Samsung has had a comfortable run with its Fan Edition line. The formula has always been straightforward: take the flagship experience, trim a few corners, drop the price, and watch buyers line up. For years, it worked because nobody was doing it better. The Galaxy S25 FE is proof that Samsung still knows how to execute that formula. It’s also proof that the formula is no longer enough.

Enter the Honor 600 Pro . A phone that, on paper and in the hand, makes the Galaxy S25 FE look like Samsung stopped trying.

The chip gap

The Galaxy S25 FE runs on Samsung’s Exynos 2400 with 8GB of RAM. That is a capable processor, and in daily use, it holds its own. But Honor did not settle for capable. The Honor 600 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the same chip that powered 2025’s top Android flagships, paired with 12GB of RAM.…