Honor 400 Lite VS Honor X7d 4G

The Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G have distinct design characteristics. The Honor 400 Lite is lighter, weighing 171 g, compared to the Honor X7d 4G at 208 g. Additionally, the Honor 400 Lite is thinner at 7.3 mm, while the Honor X7d 4G is slightly thicker at 8.2 mm. In terms of width, the Honor 400 Lite is 74.6 mm, while the Honor X7d 4G is a bit wider at 76.8 mm. The height of the two devices is close, with the Honor 400 Lite measuring 161 mm and the Honor X7d 4G at 166.9 mm. Regarding volume, the Honor 400 Lite is smaller at 87.68 cm³, while the Honor X7d 4G has a larger volume of 105.11 cm³.

When it comes to water resistance, the Honor 400 Lite has no water resistance rating, whereas the Honor X7d 4G is water resistant, with an Ingress Protection (IP) rating of IP65. The Honor 400 Lite has an IP64 rating, offering some protection against dust and water, but not to the same extent as the IP65-rated Honor X7d 4G.

Both devices do not feature a rugged build, and neither can be folded, ensuring a traditional, non-foldable design for both models.

The Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G feature different display technologies and specifications. The Honor 400 Lite uses an OLED/AMOLED display, while the Honor X7d 4G has an LCD, IPS display. In terms of screen size, the Honor 400 Lite offers a 6.7″ display, which is slightly smaller than the 6.77″ screen of the Honor X7d 4G. The pixel density of the Honor 400 Lite is higher, at 394 ppi, compared to 261 ppi on the Honor X7d 4G, resulting in a sharper image on the 400 Lite. Additionally, the resolution of the Honor 400 Lite is 1080 x 2412 px, while the Honor X7d 4G has a lower resolution of 720 x 1610 px.

Both devices have a refresh rate of 120Hz, ensuring smooth visuals, but the Honor 400 Lite supports an Always-On Display, a feature not available on the Honor X7d 4G. The Honor X7d 4G does have branded damage-resistant glass, which the Honor 400 Lite lacks. Neither device supports HDR10 or HDR10+, and both do not feature Dolby Vision support or a secondary screen.

Both devices include touch screens, but the Honor 400 Lite offers a higher overall display quality with its OLED/AMOLED technology, while the Honor X7d 4G’s LCD panel provides a different viewing experience with its IPS technology.

The Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G have different performance specifications, with notable differences in RAM and CPU performance. The Honor 400 Lite comes with 12GB of RAM, whereas the Honor X7d 4G has 8GB of RAM. This gives the Honor 400 Lite a larger memory capacity, which can potentially improve multitasking and performance in memory-intensive applications. Both phones have 256GB of internal storage, offering the same amount of space for apps, media, and files.

When it comes to the chipset, the Honor 400 Lite is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7025, while the Honor X7d 4G uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G. The Honor 400 Lite’s MediaTek chipset features a CPU configuration of 2 x 2.5 GHz and 6 x 2 GHz, while the Snapdragon 685 in the Honor X7d 4G has a CPU with 4 x 2.8 GHz and 4 x 1.9 GHz. This gives the Honor X7d 4G a higher peak clock speed, though the overall performance depends on other factors like power efficiency and optimization.

The Geekbench 6 and 5 results show a clear performance gap. The Honor 400 Lite scores 2291 in the multi-core and 884 in the single-core tests on Geekbench 6, while the Honor X7d 4G scores 1510 (multi-core) and 473 (single-core). The Honor 400 Lite also performs better in Geekbench 5, with scores of 1890 (multi-core) and 690 (single-core) compared to the Honor X7d 4G’s 1787 (multi-core) and 442 (single-core). Additionally, the Honor 400 Lite has a GPU clock speed of 900 MHz and a higher memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, while the Honor X7d 4G has a GPU clock speed of 1260 MHz and a lower memory bandwidth of 17 GB/s. Both devices support 64-bit processing, DirectX 12, and have integrated graphics, but the Honor 400 Lite benefits from faster RAM speed (2750 MHz vs 2133 MHz) and a more advanced DDR memory version (DDR5 vs DDR4).

The Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G both feature dual-lens main cameras, with identical 108 MP and 2 MP configurations. However, the wide aperture values differ slightly: the Honor 400 Lite has a 2.2f aperture for the main lens and 1.8f for the secondary lens, while the Honor X7d 4G features a 2.4f aperture for the main lens and 1.8f for the secondary lens. The front camera on the Honor 400 Lite is 16 MP, while the Honor X7d 4G has a lower 8 MP front camera. Both devices lack a front-facing LED flash.

