5G is backed by a 5,200mAh silicon battery with support for 100W HONOR SuperCharge wired fast charging tech, which can charge from 0 to 50% in 15 minutes. The smartphone supports reverse wireless charging and 66W wireless charging tech, which can charge from 0 to 64% in 30 minutes.
• The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is backed by a 4,500mAh battery with support for 125W TurboPower wired fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging tech. The device can charge up to 100% in less than 30 minutes using the wired fast charging tech.

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The HONOR 200 Pro 5G comes with a silicon battery, which is unique in the segment and is larger than the HONOR 200 Pro 5G’s battery. HONOR also equips the smartphone with slightly higher wireless fast charging tech. However, the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra supports faster-wired and wireless reverse charging.

HONOR 200 Pro 5G vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Verdict

The HONOR 200 Pro 5G comes in an elegant design, which is relatively unique in the industry and offers a distinctive finish. The smartphone also comes with a larger battery and faster wireless charging options. The smartphone has a large vapour chamber to improve the gaming performance of the device.

In contrast, the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra comes with a higher-res display, a periscope telephoto camera, and faster wired charging. The IP68 dust and water resistance and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection on the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra give it a huge advantage over the HONOR 200 Pro 5G.