Phone comparison · UK prices · October 2026
Honor 400 Smart or Galaxy A17: which should you buy?
The short answer
The Honor 400 Smart leads on battery life. The Galaxy A17 leads on the camera and is thinner. The Honor 400 Smart costs £29 more than the Samsung.
Comparing 2 phones
Honor 400 SmartOverall score 56/100
Galaxy A17Overall score 61/100
What the extra money buys
The Honor 400 Smart costs £29 more than the Samsung.
You get: faster charging by cable, a smoother screen and better water resistance.
You give up: an OLED screen, a sharper screen, an ultra-wide camera and a sharper selfie camera.
Worth it if you want faster charging by cable and a smoother screen. Keep the money if an OLED screen matters more to you.
Differences in daily life
Battery and charging
Best: Honor 400 SmartThe Honor 400 Smart charges faster by cable (35 W vs 25 W on the Samsung), so it tops up quicker with a compatible charger.
Screen
Depends on youThe Galaxy A17 has an OLED screen where the Honor has LCD, so blacks look deeper and colours stand out more.
The Honor 400 Smart has the smoother screen (120 Hz vs 90 Hz on the Samsung), so scrolling and animations look more fluid.
Camera
Best: Galaxy A17The Galaxy A17 is the only one with an ultra-wide camera, so it fits more into group shots and landscapes.
Its selfie camera also has more megapixels (13 MP vs 5 MP on the Honor), so selfies and video calls can look more detailed.
Speed
EvenBoth have similar benchmark results, close enough not to matter much day to day.
Toughness
Depends on youThe Honor 400 Smart has the better water and dust rating (IP64 vs IP54 on the Samsung), so it is better protected against water and dust.
The Galaxy A17's screen uses named toughened glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus); the Honor's specs name none.
Size and weight
Best: Galaxy A17The Galaxy A17 is thinner (7.5 mm vs 8.4 mm on the Honor), so it feels slimmer in the hand.
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Scores
| Score | Honor 400 Smart | Galaxy A17 |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 69 | 54 |
| Screen | 53 | 65 |
| Camera | 47 | 58 |
| Speed | 53 | 52 |
| Toughness | 48 | 65 |
| Connections and extras | 68 | 69 |
| Overall | 56 | 61 |
How these scores are made: Each score is calculated from the maker's published specs and benchmark results, using one fixed formula for every phone. We have not tested these phones in the hand. How we score phones
Specs side by side
Display
- Type
- TFT LCDSuper AMOLED
- Size
- 6.77 inches6.7 inches
- Resolution
- 720×1610 pixels1080×2340 pixels
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz90 Hz
- PPI
- 261385
- Aspect ratio
- 20:919.5:9
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 86.0 %86 %
- Max rated brightness
- 700 nits800 nits
- Screen protection
- Scratch-resistant glassCorning Gorilla Glass Victus, Mohs level 5
Core Specifications
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3Samsung Exynos 1330
- Fabrication Technology
- 6 nm5 nm
- CPU max frequency
- 2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
- Microarchitecture
- 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A552x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- Memory type
- LPDDR4XLPDDR5
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 619ARM Mali-G68 MP2
- RAM
- 4GB4GB, 6GB, 8GB
- Storage
- 128GB128GB, 256GB
- Expandable Storage
- N/AmicroSDXC
Software
- Operating System
- Android 15 (Vanilla Ice Cream)Android 15 (Vanilla Ice Cream) , with up to 6 major Android upgrades
Main Camera
- Video Features
- N/AGyro-EIS
- Features
- High Dynamic Range (HDR)High Dynamic Range (HDR) Panorama
- Lenses
- 50 MP , ƒ /1.8 ( Wide-angle ) - PDAF 2 MP , ƒ /2.4 ( Depth )50 MP , ƒ /1.8 ( Wide-angle ), 0.64 μm , 1/2.76" Sensor size Autofocus (AF) - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 5 MP , ƒ /2.2 ( Ultra-Wide angle ), 1.12 μm , 1/5.0" Sensor size 2 MP , ƒ /2.4 ( Macro )
Selfie camera
- Matrix
- 5 MP13 MP
- Lenses
- 5 MP , ƒ /2.2 ( Wide-angle )13 MP , ƒ /2.0 ( Wide-angle ), 1.12 μm , 1/3.1" Sensor size
General
- Announced
- Thursday, 07 August 2025Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Released
- Saturday, 09 August 2025Thursday, 14 August 2025
Battery
- Capacity
- 6500 mAh5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-PolyN/A
- Wired charging power
- 35W25W
Battery Life Test
- Browsing
- 16:22 hh:mm14:46 hh:mm
- Video watching
- 10:33 hh:mm10:19 hh:mm
- Playing games
- 9:17 hh:mm9:23 hh:mm
Design
- Height
- 166.9 mm164.4 mm
- Width
- 76.8 mm77.9 mm
- Thickness
- 8.4 mm7.5 mm
- Weight
- 189 g192 g
- Resistance certificate
- IP64IP54
- Resistance cert. meaning
- Dust-tight and water-resistant (against water splashes)Dust-protected and water-resistant (against water splashes)
Network
- SIM cards
- Dual SIMSingle SIM
- Network_5G bands
- 5G: n1 (2100), n2 (1900 MHz)5G: n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n26 (850), n28 (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (2100), n77 (3700), n78 (3500 MHz)
- Network_4G bands
- LTE: b3 (1800), b41 (2500 MHz)LTE: b1 (2100), b2 (1900), b3 (1800), b4 (1700), b5 (850), b7 (2600), b8 (900), b12 (700), b17 (700), b20 (800), b28 (700), b38 (2600), b40 (2300), b41 (2500), b66 (1700 MHz)
Connectivity
- Bluetooth support
- Yes, v5.1Yes, v5.3
- USB ports
- USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go,USB Type-C 2.0,
- GPS features
- BDS, GALILEO, GLONASS, GPSBDS, GALILEO, GLONASS, GPS, QZSS
Multimedia
- Headphone jack
- YesNo
- Audio type
- Stereo speakers,N/A