Honor presented four new devices designed for mobile gaming in China: smartphones Win2 And Win RT2the cheapest Win Turbo2 and the tablet WinPad. The common thread among all is the presence of an active fan system mounted directly in the body, a solution that is anything but obvious on portable devices.
The top model is the Win2, built around the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 at 2nm, supported by LPDDR5X Ultra memory and UFS 4.1 storage. The dissipation system entrusted to two fans lowers temperatures up to 14.4°C and Honor speaks of a 150% improvement in heat dissipation compared to the previous model, despite the phone maintaining IP68, IP69 and IP69K certifications.
The 6.89-inch display in 2K resolution runs at 185Hzwith 0.93mm symmetrical edges, 10,000 nit peak brightness, 5,000Hz touch sampling and 5,920Hz PWM dimming. Honor claims an average of 184.8 FPS in Crossfire during five hours of continuous play with the cap set at 185 FPS, in addition to native 185 FPS support in more than 40 titles.
To fuel everything there is a 10,100 mAh silicon-carbon batterywith wired charging at 100W, wireless charging at 80W and reverse charging at 27W to recharge external accessories. On the back there is a 200MP main camera with a 1/1.4 inch sensor, flanked by a 12MP ultra-wide angle. The list prices range from 5,499 yuan (around 730 euros) of the 12GB+256GB version to 7,999 yuan (around 1,070 euros) of the top of the range 16GB+1TB, with a price discounted by state subsidies starting from 4,999 yuan (around 670 euros).
HONOR presents new gaming devices in China
Win RT2 it gives up the flagship chip in favor of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, reduces the size of the 200MP photo sensor but keeps the cooling fan, and brings the battery to 12,070 mAh. Price discounted by subsidies starting from 3,149 yuan. The Win Turbo2, on the other hand, aims at the mid-range with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, eliminates the fan and drops to a 50MP camera, while retaining the same 12,070 mAh battery: discounted price from 2,251.65 yuan, with launch set for October 30th.
On the tablet front, WinPad mounts an 8.4-inch OLED panel 240Hz2304×1440 resolution, 324 PPI and 93% screen-to-body ratio, with peak brightness of 6,000 nits. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is cooled by a turbo fan at 15,000 rpm, capable of lowering the temperature by up to 8°C, while two linear motors on the X axis manage the haptic response. The 10,000 mAh battery supports 66W charging and 27W reverse charging, with separate charging and discharging circuits that allow longer gaming sessions without interruptions.
The software integrates a “Geek Center” that allows you to customize refresh rates, memory allocation and battery protection thresholds, saving configurations in dedicated profiles, as well as a “Full Throttle” mode for more demanding sessions. Win Pad starts at 4,499 yuan, discounted to 3,699 yuan with government subsidies, with launch scheduled for October 31st.
For now these devices remain confined to the Chinese market, in line with the previous generations of the Win series. Honor does not rule out targeted regional launches, but a global distribution appears unlikely: the Western public therefore remains spectators of a product category, that of gaming phones with integrated fan, which in China is becoming increasingly crowded and technically advanced, but which only arrives abroad in rare, extremely isolated cases.