Both phones offer the same set of camera features, including continuous autofocus, phase-detection autofocus, and the ability to record 1080p video at 30 fps. They also support slow-motion video recording, manual exposure, and HDR modes. Neither device supports HDR10 or Dolby Vision recording. The Honor 400 Lite has a wide aperture of 2.5f for the front camera, while the Honor X7d 4G has a slightly smaller aperture of 2f for its front camera. Additionally, both devices allow in-camera panorama creation, have touch autofocus, and support a timelapse function.

Neither phone features optical zoom, laser autofocus, or the ability to shoot raw images. Both have manual focus and ISO controls, as well as manual white balance. The Honor 400 Lite has a dual-lens main camera, while the Honor X7d 4G has a similar setup, but with a slightly lower front camera resolution. Overall, the two devices are quite similar in terms of their camera capabilities, with only minor differences in front camera resolution and aperture values.

Both the Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G run on Android 15 and offer a similar range of operating system features. Both devices include clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera/microphone privacy options, and theme customization. They also support app tracking blocking, notification permissions, media picker, playing games while they download, and dark mode. Additionally, both phones provide on-device machine learning, battery health check, extra dim mode, dynamic theming, and the ability to offload apps.

There are also several features common to both phones, such as customizable notifications, Live Text, full-page screenshots, split screen support, PiP (Picture-in-Picture), sharing intents, child lock, widgets, offline voice recognition, voice commands, tracking the device's current position, and multi-user system support. Both devices do not feature Quick Start or Wi-Fi password sharing.

The main difference between the two phones in the operating system group is that neither device gets direct OS updates, and neither has focus modes or the ability to be used as a PC. Otherwise, their operating system features are almost identical, offering a consistent user experience across both models.

The Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G both have non-removable, rechargeable batteries, but they differ in battery capacity. The Honor 400 Lite is equipped with a 5230 mAh battery, while the Honor X7d 4G features a larger 6500 mAh battery. Both devices support fast charging at a speed of 35W, and neither has wireless charging capability. Both phones include a battery level indicator to help monitor charge levels, but there is no indication of any differences in their charging behavior beyond battery capacity.

Both devices also lack removable batteries, ensuring that users cannot swap out the battery themselves, and both feature rechargeable battery technology.

In summary, the main difference between the two is the battery power, with the Honor X7d 4G offering a larger capacity of 6500 mAh compared to the 5230 mAh on the Honor 400 Lite, but both support the same fast charging speed and have similar battery-related features.

Both the Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G lack a 3.5 mm audio jack, which means neither device supports wired headphones or audio accessories directly through this port. Additionally, neither phone is equipped with stereo speakers, so audio output may not provide the immersive sound experience typically offered by dual-speaker setups. Both devices also do not support advanced audio technologies such as aptX, LDAC, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, or aptX Lossless, which means they may not deliver the highest quality Bluetooth audio performance. Finally, neither device includes a radio, so FM or AM radio functionality is not available on either model.

In summary, the audio capabilities of both the Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G are quite similar, with both devices lacking traditional audio features like the 3.5 mm audio jack, stereo speakers, high-definition Bluetooth audio codecs, and a built-in radio.

The Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G have distinct connectivity and feature sets. The Honor 400 Lite supports 5G connectivity, while the Honor X7d 4G is limited to 4G. Both phones support Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), offer dual SIM card slots, and have USB Type-C with USB 2.0 support. Bluetooth on the Honor 400 Lite is version 5.3, while the Honor X7d 4G uses Bluetooth 5.0. Both devices include NFC support, a fingerprint scanner, GPS, and a compass.

In terms of additional features, the Honor 400 Lite has a higher download speed of 2770 MBits/s compared to the Honor X7d 4G's 390 MBits/s. The Honor 400 Lite supports Galileo, while the Honor X7d 4G also supports this system, ensuring both devices have enhanced location accuracy. Both devices lack features like crash detection, DLNA certification, a barometer, HDMI output, 3D facial recognition, an iris scanner, and a built-in projector. Additionally, neither has motion or optical tracking, an infrared sensor, or a stylus.

Overall, the Honor 400 Lite offers superior 5G support and higher download speeds compared to the Honor X7d 4G, which only supports 4G. Both devices share many connectivity features, such as dual SIM support, NFC, Bluetooth, GPS, and Galileo, though they do have some differences in Bluetooth version and network capabilities.

The Honor 400 Lite and Honor X7d 4G have identical specifications in the Miscellaneous group. Both devices include a video light for enhanced low-light photography, but neither features sapphire glass display, a curved display, or an e-paper display. These features are absent on both phones, making their display capabilities quite similar in this regard.

In summary, the two devices are almost identical in the miscellaneous features category, both offering a video light and lacking advanced display features such as sapphire glass, curved displays, or e-paper technology.