We put the Honor 200 Pro through our rigorous SBMARK Display test suite to measure its performance across four criteria. In the results of this test, we will analyze how it performed in a series of tests and in several common use cases.
Overview
Key display specifications
- 6.8 inch OLED
- Dimensions 63.3×75.2mmx8.2mm
- Resolution: FHD+ 2700×1224 pixels
- Refresh rate: 120Hz
- Aspect ratio: ~20:9
Pros
- Good color accuracy in all tested lighting conditions
- Good HDR10 video performance in low light conditions
- Excellent touch-to-display response time
Against
- Lack of fluidity when browsing the web
- Lack of luminance for video content in indoor conditions
- Lots of discrepancies between frames, especially for 60fps content
- Low peak luminance in harsh environments
The Honor 200 Pro’s display showed excellent performance in our Display protocol, supported by achieving a maximum color score and excellent haptics.
The Honor 200 Pro’s flicker-free screen provided well-matched brightness in low-light and indoor conditions. However, the readability of the display was challenged by external lighting, and the device failed to match the luminance and contrast levels of its competitors.
Color rendering was by far the strongest aspect of the display. The device’s colors, tested in faithful mode, were accurate throughout. This, along with color uniformity, earned the device the highest score in this attribute. Despite a slight green color shift when viewed from an angle, the screen managed to maintain color accuracy.
The touch performance was highlighted by a very fast and precise average response time of 56 ms. Furthermore, the device showed no signs of reacting to any inadvertent touches. However, there was a slight lack of fluidity when scrolling the web and viewing the Gallery app.
Video performance was good overall, but results were limited primarily due to numerous visible frame discrepancies, especially on content viewed at 60 frames per second. The device screen luminance of several videos was generally low when viewed indoors.
The Honor 200 Pro’s flicker-free, well-controlled luminance, color consistency and effective blue light filtering have also earned it SBMARK’s Eye Comfort label, distinguishing it as a visually comfortable device to use in conditions of low light.
Test summary
About SBMARK display tests: For scoring and analysis, a device is subjected to a series of objective and perceptual tests under controlled laboratory and real-life conditions. The SBMARK Display Score takes into account the overall user experience provided by the screen, considering hardware capability and software optimization. Only factory-installed video and photo apps are used during testing. More in-depth details on how SBMARK tests displays can be found in the article “A Closer Look at SBMARK Display Testing.”
The following section focuses on the key elements of our comprehensive testing and analysis performed in SBMARK laboratories. Comprehensive reports with detailed performance evaluations are available upon request. To order a copy, contact us.
How the display readability score is composed
Readability evaluates the user’s ease and comfort in viewing stationary content, such as photos or a web page, on the display under different lighting conditions. Our measurements performed in laboratories are complemented by perceptual tests and analyses.
Skin tone rendering in an outdoor environment (50,000 lux).
From left: Honor 200 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S24, Google Pixel 8
(Photo for illustrative purposes only)
SCI stands for Specular Component Included, which measures both diffuse reflection and specular reflection. The reflectance of a simple glass plate is around 4%, while it reaches around 6% for a plastic plate. Although the first surface of smartphones is glass, their total reflectance (uncoated) is usually around 5% due to multiple reflections created by the complex optical stack.
The average reflectance is calculated based on the spectral reflectance in the visible spectrum range (see graph below) and human spectral sensitivity.
Uniformity
This graph shows the luminance distribution across the entire display panel. Uniformity is measured with a 20% gray pattern, with bright green indicating ideal luminance. An evenly distributed bright green color across the screen indicates that the display brightness is uniform. Other colors indicate a loss of uniformity.
Displays flicker for 2 main reasons: refresh rate and pulse width modulation. Pulse width modulation is a modulation technique that generates pulses of variable width to represent the amplitude of an analog input signal. This measurement is important for comfort because low-frequency flickering can be perceived by some individuals and, in more extreme cases, can induce seizures. Some experiments show that discomfort can occur more frequently. A high PWM frequency (>1500 Hz) tends to disturb users less.
How the display color score is composed
Color evaluations are performed under different lighting conditions to see how well the device handles color with its surroundings. The devices are tested with sRGB and Display-P3 image models. Both faithful mode and default mode are used for our evaluation. Our measurements performed in laboratories are complemented by perceptual tests and analyses.
Circadian action factor is a metric that defines the impact of light on the human sleep cycle. It is the ratio between the light energy that contributes to sleep disturbances (centered around 450 nm, representing blue light) and the light energy that contributes to our perception (covering 400 nm to 700 nm and centered at 550 nm, which is green light). A high circadian action factor means that the ambient light contains strong blue light energy and is likely to affect the body’s sleep cycle, while a low circadian action factor means that the light has weak blue light energy and is less likely to affect sleep patterns.
How the Display Video score is composed
The video attribute evaluates the handling of Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) and High Dynamic Range (HDR10) video in indoor and low-light conditions. Our measurements performed in laboratories are complemented by perceptual tests and analyses.
These indicators present the percentage of frame irregularity in a 30-second video. These irregularities are not necessarily perceived by users (unless they are all with the same timestamp) but are an indicator of performance.
How the Display Touch score is composed
We evaluate touch attributes in many types of content where touch is critical and requires different behaviors such as gaming (fast touch and response times), web (smooth page scrolling), and images (accurate and smooth navigation from image to image). other ).
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