Honor Puts a Second Screen on the 700's Back
Every Honor 700 model gets a rear display that shows health readings, and Honor hasn't explained what measures them.
Honor's 700 series phones launch in China on Friday, November 13, each with a small screen on the back.
Honor's 700 series phones carry a small screen inside the camera bump, and Honor is showing heart rate readings on it. [Honor 700 Rear Screen 2026: Heart Rate, but Measured How? — Memeburn]
The series launches in China on Friday, November 13, with the display on every model. Honor calls it the AI Dynamic Rear Screen and says it works as a selfie viewfinder using the main cameras. Honor hasn't said what sensor takes the health readings. [Honor 700 Rear Screen 2026: Heart Rate, but Measured How? — Memeburn]
The timeline is a week of controlled reveals. Global chief marketing officer Guan Haitao announced the series on November 3 under its codename, Flora. Pre-orders opened in China on November 6 for the 700, 700 Pro and 700S in Cold White, Clear Sky, Blue Tone and Pink Mist. The November 9 teaser put heart rate and blood oxygen numbers on the little screen. [Honor 700 Rear Screen 2026: Heart Rate, but Measured How? — Memeburn] [Honor 700 series launches in November with a rear screen on every model — LeakDeck]
Fang Fei, president of Honor's product line, calls the rear display the biggest design change in the history of Honor's numbered series. Beyond health figures, the screen shows notifications and mini games, and it works as a viewfinder for selfies taken with the main rear cameras, the setup that makes rear screens useful in the first place. [Honor 700 Rear Screen 2026: Heart Rate, but Measured How? — Memeburn]
A display can't take a pulse. Something has to measure the reading before the screen can show it, and Honor hasn't named the mechanism. The candidates are an unnamed sensor in the phone or data relayed from a paired Honor watch or band, and Honor hasn't published accuracy figures for either route. [Honor 700 Rear Screen 2026: Heart Rate, but Measured How? — Memeburn]
The rest of the sheet is still tipster territory. Leaks point to a 200-megapixel main camera, a 50-megapixel periscope on the Pro and a battery in the 9,000 milliamp-hour class, none of it confirmed. Honor hasn't announced prices, and the series hasn't been confirmed for sale outside China. [Honor 700 series launches in November with a rear screen on every model — LeakDeck]
Rear screens are having a second life — Xiaomi already ships them on its Pro models — but Honor is putting one on every model in the line. Friday's launch either names the sensor behind the health readings or confirms the little screen is a mirror for a wearable. [Honor 700 Rear Screen 2026: Heart Rate, but Measured How? — Memeburn]
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