Huawei’s HONOR brand just announced the HONOR View20 smartphone for global markets at an event in Paris, as it had promised. It was introduced as V20 in China last month 6.4-inch Full HD+ All-View Display with 91.82% screen-to-body ratio, 25-megapixel front camera with just 4.5mm cut out, is powered by Kirin 980 SoC with GPU Turbo 2.0, liquid cooling, up to 8GB of RAM, 48-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX586 1/2-type (8.0 mm diagonal) sensor, uses 4-in-1 light fusion that outputs better low-light images at 12MP resolution.
It also has a TOF 3D secondary rear camera that lets you play games using 3D gesture recognition by capturing body movements. It has a V-shaped texture on the glass back, metal frame, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and packs a 4000mAh battery with support for fast charging.
HONOR View20 specifications
- 6.4-inch (1080 x 2310 pixels) FHD+ LCD IPS display with 96% NTSC Color Gamut
- HUAWEI Kirin 980 (2 x Cortex A76 2.6 GHz + 2 x Cortex A76 1.92 GHz + 4 x Cortex A55 1.8 GHz) processor with 720 MHz ARM Mali-G76MP10 GPU
- 6GB / 8GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB storage / 8GB LPDDR4x RAM with 256GB storage
- Android 9.0 (Pie) with Magic UI 2.0
- Dual SIM
- 48MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, AIS, TOF 3D secondary camera
- 25MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Dimensions: 156.9 × 75.4 × 8.1mm; Weight: 180g
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual band), NFC, USB Type-C
- 4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) battery with 22.5W (4.5V-5A) fast charging
The HONOR View20 comes in Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue colors, starts at €569 (US$ 646 / ₹46,070 approx.) / £499 for the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the MOSCHINO Edition in collaboration with Italian fashion brand MOSCHINO in Phantom Blue and Phantom Red with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at €649 (US$ 737 / ₹52,550 approx.) / £579.
It will roll out globally in 18 countries starting from tomorrow, January 23rd. We will have to wait for the India launch on January 29th on Amazon.in to know the local price. Check out our first impressions of the phone here.